Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-04

eve and replied: mo, ] didn't hand
that to Mrs Dent"
Van declared that when asked for
Identification he told the bank officials
to call up "his house. meaning the
persons name which appeared on the
contents of the envelope. He said he
did not mention the name of T. =.
Wong.
Didn't Speak English.
why didn't you go out to the car
and bring Wong in instead of asking
the bank to call up his house," asked
Maj. Gordon.
"IIe told me he couldn't speak Eng
lish and If they asked anything to tell
them to call up his house" replied
Van.
You didn't think it necessary for
him to come in the bank and have
you interpret for him. did you?''
NO. / did not.
The defense also brought to the
stand Just before the noon recess
Charles T.. Kramer of I.ynchburG,
Ohio. a Methodist minister: Caroline
IIoyle. 1874 Twenty-third street, and
Edith T. McKill of Lima, Ohio. Mr.
Kramer testified AZ to the defends. nj :;
good reputation and character: Mrs
HoyIe. who resided in Kularoina road
near the mission house, in 1919 teSti-
fled she was awakened in the middle
of the night Of January % by a loud
noise like "A door Slamrniue, and like u
lamp being broken, but heard no shots.
Mrs. Mckill also told of the good
character and reputation of the de
PENDANT when she knew him at Il
school in Ada. Ohio. in 1916 and 1917.
Defense Scores
The defense registered its first big
victory yesterday afternoon when
testimony was given that either Il
shot or backfire of an automobile was
heard near the mission house. possibly
on the night of January 20. and that
"a Chinese named T. +. Wong was the
possessor of d check which the de
PENDANTS brother sought to have
cashed at the Riggs National Bank
the morning of January 80.
John Edward Hoover, Washington
attorney, whose residence is but a few
steps from the mission house. heard
a loud report late at night about two
days before the crime was discovered,
he testified. Mr.. Hoover. however,
said he was unable to say if the re-
port was that Of pistol OF the back
fire OF an automobile. The noise, he
added was the subject of comment
between him and his wife.
Van was the last witness heard
yesterday afternoon, and while he was
on the stand defense counsel said the
IS -year-od Chinaman was suffering
from severe pains produced by
stomach trouble. Van told the story
of the two brothers arrival in this
country and carried It up to February
l, 1919. when Wan was brought to
Washington from New York to assist
in solving the crime.
on the night the triple murder is
alleged to have been committed. Van
said. Wan. who had been very i'll in
his room at the Harris Hotel, an
nounCed he vas going out to visit
some friends. Van remained in the
room until he returned about s O'Clock
he testified, and after putting his
brother to bed he went to a moving
picture theater. Returning TO the hotel
about | o'clock. he found his brother
feeling better, and in accordance with
the doctors orders for fresh air. the
two took a short walk, arriving back
at their rooms about 1870 on the
morning of January 80.
Deciding to return 10 New York, the
brothers went 10 Union Station. Van
explained. and while there he met two
Chinese who had acCosted him on the
street the previous day. They gave
their names as 7. =. Wong and Moy,
he said and the former pleaded with
him to help him get a check cashed.
Van finally yielded, he testified. went
to the bank with him while Wong re
manned outside. and. failing to cash
the check. returned to the city post
office, where Moy was waiting.
Van declared about three months
after the first trial he saw d news
paper reproduction of T. p. Wong s
photograph. This was produced by
Rudolph II. Yeatman. who examined
Van. and after a lengthy consultation
at the bench was admitted in evidence.
A Government witness had testified
that the occupants of the car which
went to the bank were Van and Wan.
Van, however. made II plain in his tes-
timony that Wong looked very much
like his brother. except that he was
taller and heavier built. Time was too
short for Maj. Gordon to make any
Roadway with cross examination.