The Washington herald., 1919-12-20
SUN WAN, SUSPECT,
In TRIPLE MURDER,
PAMPERED BY POLICE
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PAMPEKED BY POLICE
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Detective Sergeant Ed Kelly and
Mai. Pullman, superintendent OF po-
lice were most active In the triple
killing case. were on the stand dur
| ing a greater part of yesterday
proceedings.
Hints at Cruelties.
o'Shea snapped at BurlinGame's
questions tending to indicate the law
yer knew of certain inhunan tactics
employed by the police. He employed
the same methods with Grant, bu'
neither of the detectives gave any re,
ply strongly indicating the police mao
handled the accused Chinese in othel
than the gentlest manner.
To offset indirect charges Of the de-
Tense that Wan was denied food fol
pcriods TO weaken his resistance
Laws produced the slips signed by
| Wan showing the food he had re-
ceived at the Dewey Hotel.
O'Shea has thoroughly questioned
all witnesses who had anything to dc
" Wan while he was being held,
WITH no charges as yet preferred
, against him. as to whether Wan was
given sufficient food and had medical
attention. In the testimony II has
come out that Wan was sick large
part of the time with stomach trouble
Only once has it been directly testi-
fled that a doctor was summoned tc
/ treat him. Patrolman Mckimm. one
Of three policemen detailed 10 guard
Wan at the Dewey Hotel. said doc
! tor accompanied Mai. Pullman tc
l VANS room one night.
Mi..Ion Lights Go Out.
With BurIingame ON the stand
O'Shea attempted to show that effort:
were made to brighten Wan when IN
was questioned one night in room
on the third floor OF the mission
house.
BurIingame testified. in reply tc
questioning. that some OF the light:
went out in the house.
Were they put out on purpose tC
have Wan in the dark?' O'Shea
asked.
No" said the detective. He ex.
planned how he fixed the lights aftel
some little time by replacing a burn
ed-out fuse.
why was Wan taken up to the
third hoor?"
To avoid newspaper men and othei
curious people who were trying to gel
| in the house.
While you were liking the fuse
where was Wan?"
Burlingame said the prisoner. to the
best Of his knowledge. was up OF
| the third floor.
- b.
, third floor were the lights out In
I the room In which he was being
questioned"
! No. There was always light III that
| room"
Ii In Dark Closet.
did you hear the Instructions
| given Kang LIP
Kang Ii. who discovered the bodies
of the slain mission officials and whC
identified Wan as the last man seer
alive in the house. had been placed
| in a closet by Maj. Pullman to take
, notes of anything Wan might say "a
Chinese. The witness said he hat
heard no instructions.
! Was there u light tn the closet
! No"
WAS the closet cIosed?''
YES"
WAS the purpose In taking Wan
to the mission house to re-euAct the
| crirneT'
mo. lie was taken there at his
own request to assist us in the in
vestication.'
On another tack. O'Shea asked:
did you make any effort to find
the whereabouts OF <nns IA after
IL o'clock q" the evening OF january
.. the night OF the nurder?'
NO
Profnnttys Oh. No Isdeed.
O'Slrea asked the witness IL any
profanity had ever been used toward
the prisoner during the time he was
held. and if he had ever been called
a yellow rat" Rurliusame answered
IN the negative.
closet?'' O'Shea resumed.
No"
when Wan called attention TO
certain noises. did anybody say,
'Yop must be hearing ghosts: II you
were innocent you wouldn't be hear
ing thinss?'"
mo"
Earlier in the day O'Shea asked
dhiV II " uu was IoTCcO To
stand surrounded by detectives,
prodding him. on the night he was
brought from New York. and held
in room at the old public health
clinic. on Fifteenth street below
Pennsylvania avenue The dcte,-
tive said he WAS not
Ills answer was the same when
asked II Wan was forced To do with
out food for twelve hours then.
Burlingame said Wan frequently
asked TO he let alone. but teis re-
quest was not always complied
with. lie said the prisoner showed
a tendency TO he vicious at times.
"sick In the Head.
AS far az his being sick" BurIin.
game testified. Il told him no was
sick in the head more than in the
body. And when he had confessed To
having killed WI. he shook hands
with me and said he feIt ,,,,,,.,, A.,