Evening star., 1926-02-09
WAN CASE WILL co
TO JURORS TODAY
AS DEFENSE ENDS
Lambert, in Closing Argu-
ment, Dissects Evidence
of Prosecution.
CLAIMS CIRCUMSTANCES
POINT ALSO TO KANG Ii
Doctor Is Innocent, Lawyer Asserts,
But Story Fails to Meet
Test of Creditibility.

The case of Ziang sun Wan, charged
with first degree murder Of Ben Sen
WI at the Chinese Educational Mis-
sion, will be placed in the hands OF the
jury this afternoon.
The final setting Of the second trIa!
of the Chinese was prepared this morn
ing when the defendants attorney and
chief of the defense forces, Wilton J.
Lambert, delivered his closing argu-
ment to the jury, in which he sought
70 weave web of Circumstantial evi-
dence about kang Ii. the Govern
ment's star witness, as strong as thar
which the prosecution has sought 10
place about Wan. Mr.. Lambert how.
ever, asserted Ii was as innocent as
any of US" DIR. Ii. now a practicing
physician of Shanghai, China, was a
medical student at the time OF the
triple murder al the mission and he
discovered the bodies.
Dissects state Argument.
Mr.. Lambert also dissected the
opening argument given by ASSIStar'
United States Attorney George u
Horning, Jr., yesterday, and after re
ferring TO the ailInent from which
Wan was suffering at the time of the
murder. he declared Il hope my
friend Horning will never suffer from
spastic colitis. but # he does, he viii
never make the argument that lie
made yesterday"
Tribute also was paid TO the police
and detective force by Mr.. Lambert.
but on one occasion he intimated
they had not told the truth as wit
nesses, and he also charged them
with failing for the proposition
kans Ii put up to them that Wan
had some knowledge of the crime.
Attacks Horning Statements.
The defense attorney attacked the
statements made yesterday by MT.
Horning that Wan was in constarr
disa greement with his brother Van
and had to occupy d separate room;
that he drank heavily; that $1,000
sent TO him from China by his mother
for educational purposes was
'squandered' that he had 10 money
when he came TO visit the mission
here, that he admitted having told :;
colored furnace man on the afternoon
If January q, 1919, not 10 call at the
house for several days AS they all
are going away and that Van did
not so TO moving picture theater
on the night the crime is alleged 10
have been committed.
These" declared Mr.. Lambert ARE
the strands OF hemp my friend Horn
ing bases his argument on and the
rope is no stronger than its weakest
strand.
II Wan had engaged in the light
and killing at the Mission House or
the night of the 29th the Colored bell
boy at the Harris Hotel Robert Lee
Carter, would have observed signs OF
struggle about Wan when he called
at his room with hot water "No
man. declared Mr.. Lambert could
have passed through that struggle.
not even Jack Dempsey. and have
been in the condition Robert Lee
Carter found Wan in
Hits kang Ii Story.
In taking up kang Lis testimony
Mr.. Lambert explained he "iidnt
want to put suspicion on anybody.
but we could weave a web around
kang Ii just as it is possible To do
around the defendant Why did Il
man from the Chinese legation come
down TO his house, just across the
street. when he could have gone over
himself? Why, if he We're SO interested,
did he leave Lang Ii TO do it, As
soon as the man goes kang Ii goes
across the street.
He said he saw what other wit.
nesses say he could not have seen
as he entered the house-the foot OF
DR.. Wong. Do you suppose the al
most seasoned doctor would have
rushed away without rendering assist
anCe2 He's as innocent as any OF
us, but those are things that don't
jibe. He talks and talks and points
suspicion at the defendant. And our
poor guardians of our police force
fall for the proposition. Why was
he smelling for gas? Then he goes to
New York in such haste he takes a
dead mans oVercoat.
Mr.. Lambert said Maj. Gordon. in
his opening statement. said he would
prove a furnace man saw Wan in the
house on the 25th or Goth. The fur
mace man-JameS T. Snead. Colored--
testified he saw Wan on the 2Ith.
Nobody" declared the attorney, has
ever testified that they had the slight
est knowledge of Snead being there.
And why would Inspector Grant, work
ing arm and arm with Maj. Pullman
on the case, leave the scene and go
to Snead's house to bring him there?'
Asks for Amends.
Mr.. Lambert concluded his argu-
ment with this charge 70 the jury:
There is nothing dearer TO the
soul of any true American than lib
erty and honor. We inherited 1t from
Washington; il was fought for and
died for by Lincoln; it was the
foundation of our Anglo-SaXon juris
prudence. When Wan came from
China, when Anglo-SaXons were at
each others throats to maintain lib
erty, he was guaranteed protection of
our Iaws-protection of a square deal
as it was called by Theodore RooSe
velt-justice, favor and protection of
his liberty. For seven years we have
deprived him of his liberty, and ]
now ask YOU to make amends and
enable him to have liberty and restora-
ton of honor and wipe out the stain
by a verdict of acquittal.
United States Attorney Gordon plead
ed for verdict of guilty. Maj. Gordon
began his argument at noon, waived
the usual hour for recess and elected
to occupy his allotted time of ] hour
and Is minutes to sum up the Govern
ment's case. He belittled the story
told the jury yesterday by former Sen
ator Stanley of Kentucky, who in
opening for the defense declared the
triple murder was the climax of
mighty struggle at the Chinese educa
tionaI mission Maj. Gordon declared
whoever the assassin was he was lying
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