Evening star., 1926-02-03
TELLS Of THEFTS
AT MISSION HOUSE
Former Detective Explains
Mysterious Visit-Wan
Was III, Doctor Says,

the life OF Ziang Sun Wan was util
lied by the defendants counsel in
seeking to prove that VANS physical
condition before and at the time the
crime Is alleged to have been COM
mitted, January 29. 1919, was greatly
impaired.
DR.. J. Russell verbrycke, jr., a
stomach specialist, who examined
Wan at the District jail in the middle
OF February. 1919, testified today that
he found the defendant "prostrated
and emaciated" and there was every
probability that this condition had
been in existence for long time"
Wan, he added, was suffering from
spaStic colitis
The courtroom was thrown into q
tense condition for a short time when
Charles II. Bradley, former detective
OF the tenth precinct. testified there
had been several rCbberies" at the
mission house in the Summer of 1918.
Mr.. Bradley, who as a prosecution
witness several days ago left the court
room . an air OF mystery on the pur-
pose of his visit to the house at
pm. January 2S. when he could not
get adinlttance, was used as a defense
witness to explain this visit.
Called by Wong.
MI Braniey said message has
been received at the station from DR..
i. 1. wong, head of the mission and
one of the murdered Chinese, for
him to call at the house The wit
ness asserted he had become quite
friendly with the three occupants be
cause OF his work in trying to solve
the "roberries.' -
Under cross-examination of George
u. Horning. jr., Assistant United
states Attorney, the witness adnu:ted
there were only two robberies, both
resulting in minor loss and being con-
nned TO stamps, pencils and small
change. He told Mr.. Horning a clue
TO the perpetrator was found in the
form of a boys wet bathing suit
This testimony caused the spectators
to settle down once moro.
Other witnesses for the defense who
testified regarding Vans health were
Daniel Scanlon, a guard at the Dis
trict Jail; j. L. Howard. deputy super
intendent Of the Jail and hospital in
1918. and Mrs. Gertrude Barte!s, own
er OF rooming house In New York
where the defendant and his broth
Van lived. Mr.. SCanlon said Wan was
brought 10 the jail in the first week
of February very weak and that
Il had to help him in and out of his
bunk at night" Mr.. Howard said
Wan was very sick when I saw him,
and he was in bed the whole time"
Mrs. Bartels testified that Wan was
always in bed" and owing to the
lack OF sufficient heat in his third-d floor
back room he wore gloves and
sweater while lying down.
She also testified that both Van and
wan paid their rent promptly and that
Wan always was d gentleman" She
told of visit the brothers made TO a
doctor and of Vans appealing to her
about a prescription.
Opposes Prosecution Claims.
The session opened with A. l..
Creecy, the defense's first witness yes
terday, on the stand for resumption of
croSs-exaInination by United States
Attorney Peyton Gordon. Maj Gordon
opened up rapid fire of questioning
and endeavored to break down tho wit
ness direct testimony, which wide
ly differed from that of virtually all
prosecution witnesses who were at
the mission house on the night the
crime was discovered.
The witness. however, stood his
ground and even in the face of. state
ments recited by Mai. Gordon which
were at variance with the testimony,
Creecy stuck to his original state
ments.
Several of the witness direct state
ments were challenged by Maj
Gordon. They Included the testimony
that the police did not know Of a
telephone in the house on the night
OF January 81 and sent some one out
to telephone h' adquarters. Mai.
Gordon then produced a photograph.
which had been admitted in evidence,
showing telephone on the first floor
and near the body Of DIR. Wong.
They didn't know 1t was there at
that time" explained the witness.
The witness also steadfastly main
tained that with the exception Of
about one-half hour when he drove
Maj. Pullman, then Superintendent of
police, to headquarters, the major was
at the house continuously from $50
pm. to early the following morning.
The testimony that he personally
drove to police headquarters about
$50 and returned with Detective Bur
lingame came in for exceedingly
strong fire by Maj. Gordon. Creecy's
declaration that on arrival at the mis-
sion with Maj. Pullman and Inspector
Grant at the mission house that he
saw a table overturned and a chair
broken up was the subject of much
grilling by Maj. Gordon, who produced
three photographs of the condition of
the house. The witness, however, de-
clared the objects he referred to were
not In the photograph.
Creecy's Story.
The story told by Creecy on direct
examination yesterday was in sub
stance as follows He had known the
late Maj. Raymond w. Pullman for
Is or 20 years. and around the time
Of the triple murder he was in his
presence nearly every day, showing
him how to drive an automobile He
was at police headquarters when word
was received of the tragedy, and he
drove the late Inspector Clifford L.
Grant and Maj. Pullman to the scene
He found a blood trail leading to the
basement and about 8 inches from the
outstretched hand of one of the VIC
tins was a revolver.
kang Ii, then a medical student,
who testified that he discovered the
murder. was questioned in Creecy's
presence by Grant and Pullman and
said day or two before the crime
came to light he went to the mission
house to get some money. Failing to
get response at the door, he looked
in a parlor window which was opened
about foot and a half, heard a shot.
got all nervous and excited and ran
back to his room" On the evening of
the 31st Ii again went to the house
after somebody" had told him some
thing had happened" there and again
looking in the opened window he saw
body living on the floor.
The story Creecy said Ii told the
police authorities differed widely from
that he told on the stand as the
prosecutions star witness. Mai. Cor.
don began a rapid fire of cross.exan.
ination, pinning the witness down on
every statement he had made and
eliciting the declaration from Creecy
that Ii was brought from No. 10
police station" to the mission house.
The district attorney also bore down