The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-27

with what II generaly terned sno
con arrival in Washington, Wan
was not put formally under arrest:
but he was taken to . secluded
room. In the presence Of three
detectives, the superintendent Of
police. and III. he was subjected 20
questioning for five or sir hours.
B ate rs the evening Of that first
day. the detectives took him to-
Hotel Dewey, and, without entering
hls name In the hotel registry,
nlaced him I'm 3 bedroom on an
MINER floor. In that room he was
detained continuously one week.
'TIlroughOut the period, he was
sick and. most Of the time, In bed.
A physician was repeatedly called.
It was d police surgeon who came.
In vain Wan asked 10 see his
brother with whom he lived In
New York; who had nursed him In
his Illness: who had come To Wash.
ingtOn at his request In January:
who had returned with him to New
York; and whom, as he later
| learned, the detectives also had
brought to Washington, were do
tanning I'm another room Of the
hotel, and were subjected 70 Ike
interrogation.
Held IncOmmunicadO
'Wan was held In the hotel room
without formal arrest, incommuni-
cado. But he was not left alone.
Every moment Of the day, and OF
the night, at least one member Of
the police force was on guard In.
side his room. Three ordinary POI
licemen were assigned to this duty.
Each served eight hours: the shifts
beginning at midnight, at 8 o'clock
| In the morning, and at o'clock In
the afternoon. Morning. afternoon
and evening land at least on one
occasion after midnishtl the prisoner
was visited BY the superint endent
of police and lori one or MORE Of the
detectives.
'.The sole purpose Of these visits
was to interrogate him. Regard
less OF VANS. wishes and protest.
his condition Of health or the hour,
they engaged him In converse ton.
He was subjected to persistent,
lengthy and repeated cross examina-
ton. Sometimes It was subtle, some.
times severe. = Always the examine
ton was conducted with q view to
entrapping Wan into confession
Of his own guilt and tori that OF his
brother. Whenever these visitors
entered the room, the guard was
stationed outside the closed door.
Wan Taken From Hotel
ION the eighth day, the accuse
| tory questioning took q more OK,
CIRCULATING form. a detective was IN
attendance throughout the day. In
the evening, Wan was taken from
Hotel Dewey to the Mission. There,
continuously, for ten hours. this
sick man was led from floor to
floor infinitely to examine and re-
examine the scene Of the triple
murder and every object connected
with 1t, to give explanations, and
to answer questions. The places
where the dead men were dis
covered: the revolver with which
presumably the murder was com.
mitted, the blood stains and the
fingerprints thereon; the bullet
holes in the walls; the discharged
cartridges found upon the floor;
the clothes OF the murdered men;
the blood stains on the floor and
on the stairs; a bloody handler.
chief; the coat and pillow which
had been found covering the dead
mems faces; photographs. taken by
the police, Of the men az they lay
dead; the doors and windows
through which the murderer might
have entered or made his escape;
photostat copies of writings. by
means OF which 1t was sought to
nrove that Wan was IMPLICATED in
q forgery incident to the murder:
ell these ere shown him.
Every supposed fact ascertained
by the detectives in the course OF
their investigation was related to
/ him. Concerning every object,
every incident detailed, he was, in
the presence Of q stenographer,
piled with questions by the superin.
tendent Of police and the detectives.
BY these he was engaged in ars1I.
ment; sometimes separately, some.
times in joint attack.
'The process of interrogation be-
came ever more insistent. It
passed at times from inquiry into
command. From ] o'clock In the
evening until 5 o'clock In the morn
ing the questioning continued. Be-
fore Il was concluded, Ii, who WAS
again In attendance, had left the
Mission about midnight. worn out
BY the long hours. The superin.
tendent Of police had returned to
his home, apparently exhausted.