The Washington times., 1919-12-19
CONFESSION FORCED
SAYS wan Defense.
Admitted Killing Following
Third Degree Methods,
Counsel Charges.

Counsel Charges.
Continued from FirSt PAes.)
Of BurlinGame this morning. Attorney
O'Shea asked the detective II he had
mott received his promotion roceatiy
to the rank Of heuteAant Or night tn
spector OF detectives becauss of his
activities In the Wan case
az never had any intimation that
owe my promotios to my activities In
this case" reterted the detective
O'shea then carried the detectitve
to his trip to New rork for Wan.
when you went to Wan's room.
didn't you pull your revolver from
your pocket.
No: 1 had my revolver in my
right-hand coat pocket" Aid Bur.
lingame, but did not draw IL. Il
had my hand In the pocket near the
revolver - . matter Of precaution-
I wanted to be on the safe side and
did not propose to take any ehances.-
"And you did this without any
knowledge Of vans guiitr'
'Yes, and VIE searched both Wan
and Van when we entsred the room
to fnd II they had revolvsrs."
keDt n eeeDU.4sa.
Asked why Wan was taken to the
clinic. Detective Buriingams said
that the peUcs had no adequate or
private place where the Chinese stu
dent could b questioned
And you kept him from nswspa-
permen. didn't you? Whyy"
II did not want any interference
from them or anyone else"
I'm other words." demanded O'shea,
you wanted him for yourself until
you could set . confession from
himr'
mo; the questioning was to be
done privately for the purpose Of get
Hight on the triple murder."
As to Vans standing up in q circle
Of detectives. Burlingame later sAid
that the only time the Chinsss stu
dent stood up was when Officials
from the Riggs Bank and employees Of
the Harris Hotel came there to At
tempt to identify the defendant
did Inspector Grant ask him, sYou
know you killed DR.. Wong and the
others. Why don't you confessr"
Burlingame declared he had never
heard the Inspector make apy such
remark.
L SeV@4 kS&1e0 Wotefs
Didn't he want to 60 back to New
York when you held him at the clinic
Or In the room IT the hotelr
mo. not to my knowledge.
Didn't you refuse to give him
mo. he got everything he asked
did NE get all he wanted to eatr'
Il frequently saw uneaten food on
trays In his room IT the hotel"
"As matter of fact. didn't yeu ask
Wan time and time again: You know
you killed DR.. Wong. and why don't
you confessr" =
IT don't recall any such thing
Did you ask him II he wanted .
doctorr'
mo"
why didn't you, You told him In
New York that you would look after
him personally"
He didn't ask me for Z DOCTOR
when you t. " him to the mission
house." asked O'Shea, ~did not you
show him the spots where DR.. wong's
body was found, and put . photo
graph of DR.. Wong. a. taken when
the body was found, before himr
II didn't see that done"
"Was IL donef"
Not to my knowledge"
Denies Reeeting TraseAy.
"was not the triple murder ~.
enacted in front Of Wan? Didn't you
show him how he might have killed
the mission workers. using the photo
graphs taken Of the bodiesr
"No."
Wasn't he handed a revolver sup
posed to have been used in the slay-
ingr'
He may have been handed q re-
volver, but 1 didn't see him with It.
I was not at the house all the time
he was questioned" go
How long was he questioned in the
mission houseT'
From o'clock until o'clock the
next morning"
didn't you call him repeatedly q
murderer and yellow rat: Didn't you
shove and jostle him around
To which Burlingame said the only
time he was Jostled WAS when he at
tempted to strike me with q coat
hanger"
wan was not permitted to talk TO
his brother st>that time.
Ce.fe.siea In Evise.ee.
The remarkable confession. which
was made by Wan after he had been
in police custody for more than a
week. a prisoner at the Dewey Hotel
was admitted into the record by Jus
tice Gould, in Criminal Court No. 1.
| where Wan IL on, trial, yesterday
afternoon Attorney O'Shea fought
vigorously to have the confession re-
jected by the court on the ground that
IL had been obtained under promises
and illegal and inhuman methods.
The confession" vividly relates
how WI and Wan conspired to rob the
Chinese EducatioDal Mission and how
they lay in wait for the arrival OF DR..
Theodore T. Wong, head OF the mis-
sion, and his assistant. c. II. Hsie,
whom Wan confessed were shot down
| in cold blood by WI.
Mad, Says SConfess1es.-
| After WI killed DR.. wong and
Hsie." Wan is purported to have con-
fessed, he asked me to 60 to sleep.
/ told him i did not want to sleep
in the house because OF the dead
bodies. ] was awfully mad because
WI killed DR.. wong. Later told him