Amador weekly ledger., 1858-02-27

10 o'clock A. NJ; am stage agent; Fousn
and Chow Yce had been companions, run
ming" together, before Fousn went to Kill
hams
Cross Es--The general appearance of
the vest is not unusual.
Jesse o. Goodicin, sporn--I reside at
Marysville, in this State. The arrest Of these
defendants was made at that place on the
3Oth Dec last After having been informed
of there whereabouts, by Chinaman named
All Cow, procured the assistance of another
person and we proceeded to make the arrests.
We proceeded to the house where the larger
one known as Fousin, or the cook, was, and
arrested him. At first he exhibited consider
able excitement, but afterwards became quiet
and apparently unconcerned We took from
him the various articles he had about him
knife, pistol, purse, &c.--tied him, and left
him while we proceeded to arrest the other,
the smaller one of the two, Chou Yee. We
went to the place where the other one was,
and arrested him. All Chou Yee said was
to ask for another Chnaman, named All Cow,
(the one who had given me the information
We took Chou Yec and lodged him in the
station house; then went and brought Fousin
there also. Fousn remarked, ironically in
tone and manner, that All Cow was "a very
good friend" of his. Fousin said that he had
lived in jackson for some time, and for about
month after Mr.. Griswold was killed; but
that two weeks previous to that time, )30th
Dec, he had left jackson and established a
Chinese store at Long Bar, lin Yuba coun-
tyl He said that he had had difficulty
with All Cow, and he supposed that out of
revenge, that person procured his arrest on
the charge OF numbering Griswod. The
next day, at the station house, in the presence
of number Of gentlemen, Fousn acknowl-
edged and stated that he was the cook at Mr.
Kham's, when Griswold was murdered. He
said, in effect, that Chou Yee was his friend
and frequently visited him at Mr.. Kilhams.
Fousin said that Chou Yce was there to see
him the morning Griswold was killed, NOV.
7th, 1851, and that while himself and Chou
Yee were outside of the house, they heard
noise and confusion inside. He said that
they looked in and found that three other
Cinnamon had entered the house and were in
the act of numbering Griswold with q cord
that was drawn around his neck; that they
held the door to keep them out; and that he,
Fousin, told them "for Gods sake not to
kill him in that way" or "don't kill him So"
He said that these three Cinnamon, (who
were to him and Chou ee strangers, or un-
known completed the killing, robbed the
safe, gave them, (Fousin and Chou Yee,
some money, and told them to go away, anu
told them to go away and that if they (Fou-
sin and Chou Yee, did not take it and go
away, they would kill them also. Chou Yee
also entered into this statement or converse
tion by Fousn and n number of times inter-
rupted and corrected, or professed to correct
Fousin in his detail Of circumstances. | did
not ask them to tell their story, neither did
any person offer any inducement to them TO
make the statement. The next morning, at
the Jail, Fousn commenced repeating this
story to me; whereupon ] stopped him, tell
ing him that had not asked him to tell any
thing about it, and that regarded his state
ment of the affair as unreasonable; that he
and Chou Yee might easily have ran out and
gave the alarm to the ncighborhood, instead
of being compelled to take the money from
the other three Cinnamon, and = aye the
place stealthily. | told them they were stout
men, and certainly might have prevented the
murder of Griswold had they been so dispos.
ed-that they might easily have called in as
slstancc If necessary. / told him that his
story was not consistent with his former
statement that he had lived in Jackson for the
period of a month after the killing of Girls
wold. Fousn then said that if All Cow had
betrayed him, he supposed that he would
have to be hung, but that he "didn't want
All Cow to have any Of the reward money!
We foand on both Fousn and Chou Yee,
watches, knives and pistols, and number OF
other articles. The gold chains spoken of in
other testimony that has been given, were
found on the person OF Chou Yee; they are
the same we took from him when he was ar
rested ] handed them over to Mr.. Kilham.
The purse, containing the dust, and specimens,
is the same which we took from Fousin, and
which delivered to Mr. Kilham. The purse
was carefully concealed on the person of Fou-
sin, under his arm-pit, so that when searching
him we came near not finding it.
Gross Ell Upon the cross examination,
nothing new, or in any manner different from
the above, was stated by Mr.. Goodwin.
The trial was conducted by Dist Atty.
Axtell and ii. 0. Beatty, on the part Of the
people, with marked ability. Their argu-
ments to the jury were able and convincing
r.. NJ Briggs, having been appointed by
the court, defended the accused with zeal and
ability. The evidence against them, however,
although circumstantial, was overwhelming
The jury, after short absence, returned a
verdict of uGnilfvv againct both dafa,dants