Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-18
testimony HEARD
T0PROVE
! WAN CONFESSED
:
itained Handkerchief and
!. Tablet Writing Figure in
Chinese Murder Trial.

= Tablet Writing Figure m
Chinese Murder Trial.
1.-THE Introduction of testimony lead
ing up to the offer of An alleged con-
fession to the police by Ziang Sung
- an. the young Chinese student, that
lie had killed Ben Sen WI at the Chi
Hese education mission, 2o33 Kali
yrama road, was begun today by the
prosecution before Justice Gould and
- jury in Criminal Division ]. where
MAN is on trial for his life
= Justice Crftici.cs "Sob story
Eat the opening of court this morn
ing Justice Gould took exception to
what he called a sob story appear
ting in a local paper Yesterday, when
he said contained unfair and unjust
,epmment" concerning the trial If
sssmlar story of the Wan trial appears
In this or any other newspaper. the
court declared. he will cite the
Writer of the article for contempt
Detective Lieut.. Guy T. Burllngame
Eas the first of the police officers to
H called He is to he followed by
Mai Pullman and Detective Sergt
Kelly At the conclusion of the testl-
.rnony of these officers. the government
kill probably submit the written
statement taken at the jail.
Stained Handkerchief shown.
sI.ieut. Burlingame was first shown q
ehlood- handkerchief which
he was asked TO identify. The witness
Aaid he picked the handkerchief from
ffane basement floor of the mission
ihpuse. near the foot of the stairs.
smark Wong" Lieut.. Burlingame
then narrated the details of his visit
20 New York in company with De-
stective Sergt. Kelly and the Chinese
.etudent. Kang Ii. He found the house
where Wan and his brother Van were
sresidinC and his knock on the door
was answered by Van. The accused.
Wan was In bed, said the witness.
clothed in undergarments and gray
sweater and wearing gloves
Found Wan Writing on Tablet.
I "A bundle Of New York papers were on
sthe bed. the witness said. and Wan
WAS writing on a tablet. The detective
sthok the sheet of paper on which was
ETritten. shocked to read the death
sWan explained that he was in the act
.of-, sending coincidence to his good
friend Ii" in Washington The accused
asked many questions about the homi-
the bodies had been found and also if
sthe murderer" had been apprehended.
&, Says Wan Changed Statement.
I Witness said he asked Wan when
he left Washington and was told lam
quarry 81. in the afternoon. Lieut..
sHurlingame then summoned Kang Ii.
who had been waiting outside with
detective Kelly. AS soon as Wan saw
III: witness declared. he changed his
ksSatement. declaring that it was Jam
zuAry 20
irAttorney James A. O'Shea here in
.terfupted the witness to inquire if he
Ind warned Wan that any statement
SUn0do nv him "a
shini. Lieut.. Burlingame admitted he
had given no such warning.
1.-THE witness then asked the brother,
Wan, if he had ever been in WASH
Nan had never been nearer than Balti-
tnsofe. At this point witness stated
that Wan had expressed a desire to
go TO Washington to aid in the in
s'three friends" but declared his finan-
AciaI condition prevented
7 when witness had offered to pay
hfstiexpenses. Wan then pleaded the
FER dieting and, expressed the fear
that he could not get proper treat
1nHnt in Washington. Witness said
he assured Wan that if he would ac-
see that he received proper medical
attention and food. Wan then con-
F<nted.
|. lThe witness was still testifying
when tn1S report CiOSeu-
: ~ Detective Embrey Called.
The first witness this morning was
Defective Sergeant Warren o. En-
brey. Witness said he discovered the
bodies of Hsie and WI in the base
S1ent of the building. The body of
Dr. Wong had been found on the first
floor of the building
: DIR. J. Ramsay hewitt. coroner OF
The District. detailed the autopsy on
the three bodies February /. An ex-
tended cross-examination of the coro-
ner was made by Attorney O'Shea in
an attempt to get the witness to fix
the exact time of death. More than
cfan said, as was evidenced by the
passing Of rigor mortis. He would
not fix a more specific time than
sthfrty-six hours. plus" The doctor
said he knew no way by which 1t
could be determined which OF the
three victims was the first to die.
After The Stars report closed yes
terday Charles H. Bradley. detec-
tive of the tenth precinct, told Of Wis
Ting the mission house about >
O'Clock in the evening. He saw a
light in the house. he said. but could
get no response to the bell. After
waiting ten minutes. he left Look
jsg through the glass of the door.
witness said. he noted black derby
NIT and a light neckscarf hanging on
the hat rack. The scarf had been
identified by Kang Lii as one worn by
tie prisoner
Z j., Fin<er-Print Expert QuIxxed.
I The feature of the afternoon session
yesterday was the cross-examination
of Frederick Sandberg. photographer
and fngerprint expert of the police
department. by Attorney James A.
O'Shea. Mr. Sandberg had identified
p humber of photographs, but had
said nothing of the finger prints on
the pistol and on pieces of brok en-
3amp shade. Taking a long chance
on what the answer of the govern
5nents witness might be. Attorney
D'Shea inquired about the finger
prints.
The witness said he had taken note
of the finger prints from the pist oil
and also had Impressions of the fin
gers of the accused He said the de-
velopment of the finger prints from
the pistol were too indistinct to fur
nish evidence. Counsel then asked if
fhe finger prints of Kang Ii had been
faken, and the witness declared this
had not been done. Counsel dropped
the matter at this point.