The Washington times., 1919-12-29
DENIES FORCING
WAN Confession
Extreme Methods by Police JUS
tifiabIe in Some Cases,
Court Holds.
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evidence we obtained against Wan"
said Inspector Grant.
Didn't you shake your finger in
VANS face and demand that he tell
you the truth-that he had killed the
members of the mission?" demanded
O'Shea.
No; I never shook my finger in
Vans face" rejoined Grant.
II told Wan" continued the in
spector. that he must tell me about
the check his brother took to the
bank-that maybe 1t had no bearing
on the case. Wan replied, after a
moments thought:
~'You say check has no bearing
on the case. Well, you find man who
took check to bank and you md
murderer
Knew Who Toek Cheek.
II told him I knew who took the
check to the bank. told him his
brother Van He rolled his eyes and
got furious. He beat on the bed and
table, shouting. I say no more-I
say no more We talked about other
subjects and then left him"
Inspector Grant further said that
he was satisfied THAI Van had taken
the check to the bank, even before
the brother had been brought from
New York by Detective Sergeant Ed
ward J. Kelly.
did Wan ask to be taken to the
mission houseT asked Attorney
OShea
Yes. he said he would like to see
the bodies. But we told him the
bodies had been removed to the
morgue. We did not take him to the
mission house until several days
later"
Wasn't Wan In bed most of the
time you we're talking to him?"
Yes, but he was mighty lively at
the time. told him he was not 50 sick
that he would get WELL"
Never Was u-TreateA.
DO you mean that he was jumping
about in bed?"
he was bright and active, and always
seemed glad to see us. He never was
ill-treated."
Did you not 90 to his room when
he was asleep, and awaken him. SO he
could be questionedT'
No, he had plenty of time to Sleep
Attorney O'Shea attempted to show
that Kang Ii, the Chinese student of
the George Washington University.
who discovered the triple crime, and
who tor the police of having seen
Wan in the mission house on the
night that the members Of the mis-
sion were slain, had been, or was to
be, given a reward for uncovering the
crime, and for the conviction of Wan.
District Attorney Laskey objected
and Justice Gould ruled against the
question being answered. Attorney
OShea further attempted to show
that the police were to get a reward
for the arrest and conviction Of Wan,
but the court ruled against the ques-
tions being asked
"On the night that Wan was
brought from New York and taken
to the house on Fifteenth street, didn't
you accuse Wan of being the mur-
derer of the members Of the Chinese
educational mission? Didn't you say
to him, You are the murderer? Tell
us the truth"
IN, I did not accuse him of mur-
der that night---like a green police
man might have done. I had more
experience than to accuse him when
was not certain of his guilt" re-
piled Grant.
Didn't Wan ask that the bank of
fetal she summoned to identify him?
Yes, and he was cocksure they
would not identify him-and they
didn't identify him. They later iden-
titled his brother Van as the man who
had attempted to cash the check"
He Doesn't Remember.
"Do you remember the questions
that were asked Wan on the night
he was brought back from New
York;" asked Attorney O'Shea.
NO. not all of them" said Inspec-
tor Grant. 81 do remember Major
Pullman asking Wan what time he
left for New York on the night of
January 29. Wan said he left at S:15
o'clock that night. Major Pullman
showed him railroad schedules stating
that no traiI. left for New York at
that hour. Wan then made many
conflicting statements as to the time
he left for New York, denying, also,
that he had any knowledge of the
$4,000 check"
Attorney OShea then attempted to
get from Grant the police custom In
handling prisoners charged with
crime. Justice Gould interceded be-
fore the answer was made, declaring
that II made no difference whether
they used blackjack or whatnot un-
less 1t had bearing on the particular
case OF the defendant. The question
was unanswered.
Why was Wan sent to the Dewey