Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1926, Page 3

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Co. @k st N W apart and it | o Main 3621 ) | Chronology of Ziang Sung Wan. illing of T, Theo- dore Wong, director; Chang Hsi Hsie, tecretary; Ben Sen Wu, clerk of the Chinese Education Missfon. unuary 29, 1919—\Waun seen in the Kang Li. Junuary 31, 1919—Police learn of the murder, February 1, 1919 Washington from ) tectives, Van brought to York Ly de. 6, 7and8§, 1919— Hotel Incommu. . under a 24-hour surveillance: e working in three shifts of eight each, Pebruary 8 1819—Wan taken to ;fwn‘-;nlll-rl murder house on Kl where the deaths oc estioned by the pol 1919 —Held by 12, 1919 — Confession ail. sfterward repudiate 30, 1919, —Three indi nis filed charging \ with the | 1319 Homiclde in- ‘ winst Van ignored by . 1919 —~Plea of uot guilty | Jetaher 10, 1919.~~Van released on | b band. 1 sroment : counts of the indict- ructed to return | - n these 1 ve indicted on fourth three | t of guilty count of indict. | tter- | sleed e 229—Motion for new | ntenced to be | Bishop Freeman to Address Men | the v of Dacember voons at trial table and has to carried ont of the courtroom 3, 1320—Bond fol 1 costs ap- | { )—Bill of exceptions | fotion to va-| un® of dearh | scstion being | 1 that no| of excep | cep- alter cate julgment on Judge Gould. © the defens could se e cour sttle bill 21—Bill of Chief Justice ~Transcript of record he Court of Appeals of for defend filed in ued in Court n s country routh murder the m Mustard | Awholesome | seasoning free %fiom pepper 4 ks CSTAS m-l!gga | { fand Mrs. C TAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, = Wan Trial From Date of the Slayings ) tice Van Orsdel affirming judgment of lower court. AMay 24, 1923—Petition for writ of error to the United States Suprems Sourt deni 24, 1923—Petition of certiorari in Supreme Court of the United States | tiled. [ October, 1923 —Brief in uppusition 1o { petition for certiorarl filed bLy the United States October 17 tiorari granted, October 13, 1924 —Opinion of preme Court of the Uniied » througk 1 indews, rev ing the Ce s and orde: | new trial 1923—Petition for cer- New trial st 6 went to the Jury reported inability ment and was dls 04 o'clock pam., with in- ations of a third t SHORT ILLNESS FATAL. Mrs. Mary McWillinmns Dies—Rites | to Be Held Saturday. M Mrs. Mary -| churged with the murder of Ben L { W, INTEREST LESSENED N SECOND TRIAL Exclusion of Confession Causes Fewer Legal Bat- tles Over Evidence. | Thterest Sun W in the second trial of Ziwng . the young Chinese stude at the Chir wtional m | sion, January somewhat from action of the United States Su ne Court in eliminating the cou- | ions made by the prisoner to M 'mond W. Pullman and ¢ Detectives Grant short] homicide. The highest cowrt in iund sustained the contention of the pr confe that the co ons were ol through mes “third degree 1 battle to exel was one of the features former trinl. 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