The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-28

/ Not very long after they took % f.
.bi,sa flaor and Van took = cushion
which they had let him give wan
1 fwhllej on second floor. on the
/ fnird floor there was FullinaHs
/ Grant, Kelly, Burlinganle ana Laws,
4 who All lit down and want W 70
/ get In the middle; they start e
.scsrant told Van to tell how ne
i titled them. that Van was strong,
/ I,hysically Tit, and healthy ana
| must Sc the one that killed them;
va said he did not; then Grant
/ t,rned to Wan and said, kang
d saw you Id the mission, why
"1 s.rvan said WI invited him to-
,.on,e and Grant asked him how.
- rot IN: Wan said door was
a IN never locked; Grant insisted
yrar had key, and if no. must ges
| i, somewhere: Wan said II ne ulu
any killing would not open the
d seso and let people know ne vas
n the house; then Pullman stann
IN Ard point finger It Wan :
| "a e and say he was q coid-b. oOueu
hov. 4 cold. blooded Chinanan
ssYou know you did: YOU are
| very sick, in dying condltlon, WY
don't you say something ana rs, Lsl
YOUR brother got Your little u Ol.'
! 118) brother has g good AuellLs e
W. lust want you to say some.
| thi,,c and let him go out; you tell
mo YOU are 81 Christian ana love
/ votIr brother, why don't you say
/ II ard let your brother so?
wan said did not kin them;
pullman said 'syou did, you know
YOU did, just don't want to ten
| how you kin then"
Can Them Names
.That night they curse and
mock and point their mngers e.
ca1I Them n1urderers, yellow rats,
chinks. skinks, and all other
names. and at the same time pincn
them and push them and shake
thelr. ana Wan many times asked
MEM rs LET him alone: Grant said
| would not let him alone unless he
| fan how he killed men, and Grant
said. ut is not killing In cold
blood: it Is self.defense:S said Wan
can say that. they we're three and
he Il one; maybe they tried to
| xii Wan, 50 he grabbed pistol
from WI and shot them. ana
everybody would believe that be
cause pistol is Wu's and Wan mas
not any pistol.
killed the other two and because
Wu killed Doctor Wong and Hsie,
! WI, after killing other two, tried
| to kin Wan, so Wan grabbed pts-
| tol and killed WI; everybody VIII
think that il right because pistol
/ is Wu,s and not Vans.
EVAN said 01e) was innocent,
| did not kill them; Grant said. OF
course, he did, they knew he did,
'ilist because you don't want to
tell u.s. Grant and Pullman did
| the questioning when Van was
I there; after Pullman left they all
started to be very rough and push
Van and Wan; would not let them
90 to the washroom or get water
| to drink, and at that time Vans
could not stand straight and rested
/ his elbow on Vans shoulder.
Van picked UP the cushion on
| the floor which Qhel had brought
up from second floor, offered 1t TO
| Wan, and detective take it and
throw 1t away; said Don't think
you are home, you are in our
power, you have got to do what
we say; Wan begged them to let
him alone, said he was innocent;
Grant said never let him alone
until he admit he kill them; IL he
would tell them, let him go, lot
him get off easy, 1t was only self
/ defense case.
Urge Confession
swan wanted to 20 to washroor,n.
and they did not let him go unless
he said something. Pullman said to
| Wan, See how your brother Fol.
| 119) il suffering, why don't you adj
nit you are in q dying condition,
you know you can't live long; why
don't you let your brother go out;
/ you see how he suffers; you say
you are. Christians and love your
brother, why don't you admit that
| you know who killed three men
and tried to put it on younger
brother / mean make your
younger brother suffer
/ Kelly took Van out to Mushroom;
as soon as stepped out, Kelly
turned to Van and said Wan admit;
Van starteN to jump back in room
4 and said he was lying; Grant said,
| if Wan not guilty Van don't have
to jump in and say that, just to
/ influence Wan not to admit so
they didn't let Van go to wash
! room.
kelly took big yellow envelope
up, undid the string and pulled
pistol out and gave to Pullman,
| who asked Van IL ever see it; Van
| said never; Pullman first showed it
| to Wan, showed him the trigger.
opened chambers and showed two
/ empty shells In it, closed chamber
and told Wan to show If he could
pull trigger, and Wan took it and
stretched out his hand and pulled
i the trigger. which is hard to pull,
| and Pullman said, Look how he
| shoots without aim that
is the way he killed Them
"Then he asked Van to hold It,
which he refused to do, because
| Grant said they got the finger
prints, but not Vans or his
brothers, they are very big size;
! Van don't want to hold it and get
finger.prints on It.
/ saThey kept on questioning both