The Washington times., 1920-01-08
OWN LIES TRAPPED
WAN, SAYS LAWS
Prosecutor Denies Confession
Of Staying Was Coerced-ver-
dict Tomorrow Probable.
Continued from First Pass.)

libent PROJECTORS OF tht pubic Wout1
do-auestion a man who was involved
by the circumstances OF the case.
and more than that. a man who was
deeply involved by his own lying.
There has been no evidence that the
defendant had been subjected Ia
force.
''The hint at starvation completely
failed when meal bills were produced.
The claim OF relentless questioning
was utterly Tepudiated with the sN-
ception of one night. night when
Wan had admitted he had written The
telltale stub which had been found
at the mission hoose. The whole
story OF causing these men physisa'
discomfort was oyerplsyed by the
defendant and his brother"
"Wan knew there was certainty Of
detection IL the bank officials should
get one OF the officers OF the mission
on the telephone when an attempt
was to be made to have tho $4,000
check cashed.A Therefore, he must
get rid OF these men. lie will send
for his brother. who is OF the same
stature as WI; he will give his
brother the check on the mission
form, a letter OF Identification on the
mission letterhead, and a card Of b.
5. WI. Then he decides to MI In the
who examine into the affairs OF the
mission after the death OF these men
will not suspect anything in connec-
tion with the check.
at will appear that WI cashed the
check for Dr. Wong to mislead the
police.
Wen Thepsht Out.
-wan thought this out well. After
Wan killed the men he went through
their pockets. Would not the police
imm ediately say this killing WAS the
result OF a burglary? Window open;
pockets turned out; money gone.
Perhaps the police would think the
IS 900 was taken OF DR.. Wong. Wan
laid his plans well.
But Kang Ii had seen him at the
mission. He had to be thrown from
suspicion. Therefore, as soon as the
papers made public the fndins of the
bodies. Wan. in New Yerk, began
writing letter of coincidence to Ii.
That was manifestly to make II ap-
pear that he, Van. being shocked to
hear of the murder was entirely In
nocent. 1t was at this point that the
police came In on him and his series
of lies. which finally showed his guilt
WAN endeavored to cast suspicion
on Hsie. second upon a Mr.. Chen,
third upon WI, fourth upon kang
Ii, then upon T. p. waLg and one
Moy-two imaginary persons.
'The defense has attempted to
make the jury angry with the police:
then to get the jury mixed up as to
the guilty parties-to befuddle the
jury as to the true issue.
circumstances have gathered about
Wan until he. can lie no more. He
| makes a confession, in part true, but
| putting himself in the role of an
avenger Of the foul murder OF his
good frieLds. He finds later that the
law says a man may not avenge mur-
der. Then his only hope is to blacken
the police
"Yes. his plans were we'll laid, but
they were fathomed. He is face to
face now with his crime"
Fahy Opens for Defease.
Following Laws, Attorney Charles
Fahy, of counsel for Wan, took up
the argument Of the defense to the
jury His contention was that Wan
was innocent and that his admissions
of guilt were coerced from him
through the exercise of undue infiu-
ence and suggestion by the police The
defense offered eighteen prayers for
the instruction Of the jury, most Of
which Justice Gould accepted.
Before closing its rebuttal. thu
| ley, chauffeur for a taxi cab company.
who previously testified and iden.i-
fled Wan and Van and the two
| Chinese he drove to the Riggs Ma
tional Bank on January 80 when Van
! attempted to cash the $4,000 check.
| In his testimony Van denied that 1t
| was Wan who was in the automobile.
but T. 2. Wang. a stranger. who had
asked he take the check to the bank.
| Mr.. HALEY again today identified
Wan as the companion OF Van.
Upon the expected completion OF
arugments tomorrow morning by
| counsel for the defense and Govern
ment, Justice Gould will charge the
jury, which then will go into deliber-
alton over the mass of testimony pre-
sented by both sides and decide
: whether Wan is guilty Of killing
. WI, and should hang on the
| gallows for the crime for which he
! has been on trial for more than three
weeks.
While there has been an abundance
! of discriminating circumstances pre-
sented by the Government, exclusive
! of admissions of guilt made by Wan
and his brother, Tsong Ing Wan. the
: consistency OF various praCtlCes OF
police methods in obtaining confes.
sions from suspected persons also
| has been a main contention during
! the trial.
s'Third Degree, On Trial
The "third degree has been on
trial throughout the case. the defense
! attempting to convince the jury that
| War had been subjected to extreme
police coercion when he mad admis-
sions incrimin ating him in the staying
, of WI and the forgery of DR.. Theodore
1 T. Wong's name to $4,000 check,
which his brother Van attempted to
have csshed at the Riggs National
| Bank.
Attorney James A. O'Shea, OF coun-
sci for the defense, has persisted that
Wan is innocent of any connection
with the triple slayings. He has ar
gued that the confession" was OBJ
tained through coercion and depriva-
tions. Further, he has contended,
! that VANS physical and mental con-
/ dition when he was under examina-
/ tinn hu N auCh that he