Evening star., 1926-05-13
Jury IN WAN CASE
STILL DEADL0CKED
Court Viii inquire Again Be-
fore Adjournment if Verdict
Is Reached.

No verdict had been reached early
this afternoon by the jury In the case
0f Ziang sun Wan. the Chinese STU;
dent, charged with murder in connec-
tion with the death Of Hen Sen WI.
an undersecfetary at the Chinese Edu-
cational Mission, In 1919. Justice
Hoehlina is expected to call the jurors
into @ourl before adjournment tine ~
learn n they are hopelessly divided. or
II they think a verdict may be reach
I'd with further deliberstion.
As usual In such cases. number
Of rumors were heard about the court
house as to the way the ballots were
going. hut there was nothing authen-
tic. rs the deputy United states mar
shals assigned to guard the jury kept
their vigil some 10 or more feet from
the door of the juryrOon and could
not hear anything. even II they had
been inclined to inform others.
Courtroom Crowded.
The courtroom was crowded at 10
O'Clock, when many expected the
jurors would make report to the
court. Justice Hoehling was in his
chambers, but no word came from the
jury.
United States Attorney Gordon and
Assistant United States Attorney
HorninR were at the courthouse last
night, az were also the counsel for the
defense. Attorneys Wilton !. Lambert.
Rudolph n. Yeatman and A. Owaley
STANLEY. anxiOusly awaiting report
from the jurors. Justice Hoehling
also remained within call.
The prisoner was kept in the cell
in..~ 80.
which the jurors were delibersting
over his fate. When the Jury had not
agreed by 10 o'clock Justice Hoehiing
ordered them locked up for the night.
and Wan was taken back to the Jail
He was at the courthouse early this
morning and remained in the cellrOOm
throughout the day.
United States Attorney Gordon was
not prepared To express an opinion to-
day as TO his course Of action In the
event Of another mistrial Of the Wan
case. Since the charge is capital the
prosecutor would hesitate, it is
thought, to ask for a nolie pros.
Attorney Lambert stated that in
ease OF another disagreement he
would file a motion to have hail fixed
for the accused and would attempt To
have the Government drop the charge
The crime for which Wan was
tried occurred at the Chinese educa-
tiOnal mission on kaIorama road In
January. 1919 and was not discov.
cred for Two days. The bodies of DIR.
T. T. Wong, director OF the mission,
OF G.. n. Hsie. secretary, and of Fan
Sen WI. an undersecretary, were dis.
covered. The two latter were In the
basement of the house and Dr.
Wong'S body was on the main floor
Of the building.
DIR. Kang Lii, a student at the mis-.
sion. discovered the tragedy when he
was unable to get an answer to the
door bell and looked into a window
which was partly open and saw a
body. which proved to be that Of
DIR. Wong. He notified the police nd
the house was entered a nd the other
bodies found. LII told the police OF
having seen ZiaRg sun Wan at the
mission few days before and gave
them Information by which the ac.
cused was found in a rooming house
in New York City.
Wan WAS sick In he'd a nd was writ.
ing a letter Of coincidence on the
death of his friends. he said. when
Detectives Burlingame and Kelly
entered his room. After some per.
suasion he consented to come to
Washington to aid in the investiga.
ton. Police held him for several DAYS
at the Dewey Hotel and secured
statements" from him In reference
to the tragedy.
First Trial In December, 1919.
The first trial of the accused man
was begun in December, 1919. and
lasted into January, when a verdict
Of guilty as indicted was returned
Wan was sentenced to he executed in
December. 1920 hut noted an ar-
peal to the District Court of Appeals.
The conviction was sustained by that
tribunal and a writ of certiorari se.
cured from the United States Supreme
Court which reversed the finding OF
the lower courts and ordered new
trial on the ground OF third de-
gree" methods of the police in oh.
tanning the statements. A second trial
was held last January before Justice
Stafford in Criminal Division. z and
resulted In disa greement of the
jury. which was reported to stand 10
for acquital and 2 for conviction.
The third trial was completed veg
terday afternoon when Justice Hoeh.
ling at 4:45 finished his charge to the
jury and told them the responsibility
Of deciding the case was in their
ha nds.