The Washington times., 1919-12-15


there was no train at the time inds-
Gated by Wan. The latter imrnedtat
stopped talking along that line.
Wars Brother In Case.
IVAN stated In this conversation
that he had eaten dinner with Mr..
Wu the evening Of Wednesday. Major
Pullman told him II was positively
known he had not done so. Wan
then said he did not mean he had
eaten regular dinner with him, but
that WI had gotten him some fruit
and they had eaten II together that
night At the station. This, Of course.
said Mr.. Lava I'VE shall prove 10
false"
Thirdly continued the prosecutor.
the police had gotten certain tn
check at the Riggs bank and oues-
toned Wan about that Wan insisted
he was not In the hank. When the
police suggested they would bring
the bank men to look At him. wan
challenged them to do 20. saying:
They will tell you was not At the
bank These men were brought ana
after looking At Wan one At time.
they stated out Of his hearing that ne
was not the man. They described the
difference between Wan and the man
they had seen At the bank. This leo
the police to ask Wan IL Van could
have been the man. Wan replied no.
that Van had never been to Washtng-
ton.
However. tho police decided to get
Van and that night detective Kelly
with two Riggs bank men left for
New York. That same night wan
was taken to the Dewey Hotel Van
was identified by the bank men a. the
one who had presented the check IT
the bank and was brought to this
city. He came voluntarily when told
his brother wanted him. Both wan
and Van were questioned throughout
the week. Major Pullman. Inspector
Grant. Detectives Kelly and Buriin-
game did all the questioning. "A
watch OF police officers kept NJ the
hotel but these officers were In
structed not to question these men.
No important admissions were made
until about Thursday or Friday.
Teek Wan to Mission Hease.
-On one or the other Of these days"
said Mr.. Laws, Inspector Grant stat
cd to Wan, substantially: The check
had nothing TO do with the murder.
Wan. Tell Us who was In the bank.
Wan replied: You fnd the man who
went to bank. you nnd murderer. On
Saturday evening It was arranged to
take Wan, and Van to the mission
house. In the course OF questioning
Wan had several times expressed the
wish to go to the mission house. One
day before then they were about to
take him. and he said he was not
feeling 30 well. 80 they did not take
him Another day he wanted to post
pone going until his glasses were
nxed. So the police postponed 1t
again. But Saturday evening they
took him and Van to the house. They
showed Wan where Dr.. Wong's body
had lain. They showed him the over
turned chair and the broken lamp In
the next roo n. They then took him
down to the furnace room and showed
him whore the bodies Of WI and Hsie
had lain Wan showed no emotion,
except to say how sorry he was.
While down in the furnace room he
asked several Questions a. to how
the bodies had lain. and where the
pistol was found, and other like
questions. At that time he MADE no
admissions whatever. This was
about o'clock. The police did not
stop downstairs longer than to show
the places but went up to the sec
ond floor front room. After. while
some newspapermen came to the
house. and the police took Wan and
Van to the top floor and questioned
them at that point. At about IL
O'Clock Major Pullman began COM
pairing, certain admitted signatures Of
Wan with the handwriting Of a stub
book which had been found at the
mission house. This stub contained
an entry for $4,000. +. T. Wong
II will be offered In evidence, and
you will notice this one stub is In
different handwriting from all the
rest In fact, you will see II Is the
handwriting of Wan Finally. that
Saturday night Wan admitted the
check was in his handwriting. The
police kept hi n there for some time
after this, but no further admissions
OF any Importance were made The
police then took Wan and Van to the
Tenth police precinct and charged
them with murder.