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Theodore Ting Wong

Case from Washington, DC dated Jan 29, 1919

Victim Details

Theodore Ting Wong

Male

Asian

Washington

DC

1919-01-29

42

Theodore

Ting Wong

07/09/2026

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In the winter of 1919, a shocking act of violence shattered the tranquility of Washington, D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood. Theodore Ting Wong, a 42-year-old male of Chinese descent, was found murdered on January 29th in the rowhouse that served as the headquarters of the Chinese Educational Mission. Wong, the American-educated head of the mission, was not the sole victim of this brutal crime; two of his colleagues, Chang Hsi Hsie and Ben Sen Wu, were also discovered deceased at the scene, all havi ...
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