Evening star., 1926-04-07
NEW WITNESSES
FOR WAN RETR|AL
Gordon and Horning Back
From Search in Binghamton
for More Evidence.

United States Attorney Gordon and
Assistant United States Attorney
Horning have returned from Bing
hamton y. Y. where they went tr
seek evidence to be used in the thiro
trial of Ziang sun Wan. Chinese stu
dent. charged with murder in ccnnec
tion with the death of Ben Sen WI
an undersecretary at the Chinese edu
caticnal mission, January. 1919.
The prosecutors decline to discuss
their visit. 1t is understood, however
they sought witnesses to prove that
David Lee Nong. a Chinese, whose
picture appeared In a Binghamton pa
per and was identified by Van, the
brother Of the accused. as the person
who had given him check for $4,000
To be cashed the day after the killing
of the men. was not in Washington al
the time of the tragedy.
Sees Mistaken Identity.
Van said the man who gave him
the check and rode with him to the
bank in taxicab might easily have
been mistaken by the driver for his
brother. Wan. The accused at that
time was very much emaciated and OF
slight build, while it is understood
people in Binghamtop say None was
over feet tall and broad Of shoulder.
a marked contrast from the accused
Celestial.
Mai. Gordon admitted that he in
terviewed the chief Of police at Bing-
hamton and also searched newspa per
files to get copy of the picture
offered at the trial by Attorney Wilton
j. Lambert. chief counsel for the
accused.
The prosecutor tomorrow will serve
counsel for the defense and the
prisoner at the Jail. with the list Of
90 jurors completed yesterday in
Justice Bailey's court, together with
the names -of the witnesses which he
will offer TO support his case.
New Ones Not Listed.
The names of the BinShamton
people are not expected to be mem
toned in the list as they will be re-
buttal witnesses and do not have to be
given TO the defense in advance. The
law requires service of list of jurors
and>> witnesses in capital cases two
clear\ days before trial. The
third TRIAL of Wan is scheduled for
next Monday.
The list of prospective jurors which
will be furnished Attorney Wilton j.
Wan. the Chinese student whose third
trial on a charge of murder Is sched-
uled for next Monday, was completed
esterday when Justice Bailey qualified
the IS men comprising the panel for
Jury duty in Criminal Division for
the month of April. These will be
the first talesmen to be examined at
the Wan trial in an effort to secure
a jury to try the Chinaman.
The jurors. their ages and occupa-
tions follow: Louis r. Leapley. AZ,
truck driver 1913 l. street southeast;
William Earl Plantz, 80. printer. 5402
Ninth street: John r. Swain, SO, sales
man, S04 North Carolina avenue south
east; Thomas j. Croghan. 27, conduc-
tor, III Tenth street northeast; Fran
els Clyde Powderly. 81. insurance
agent. 4132 Fifth street: Edwin NJ.
Taylor. 80, clerk. 4O2 Rittenhouse
street; Frank V A. Brown, 81. sales
man, 1856 Shepherd street: Thomas
Armat. So, inventor. 1868 Thirty first
street. Francis l.. Custard. 43. book
keeper. 257S Wisconsin avenue; Guy
c. Eiker. 40, stockroom mana ger, 1907
r street southeast: Bernard Nachman
"A, haberda sher. 1915 Fifteenth street;
Harry II. Onutt, 40, clerk. 5431 Poto-
mac avenue: Charles II. Zier Ga. wire
man, 10l1 c street northeast; Ralph
Curtis, %. timekeeper, $3.50 street,
Robert Fl. Muir, 81. hotel clerk.
251s Seventeenth street; Thomas
W. Cadick. So, National Publish
ing Co, 3c1s Porter street; W.
lie Roy Gaghan. 25, clerk. i24o
Girard street: Alexander NJ. Hop
kins, As, engineer. 1O5 Fern street;
Ernest J. Febrey. 81, heating contrac-
tor, 1910 Riggs place; George B. Ellis,
81. clerk. $40 North Capitol street;
John j. Fields. %, buyer, 1905 Z street
northeast; Thomas J. Gattis. AZ. sales
man, 3l49 Mount Pleasant street;
Frank w. Allen, q, truck owner, 1904
Douglas street northeast; Albert ".
Tanner. %, jeweler, 1908 LonSfeiiow
street; Joseph c. Bacher. 81, fur mer-
chant. 1923 Irving street, and Daniel
NJ. O'Brien, 80, cabinetmaker, $50 Todd
place northeast. y"