The Washington times., 1920-01-10

with the conviction OF Ziang Sung
Wan. Chinese student. for the pre-
meditsted murder OF Ben Sen W..
one OF the three members OF the
Chinese Educational Mission who
were found slain last January, Tsong
Ing Van, brother OF the Chinese who
is doomed to die on the gallows, will
be speedily brought to trial on the
charge OF forgery and utterins a.
worthless check.
Van. who daily loitered about the
courthouse during the time his
brother was on trial and who was
witness for the defendant. is charged
with having attempted to have csshed
tho $4,000 check, bearing the forged
signature OF DR.. Theodore T. Wong.
which was the telltale evidence upon
which Wan was convicted, and which
was presented at the Riggs National
Bank on January 80. the day after
the Chinese educators were slain.
Admits Offering Check.
In testifying for the defendant. Van
admit ed presenting the check at the
bank. but declared IL had been given
in an envelope by a Chinese named
T. p. Wang, whom he had never
seen before and whip had suggested
he take IL to the bank as he (Wang)
NNhAt NV Gptdh ESHBllHH "tll.
The prosecution proved to the sat
isfaction OF the jury that this Wang
vas fictitious individual and that in
reality it was Wan who had given
him the check and accompanied the
defendant to the bank.
In his closing argument, District
Attorney Laskey told the jury that
If II did not believe Wan aocompan-
ed Van to the bank when an at
:empt was made to cash the check for
5000, bearing DR.. WonE's forged
signation, the Government does not
want you to convict the defendant.
To File for New Trial.
Attorney James A. O'Shea, chief
counsel for Wan, today stated that
he would file a motion for a new trial
for Wan on Monday. If the plea is
lot granted, Justice Gould will sen
ence the Chinese student to be hang
ID at tho District jail for the crime
for which the Chinese student has
declared his innocen :e.
Except on the occasion when he
broke down and sobbed on the wit
Tess stand at the mention of the
name of DR.. Wong, who had been his
friend and benefactor, Wan remained
an enigma, showing no apparent emo
tion until he heard the foreman oi
he jury, John f. Shelton, pronounce
hat he was guilty as Indicated"
For a moment he stood stoically
'inder the verdict of the twelve jur-
,rs. but suddenly collapsed and fell in
| heap to his chair and burst into
ears.
Lnskey Persistent.
In closing the Government case
District Attorney Laskey mercilessly
lug into every minute detail of every
Incident connected with the crime
With pitiless persistency, and all
through the announcement, Wan re-
NAMED the same Oriental that he is,
he same enigmatic Chinaman, the
same incomprehensible Christian
convert.
This proved one OF the puzzling
factors in the trial, many believing
his stole attitude would cause
'oubt of guilt OF the defendant.
But District Attorney Laskey point
ed out that II Wan was innocent he
had ample opportunity to tell Of his
movements on the night and days
following the triple crime. But IL was
proven that both brothers had lied
and made discriminating statements
from the moment that they were
questioned
Denial Proves Evidence.
The most powerful bit of evidence
was the denial of Van that he had
ever been to Washington, except on
February 2, when brought here by
Detective Sergeant Edward j. Kelly.
having been here, despite the fact that
having been here, despite tn fact that
he had been Identified by officials OF
the Riggs National Bank as having
presented the forged check for $1,000
at that financial institution.
Later on Van admitted he was in
Washington on the night the mem
bers of the educational mission had
been slain, and that he took the check
to the bank. And further Van ad-
mttted that his brother accompanied
him to the bank, remaining in an
automobile when he (van) went in
the bank to get the money.
Expected His Freedom,
Wan fully expected TO be freed by
the jury. He believed his lawyers had
ably defended him and proved his
innocence TO the satisfaction of the
Jury. He had arranged at the jail
yesterday morning to have his things
packed so he could leave Washing
ton forever. He did not figure on
conviction.
But II took the jury only a few
minutes TO bring a verdict that he