The Washington times., 1919-02-12
WAN TRIES IN Vain
TO SAVE BROTHER
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punish him, too. I must make them
understand that I am the only man
living who is to blame"
Neither Have Money.
Neither of the two boys have ans
money. Their joint bank account in
New York shows but S4I to their
credit. When taken by Detective
Kelly they were occupying a Door
room on the third floor back for which
they paid $3.50. Wan had had no oc
cUpation for some time and Van, who
worked as a chemist, seems to have
been supporting him. Wan had work.
ed in New York bank for a short
while. Last summer the two brothers
started moving picture show in
Brooklyn, but the show failed and they
lost everything they had invested.
If no friends. rally to their support
the judge before whom they are ar.
raigned will assign an attorney to
defend them
This is the most the two CeIestials
5000 miles away from home, can hope
for. The Chinese legation, through
Mr.. Gung Kwai, charge d'affaires, an.
nounces that it can do nothing in
their behalf.
"The law must take its course" is
the pronOuncement from Mr.. Kwai.
IF these. boys have broken the laws
Of this country, they must pay the
penalty. We can only commend them
to the justice and mercy of an Ameri-
can jury"
Allowed To Share Room.
The devotion between the two
to the detectives working on the case
that during their confinement at the
Tenth precinct station, it was a~rang-
ed that they could occupy the witness
room together.
''They seemed perfectly happy and
contented when they were together" {"
Inspector Grant explained, ''and, as
they never once tried to converse in
Chinese together, I decided to let them
be together"
Vans attitude toward his older
brother is one verging on worship.
Because Wan is i'll, the younger
brother waits on him at every turn.
No sooner was Van put in the witness
room with Wan than he proceeded to
make the older brothers bed, to put
pillows back of his head, and attempt
in every way to make him comfort
able. The solicitude was touching
and made it easy for the police to un-
derstand how completely under VANS
dominance Van had been when told
to go to the bank and cash the bogus
check.
At the District Jail. the same pro-
gram is being carried out and the
two brothers, at their own request,
are occupying one cell. VANS diges-
tive disturbances continue and a ply
sician was called to attend him this
morning.
The devoted attitude of the two
brothers is all the more noticeable
and impressive as the Jail attendants
recall the salient points of Vans
confession to the police, a confession
which showed two Chinese youths
committing wholesale murder with
out an apparent qualm and all on
the chance Of cashing a bogus check
for $4,000.
Expect Changed Attitude.
It is believed that since the one
actuating motive which brought Wan
to confession was the desire to free
his brother, his attitude. now that the
brother is Jointly accused, will be
much changed.
Witnesses are to be summoned to-
day TO testify before the grand Jury.
District Attorney John E L.askey Is
having his assistant, Glenn WiIlett,
attend to the preliminary stages Of
the prosecution. The most import
ant will be the four men who ap-
peared before the coroner yesterday,
DR.. Kang Ii, who discovered the
murder, George o. Vass, assistant
cashier of the Riggs Bank, who re-
fused to cash the forged check, and
Detectives Kelly and Burlingame,
who did the important work on the
case.
Mrs. Thomas Morrison, lifelong
friend of the murdered Dr. Wong,
and with whom Helen Wong has
stayed since the tragedy, asserts her
belief that Wan is not telling the
truth when he involves Ben Sen WI
in the triple murder.
Was Fond of Wong.
81 knew Ben Sen Wu through DR..
Wong, whom l had known for twenty
years." Mrs. Morrison explained, "and
cannot credit VANS story that little |
WI killed his employer. He seemed
a very nice boy. Dr. Wong was fond |
Of him, and he, in turn, seemed to
think DR.. Wong was tn emost won
derful man in the world. My belief is
mat an KNOWS lndL COmInOn-SenSe
shows that two men were involved in |
the murder, and in order to save his !
brother he is naming WI, who can no
longer defend himself"
Helen Wong, the oldest daughter %
the slain educator, is confined to her
bed with a severe cold. While her
condition is not serious, it is such that |
she has not been told of VANS con-
fession or that Ben Sen WI, whom |
she knew, is named as the slayer OF
her father.
The police, however, are satisfied I
that they have at last secured the |
truth from Wan. They have notified |
Yung Kwai. of the Chinese legation, |
to that effect. AIr. Kwai has taken |
charge of the estates Of the three |
murdered men.
At the inquest VANS only state