Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-07-08

Balls
In addition 10 what we have hereto
fore published of the outrage and muir
der Of the little daughter Of Mr.. Ellidge,
near Axusa, last week. we clip the fol,
lowing from the Pomona Times Courier i!
News OF frightfdl tragedy comes from
Azuss this week, the facts OF which we
learn from DR.. Wilder. Of Los Angeles,
who came to Pomona from the Azusa on
Tuesday. Other parties eorroborate the
doctors statement. which i substantially
as follows: Upon the Hollenbeck place,
little northwest OF the Mud Springs,
are a number Of headers and threshing
machines ut work. The work was IN
charge of Mr.. Ellidge, OF Compton.
Friday the family Of Mr.. Ellidge, con-
sisting of q wife, daughter eight years
Of age, and son five years old. came to
the ranch on visit. Sunday afternoon
while Mr.. and Mrs. Ellidge and the
children were watching the men az work
at the thresher, a short distance from
camp, the children left their mothers
side, saying that they were gong 70
the can,u and ask John, the Chinese
cook for some cookies. bcercely
Ave minutes had elapsed before the
little nov returned, running, covered
wifi mud and walpS.,and informed the
rsrsnts thai John had thrown him
into ,be E6nsga, and had killed his sis.
a. x6s boy having escaped, crawling
MI the Clsnega while the fiend's at.
cssion WA being taken up with the
fAh.) On repairing to the place indi-
6otel BY the boy, which was short dis
o4ooe up the canon from the camp, and
about seventy yards distant from the
1hreshsr, horrible sight was presented.
The little girl lay upon the ground in a
pool Of blood, dead, and an examination
revealed cruel knife stab, about eight
inohea deep. In her breast just below the
heart. The Chinaman WAS nowhere TO
b. seen. All hands, however, turned
out to hunt him down. A messenger
IVES dispatched TO Sheriff Courier at his
ranch near Spadra, and that officer inn
mediAtely started for the scene OF the
tragedy. and joined in the search. Our
Informant thinks that the Chinaman
had been captured before the sheriff
arrived, and that those who held
him sent the Sheriff upon q
wrong scent and during his ab-
sence swung the Celestial up. At any
rate the sheriff's search WINS unsuecess-
ful til Monday morning, whom he and
he posse suddenly came upon the man
hanging to tree. 1t was found that no
had been dealt heavy blow upon the
torshead, and heavy header stake ly-
lng clcse by suggested the instrument
which had produced the blow. A bullet
wound was also found In the abdomen.
Another informant, while claiming to
know nothing about the execution, states
that the Chinaman was followed TO hts
hiding place by his tracks, and says but
for these he never could have been dis
covered, as his hiding place was good
one. An inquest was held upon the
bady of the little girl at X. Hodges
place, the jury finding that she came to
her death from knife wound in the no.
glon Of the heart, and accused the China.
man of being her murderer. The China.
man WINS afterwards cut down and buried
near where he was found. The supposed
object Of the Chinaman was rape, and
when he discovered the escape Of the
boy he stabbed the little girl to the heart
and tried to escape.
Mr.. James Malone, the efficient con.
stable of the Azusa township, "a soon
ar he heard of the tragedy immediately
mounted horse and started in pursuit,
stopping at each house us he galloped
along the road to tell the people and
rye them to turn out. IL is said that'n
less than twenty minutes after the
news was brought him he had twenty
five brave, determined men on the war.
path. 1t was owing much to Mr.. Ma.
lone's prompt and determined action
that the wretch was so speedily brought
to justice. 1t is but justice to say that
z he was in no way implicated in the exc
oution.