The Washington times., 1919-02-11
WAN TODAY FACES
.CORONER'S JURY
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fling that murder was to be COM
mitted and did not even know the
! three educators were dead until after
| the return trip to New York had been
| made.
In spite OF this. the police intend
to hold Van and. failing a more seri,
| Gus charge, will place forgery ana
uttering against his name on the pc
! lice blotter.
Because of Vans very detailed con
fession. only a few of the principal
| witnesses in the case are testifying
before Coroner hewitt. DR.. KSng Ii
is giving the information about dis
covering the murder and of having
seen Wan at the mission house early
the same evening the three men went
to their death.
Detectives to Testify.
Detectives Kelley and Burlingame
are to describe their quick trip to
New York for Wan and Van and re-
late the revelations both brothers
made to them concerning the con-
spiracy to rob the mission director
and the actual shooting itself.
One official from the Riggs Eank
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forged check, which Wan has ad-
mitted forging, and Van has con-
fessed having tried to cash the morn
ing after the murder. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Glenn Willett will han
ole the prosecution for the police. The
young Chinese have not asked to see
a lawyer, and are, as yet, doing moth
ing in their own defense:
Immediately following the findings
at the inquest District Attorney John
z. Lsskey will prepare to take the
evidence before the grand jury and
ask for murder indictments.
story Is Amazing.
AS the story OF the conspiracy and
triple murder Unfolds, the deliberate
ness and coldbloodedness in which
it was conceived and carried TO a
ghastly conclusion becomes all the
more amazing.
Smoking a cigarette and apparently
unaware Of the shudder that passed
through his auditors, Wan told
casually how he forged the check
with a fountain pen careleSsly re-
moved from the pocket Of one Of the
dead men. The mission pen and ink
were up on the next floor. The
fountain pen was in the dead Hsie's
vest pocket It was easier to take
the pen from the dead man than to
bother going upstairs to get the
other ink. Having filled in the
check, Wan says he closed the pen
and tucked it in his own pocket.
Now that the confession has been
made. detectives working on the case
are recalling with grim smiles how
Wan sat and lied to them for over
a week, how he swapped stories with
them, played cards and discussed the
crime while all the while his subtle
Celestial mind was weaving false
hood after falsehood with all the ease
and ingenuity of a latter day Macnia-
velli.
Tells Truth At Last.
And how. without change OF
counternance, without apparently a
flicker Of an eyelash. he turned Dc
liberately around, branded all his
previous statements as lies, and said
he was prepared 70 tell the truth
from beginning 10 end.
Only once did this slant-eyed, diy-
fdent nonchslence weaken. He was
speaking Of his mother little old
Chinese mother in far away ShanE-
hai-a mother who knew DR.. Wong
and had commended her son TO his
protection.
Il did not want DR.. Wong 10 die"
he protested. He was my mothers
friend. She had asked him TO look
out for me here in this country"
Then, to the amazement Of every