The Washington times., 1920-01-02
GOVERNMENT RESTS
CASE AGAINST WAN
Attorney for Chinese Expected
To Ask Exhibits Be Struck
From Records.
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tense will also attempt TO discreft
the alleged 'confeEsion" made by
Wan of having forged the cheek and
OF having killed Wu after the lattcr
had shot aud killed DIR. Wong and Z
n. Hsie, treasurer OF the mission
To discredit the confession, IL Is
hinted that Wan will be placed on the
| witness stand to intimate that the
confession" WAS wrung from him
through the practice OF the third de-
gree by the police.
Attorney O'Shea. however. this
morning would not admit that ne
would place the defendant on the
stand. Should Wan take the stand no
ioubt he will be subjected to a gruel-
ing cross-sxamination by the prosecn-
tion. probably more severe than the
line OF questioning he Is said TO have
been subjected TO at the hands Of the
/ police.
Wan IsteresteI NJ Trial.
AN through the trial Wan has
manifested keen Interest In all the
proceedings, although he has shown
| but little emotion. During the read
| ing to the jury OF the confession"
| on Wednesday by United States Dis
/ trict Attorney John II. Laskey. who
with Bolitha ]. Laws, is prosecuting
the case tnf
Vans eyes gazed at the floor.
Occasionally II was noticed he bit
his lips in apparent nervousness, but
other than this he remained absolute
ly Unconditional through the recital Of
his alleged admissions.
While Attorney OShea vigorously
opposed the introduction OF the con
fession" into the record, the Govern
ment contends that the defendants
alleged admissions OF forging the
check and staying WI. were present
ed to the jury inSestimony given on
the witness stand by the police, in
GLIDING Major Raymond w. Pullman.
superintendent of police, Inspector
Clifford l.. Grant. chief OF detectives.
and Detective Sergeants Guy T.. Bur
lingame and Edward J. Kelly, who
brought the defendant from New
York as a suspect.
Governments Case.
The fabric OF the Governments case
Is built ~ on these admissions said
! to have been made by Wan after he
had made many conflicting and in
eliminating statements. and that Wan
was seen by Kang Ii at p. m.
January 20 last in the Chinese educa-
tional mission, the night the ecu-
Gators were slain: that he gave the
50, 900 forged check to his brother.
Tsong Ing Van to have csshed; that
he accompanied Van 10 The Riggs
bank January 30 when the che x
was presented; that ne hTat told de-
tectives he had left Washington on
January %, but who confICntst with
Kang Lii. admitted h.< e January
20: that he told MaJofsr n,jmen and
Inspector Grant tfag @jyou mud
man who took check Pa YOU nm
murderer" that when tbIn HE bro her
Van admitted presenting ch sck at
tho bank and when khown forged
signature of DR.. Wong or stub OF
check book. Wan admitted writing
signature: Of later admission he shot
WI after the latter lad shgs and
killed DR.. Wong and c. y Hsle. in
the mission house: 81 his apparent
gratitude to BurlinEams whom he
thanked after making The "confes-
sion" declaring he was glad it's
all over" and I'm sorry I put po Ice
to much trouble" with the emphatic
statement he did not confess before
because Chinese never confess to
murder"
Say Wan Needed Money.
Wan also said. according to police
testimony, that he had thrown the
forged check away in the wash room
on the train. that he and his brother
returned to New York after the muir
der.
The Government also contends that
Wan WAS financially embarrassed,
and that his motive for numbering WI
was to recoup his financial losses in
a moving picture theater proposition
in Brooklyn, N. Y. The Governments
contention will be to show that Wan
not only shot and killed WI, but the
other two members of the educational
mission
Attorney O'shea has persisted that
extreme police measures were used in
obtaining the admissions of guilt from
Wan, and that the confession was an
involuntary one
For this reason he discredits the
admissions made verbally, and those
in the confession" of twenty-odd
pages. which Wan signed at the Dis
trict Jail ten days after having been
brought bacN from New York as
guest" OF the police, but in fact as
suspect because he was the last man
seen alive in the mission house by
Kang Ii the Chinese student and
friend OF the slain members of the
mission.
Presecution Has New Witness
King Chu. an intimate friend of the
slain members of the Chinese Educa-
tional Mission and a cIassmate at the
George Washington University of WI
and Hsie, was the last witness for
the Government today. Chu told OF
having dinner at the Oriental Chinese
restaurant with WI and several 9TH
ers on the night OF January 20. when
the three educators were slain. He
| said WI left for the mission house at
8 o'clock.
Another witness for the Govern
ment was Philip J. Ganzert, an en-
ploye of the oliver Typewriter Com
pany, who repaired typewriter at
the mission house at 3 O'clock in the
afternoon OF January 20. Ganzert
Identified a photograph OF DR.. Wong,
asserting that the latter gave him a
check for s2.75 Tor repairs he had
made to the machine.
Inc Government IL said to have
another important witness who will
be called in rebuttal by the 'prosecu-
ton. He Is Lingola Wang, a student
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