The Washington herald., 1919-12-22
Il UNDER FIRE
INWAN TRIAL
Defense Tries to Pin Suspi-
cion on Star Witness in
Triple Murder Case.

Triple Murder Case.
With indications OF several pros
pectire lively Developments. the trisl
Of Ziang sun Wan. accused OF the
murder OF three officials OF the Chi
nese Educational Mission January -
last. will be resumed at 10 O'Clock
this morning IN Judge GouId's court.
Criminal Division No. l. The second
week OF the trial will begin today.
Detective Inspector CLIFFORD L Grant
will resume the witness stand for the
government when court opens and II
the defense concludes its cross-eNam-
iaation before the day is out. Mai.
Raymond Pullman, superintendent OF
police. probably will be called to
testify.
IL KEng IL Under Fire.
An outstanding feature Of the trial
TO date Is the attempt OF Attorney
James A. O'Shea, chief counsel for
the defense. TO shift suspicion from
she man on trial TO Il Kang Ii. star
witness Cor the government. who
guided the police on VANS trail the
day following the crime and whose en-
the testimony has had the effect OF
fastening suspicion on Wan
On the other hand. las testimony
has revealed him TO have been the
most active individual I'm the case be-
fore and after the crime. An analysis
OF evidence thus far prescnted will
show that Ii reasonably might have
been suspected OF every act charged 10
Wan. with the exception OF forging
the 5000 check signed with the name
of DR.. Wong. head " the mission.
which figures So prominently against
Wan.
Lis Whereabouts Hasy.
A striknsiy interesting point devel-
Jped by Attorney O'Shea in croSs-eN-
dmininS police officials is that no at
tempt ever was made 10 Incriminate
the star witness.
Where was IL after : o'clock the
night the three Chinese were muir
dered7
About o'clock that night. Ii testi-
fed. he went TO the mission house TO
see one Of the mission officials. was
met at the door by Wan and told by
the latter the officials were out Ii
said he then left. According to Las
testimony. Wan was the last man seen
alive in the house until the tragedy
was discovered.
Ii has never been asked 10 account
for his whereabouts after O'Clock
that night. although hs has Yolun-
home and studied The police have
admitted no effort WAS made to iuves-
tiSate his statement His fngerprintS
were never taken. No abb has been
proved for Ii on the night ~ the
murder.
Discovered TIctims' Bodies.
1t was Iii who discovered the next
day that the murders had been COM
mitted. He declares he returned to
the mission house that evening. saw
bottles Of milk. the morning news
papers and a bundle OF laundry In tn.
vestibule and concluded something
was wrong. Thsreupon ne climbed
through a window 10 investigate.
This gives rise to the question: Did
Ii suspect what had happened at the
time he entered to investigate. and IL
so did he have reason beforehand to
believe such a thing might happen?
Another interesting question that
might he put to Ii Is: Why did he not
notify the police when he suspected
something was wrong within the mis-
tive and investigating on his own
hook?
field for Conjecture.
EveG though there was evidence
in the vcstihuIe that none Of the
mission house officials had been To-
the door for a day or two. why did
Ii conclude that something dtrefm
had occurred within? THE three
officials might have LETT the place
together on an out-ut-town trip.
for all ii could have known. ae-
c"rdinC TO his testimony
And il would have taken ,-,uS'der-
able imagination TO believe alt
three had hrcn murdered. unless
one had some Intimatinn before
hand that such a crime was likely
Attorney O'Shra. in his CrcsS-rx-
animation OF Witnesses has brought
ont strongly tho aIaCrity Of Ii in
giving the police Information which
directed SUSPICION toward Wan.
When IL was IN the stand the al
tOrncv Indirectly accused him Of
having trisd p"rSisirutIv Ia hiring
Wan under suspicion when the pn-
lice were conducting their invcSti-
cation.
ii accompanied the police to NV
York when thew went {" get wau
Tie wasn't forced TO 60
Knew Ah"ut Weapon.
Ii testified lie know all about the
rev"iv"r used in the murders. It
- apparent that whnCvcr planned
the Grim" knew the pGioI was in
the house. else he. or lucy. would
nav" taken another weapon TO the
mission
Secondary t. his efforts 10 shrw
that tho confession made by Wan
wa: procured by means of the
third degree" and therefore tn hr
thrown out as evidence. Atinr-
ney O'Shca last wock cnd~a, orrd
to transfer suspicion from Wan Ia
Ii. ar at least 10 show that IL
could have had something 1" d"
with the crime. lt iudicaIi"nG
count for anything. he will push
the hight on the wary IiIiIc Chimes"
harder than ever later in tho trial.
Cross ni In~pc. tea
Grant. Who WAS on tho S;aud Fri
lay wheu court adjourned uut,I to-
Lay. will he resumed this m"rniu-.
NainT Pullman and n,i"rtivr Ed
Kelly arc the only two r"nrai"i""
unII,. officials Ia be heard lefrrc
tn" government rests its cas-. Mhi,n
probably will be by "Wednesday.