Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-02
DECIDEDLY MIXED.
ABsURDITY OF TRYING TO GET THE
TRUTH FROM CHINAMEN.
The All Gong Examination Farce Brought
to a Close-Arguments to be
Made To-day.

The All Gong examination case was re-
sumed in the Police Court yesterday. All
Sam, All Nom and All Woe were placed
upon the stand and testified that All Gong,
the defendant, was with them on the night
of the shooting from $50 to 1890 in the
evening.
The shooting is alleged to have taken
place between half past and 10 O'Clock,
and these witnesses swore positively that
they, with the defen dant, were talking and
reading together in the house of All Sam,
on Sixth street, between l and J, at the
time. About 1870 they left, going over
Sixth street to the south side of J, thence
down to Fourth, where they separated.
The testimony went to show that All
Gong did not leave the house at any time
between the aforesaid hours. The room
which they occupied was the sleeping
apartment of All Sam, Chinese lad in the
employ of Kirk, Geary e. Co., and the
brother of All Gong.
Charles johnson, a buggy-washer in
Servers stable, swore that two Cinnamon
came running up the alley between Third
and Fourth, and Streets on the night CT
the shooting and just about the time the
shots were fired. One of them ran against
him and he recognized the faces of both,
but neither of them was All Gong, the de-
PENDANT. He knew defendant well.
j. b. Harris, a newspaper reporter, testi-
fled that after the wounded Chinaman had
been taken to the Receiving Hospital he
(the witness) heard him say that he was
shot by Wong All Chow and Lee Ii; did
not hear him mention All Gong's name.
Deputy Sheriff George Rider testified to
an acquaintance with both the deceased
and the prisoner. He never knew them to
have had difficulty, as testified to by one
All 10y. The morning after the shooting
deceased told witness that Wong All Chow
and Lee I'll had shot him.
w. A. Anderson was sworn and testified
in regard to the contradictory statements
made by the colored girl, Mabel Bryant.
He admitted telling her that he was her
friend, and did so for the purpose of secur-
ing statement from her.
Pong Ge, a ThIrd-street barber, was
called by the prosecution. He went through
the farce of being sworn by alternately
holding up his lett and right hands and
then by dropping both. He clearly showed
that he didn't know anything, and, if he is
to be judged by his looks, he will die in
about the same fix, though he lives hun
dred years.
Constable Frank Swift testified that Ma
bel Bryant told him how she had identified
one Chinaman at the police station as the
one that ran past her, and then, when All
Gong was brought in, changed her mind
and decided that she couldn't tell which it
was.
Officer Carroll testified that Mabel Bry-
ant described the shooter to him, and
identified All Gong, the prisoner, among a
number of other Cinnamon. The defend
ant told him at one time that on the night
of the shooting he went to his brother
place, on Sixth street, at o'clock, and
later on-after the hour of the shooting
was referred to-said he went there at S
O'Clock. He told witness he staid there
until half-past 10, and did not hear of the
shooting until the next morning.
This closed the testimony in the case
and 1t was agreed that the arguments
would be commenced at half past 10 O. clock
this morning.