The Washington times., 1919-12-22
WAN TRIAL MAY co
lover RUNT|L MONDAY
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Sergeant Edward ]. Keny to close
its case against Wan by Wed
nesday afternoon. Inspector Cliff
ford L Grant, chief Of detectives,
was to take the stand this morning to
permit Attorney James A. O'Shea,
counsel for the defendant, to complete
his cross started on FRI
day.
Directs Surp4ei0n At Il.
O'Shea. on Friday insisted In ask
ing Grant why he did not take
the fingerprints Of Kang Ii. Chinese
medical student at the George Wash
ington University. who reported the
has tried to throw suspicion for the
crime on Ii. Not only has he been
insistent as to why LIS fingerprinrs
had not been taken. but as to why
Lis movements on the night the
members Of the mission had been
slain were not probed.
Despite OShea's vigorous and ap-
parent insistence to impress the jury
that Wan was subjected to mental
and physical torture, while he was .
guest" Of the Police Department, to
eXtort a confession. the prosecution,
through it's witnesses, has strongly
every consideration.
Emphatic denials Of tho use Of any
third degree" methods have been
made not only by Lieut. Guy e. Bur-
lingame, night inspector Of detectives.
and Grant, but by policemen stationed
at the Dewey Hotel, where Wan was
the Police Departments guest
satixAed With Ii
Efforts of the defense also to imply
| that Ii knows more Of the triple slay-
ings than he has admitted. also 10
given little weight by the prosecution,
which has attempted to show that Ii
by mere chance discovered Wan In
the mission house on the night OF the
crime; that he merely accompanied
the detectives to New York to identify
Wan and that his interest in the
case was because of his friendship for
the three slain men.
The prosecution has indicated That
at no time was Lii under suspicion in
connection with the crime and that
for this reason his fingerprints were
not taken nor his actions on the night
he informed the police of the slay-
ing probed.
Pullman To Testify.
Following the cross-eNamination of
Inspector Grant. Major Raymond w.
/
Pullman, Superintendent of Police,
will take the witness stand. He, too,
will be put through a severe Cross
examination as to third degree"
methods by the police. Detective
Sergt Edward J. Kelly, who with
Burlingame, brought Wan from New
York to help clear UP the triple
crime" will follow Major. Pullman.
The Government viii call five more
witnesses including Pullman and
Kelly. but the defense has not an
nounced any witnesses. However, il
seems certain that O'Shea intends to
summon kang Ii for re-cross- -examin-
alton.
Uncertainty As To Van.
The prosecution has not intimated
whether il will place on the witness
stand Vans brother, Van, who is
held in $4,000 bonds on the charge
of forgery. Van has been summoned
as witness and, while other w.t.
nesses have been closeled in the wit
ness room, he has strolled about the,
| corridors. He frequently has BEEN
called to the court room for identifi
cation, by witnesses for the prosecu-
ton. These witnesses have included
officials of the Riggs National Bark
and employees OF the Harris Hotel
where Wan and Van lived at the time
| the check for $4,000. bearing the
forged signature of DR.. Theodore +.
Wong. was taken to the bank for
negotiation.
1t is believed that Vans presence
as witness Is due to the prosecu-
ton desiring to have him at hand
for these identifications. OShea on
Tuesday. remarked the government
seems to have Van on a Marath thon be-
h>
! courtroom"