Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-27
BLACK ARK.
His Trial for Numbering His
Slave.
The Testimony Given at Yes
terday's Session Of Court.
Witnesses for Defense and Prosecution
Give Contradictory Evidence.
Officers Rohn and Bevan Tell OF tne
Occurrence-Chinese Witnesses ON
the Stand-How Ark Was
Arrested.

the Stand-How Ark Was
Arrested.
Judge McKinley's court room was
comfortably filed yesterday morning
when the trial of Wong Ark, alias Gum
Dock for the murder of his slave Goot
Cue, in Chinatown on April 26th last
was resumed.
Officer Orlando Rohn, who was on the
stand at the hour of adjournment Mon
day. was recalled and told again the
story of his connection with the case.
When he heard the police whistle blown
about 8 80 o'clock on the evening OF the
murder he was standing in front OF
Huey's Chinese restaurant on Alameda
street. Running down Apablasa street
he found Goot Cue lying on the side
walk in front of her house screaming
with pain. He supported her and asked
her what was the matter and she. re-
piled; Scum Dock shoot me-" Rohn
and man by the name of Roher then
carried the woman inside and placed
her on stool, but later, after a
Chinese woman had brought mat and
spread it out on the floor, Cue was laid
on this and Rohn, leaving Roper at the
door with instructions not to let any one
in, left to call the patrol wagon.
j. Roper was then called. He tes-
titled that on the evening of the shoot
ing he had been riding about town on
horseback. At 9:30 O'Clock he was
standing in front of Huey's restaurant
beside his horse, when he heard the
whistle and saw Rohn come out of the
place and dash up the street. Roper
followed and got to where Goot Cue lay
shortly after the affair. He heard the
woman and Rohn conversing in English,
and afterward helped the former carry
Cue inside the building.
The witness corroborated Rohn's tes-
timony in detail and then went on to ex-
plain why he was not present at
the first trial OF the case. On
the morning after the shooting he left
town for the mines in the San Gabriel
canon, and stayed thoTo several isios; os;ttiiiss tbs,
hearing no more about the affair. One
day, however, having picked up copy
of the HERALD, he read an account of
the trial and learned that the defense
was attempting to prove that Rohn did
not arrive on the scene till after Cue was
carried into the house. He Immediately
wrote letter to the chief Of police, tell
ing him what evidence he could give,
and day or so later came to town, but
the case was closed and the court re-
fused to allow him to testify.
Officer Bevan followed Rohn on the
stand, and testified that he knew Goot
Cue in her lifetime and frequently con-
versed with her. The witness wasques-
| toned about statement Cue made to
him the day following the shooting,
while she was under the impression that
she was about to die, but the defense
objected.
The defense then called Leu Duck Chan
thal on the day following the shooting
Cue thought she was going to survive,
and therefore any statement she made
would not be admissible. All Of these
| witnesses testified that Cue, had been
led to believe by the Chinese doctor
| that she would recover.
At the afternoon session testimony
was introduced bearing on Cues ability
to talk sufficient English to make the
alleged dying statement. Officer Bevan
testified that he often spoke to Cue be-
fore her death and she replied in broken
bus ineligible English. When he met
her he would say Hello Mary" and
| she always replied "Hello."
Hook May was called for the defense
out of turn, there being no witnesses
| for the prosecution on hand. The wit
ness, who is the wife of Leu Tuck, and
4 lived in the same house with Goot Cue,
testified that the deceased did not talk
English and could not understand that
language. She had talked with the de-
ceased on the evening of the shooting,
and Goot Cue told her that there was
no danger of her dying. The witness
also talked with the deceased on the
afternoon of the day after the shooting,
and Cue repeated the statement that
she did not think she was going to die.
Chan Kiu Sing, the interpreter. then
took the stand, and said that "hell0"
in English sounds very much like the
word "hoo-lak," and when Goot Cue
used the latter she might be thought to
be talking English. Chang testified
that he was present at Cues house on
the 9th when DR.. Morrison, Deputy
District Attorney Diehl and others called,
and that Cue did not speak any English
words on that occasion whatever. The
visitors, however, held lengthy con-
versation with Cue through him as in
terpreter.
| Officer vignes was then called by the
prosecution. He testified that he knew
the deceased for five months before her
death. He had had number of con-
versations with Cue in English, and she
replied to him in pigeon talk.
4 Baliff Appel was then called, also by
the prosecution. He knew Goot Cue in
her lifetime, and had heard CONVERSE
tion between Cue and Officer Bevan, in
which the former talked in English.
Officer Bevan was then recalled and
allowed to relate the conversation that
!. took place between himself and Goot
Cue on the afternoon of April
9th, in the latter's room. When Bevan
entered the room on that occasion, Cue,
who was crying, extended her hand
Bevan said: "How you feel; you heap
sick 2" Cue replied: "Me die; me
die." Bevan then pulled Ark's pisto