Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-29
The Willy Chinese Gives His
Testimony.
Yesterdays Evidence In This
Celebrated Case.
The Defense is Not In a Promising
Condition.
One witness who Came to the Court
Prepared to Go to Jai1-The Alibi
Proposition Badly Dam
aged-The Testimony.

Interest was unflagging in the Wong
Ark murder trial yesterday, and there
were not enough seats in the big court
room to accommodate the motley crowd
that wanted to listen to the proceed
ings.
The first witness of the day was Low
Fon, the keeper Of g lodging house on
Apablasa street, three doors above the
place where Goot Cue was shot. The
witness testified that at the time of the
shooting he was placing the blinds up
on his windows from the outside. He
heard the report of a pistol, and a
moment later saw big Chinaman run
up the middle of the street toward Ala
media street. There was only
one other man in the vicini-
ty. Hook May blew the whistle
and number of Cinnamon ran to the
spot. Six or seven minutes later Rohn
and the horseman came, the latter ar
irving first. Before the white man
came q Chinaman asked Goot Cue who
shot her and she replied she didn't
know. The Chinaman said: "Was it
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seemsso.'' The witness saw Leu Chung,
Lem Hung, Woo Chung and Lem You in
the crowd, but there was no Chinaman
across the street when the shot was
fired. The witness knew of man
before her death. He saw the man who
shot Cue the last time and was positive
that it was not Wong Ark. /
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on the stand. She was in her house
on the bed at the time Of
the shooting, but when she
heard the shot she put on her clippers
and ran outside. Her husband followed
her out, and she Immediately began to
blow q police whistle. The witness
asked Cue who shot her, and the wo-
man replied: "Some one shot me in the
stomach" Another Chinaman said to
. Cue, Maybe Gum Dock shoot you,'
and she said maybe" It was fully
five minutes afterward before the horse
man arrived, and he was followed by
Officer Rohn.
On cross-examination May admitted
that she testified at the coroner's in
quest that Goot Cue said: "Gum Dock
shoot me-" but qualified this by saying
she had only related half of the conver-
sation.
Leu Tuck, husband of the former wit
nese, was in back room when he heard
the shot, but ran out Immediately and
blew police whistle. He corroborated
his wife's testimony about the words
used by Goot Cue, as to who had shot
her. The next day Officer Bevan called
on him and showed pistol under his
nose, asking him If he could
smell the eunpowder. Officer Be-
van took the pistol to where Cue
lay and asked her if that was what shot
her. She nodded her head afirma-
lively. Bevan had no picture with him,
and Tuck never gave him the likeness
of irk.
Lem Hung was next called. When
the shooting occurred he, Woo Chung
and All Ken we're passing through an
alley between Marchessault and Apa-
blasa streets on the way from Hung's
room to dice game. As they reached
Apablasa street they heard shot, and
then saw tall man running past to-
ward Alameda street. 1t was not Wong
Ark, but much taller man. The wit
ness and his companions then went to
where Cue lay. A Chinaman was talk
ing 10 her, and after he had said some
thing which the witness could not hear,
Cue remarked that Gum Dock had shot
her. Hung did not see Chinaman
across the street. Rohn and the horse
man arrived some time later, the horse
man getting there first.
Wong All Ken, the next witness, COR
roborated the story about passing
through the alley and seeing the tall
man running away The man was
dressed in dark clothing, and had a
black hat drawn down over his eyes.
When this witness got on the stand
he carried bundle which was afterward
ascertained to contain coat and some
extra clothing. He was asked what
this was for, and answered that he ex-
pected to go to Jail and had prepared
himself. Wong All Ken was one Of the
men for whom warrants were out for
perjury alleged to have been committed
at the last trial of this cause, and he
was accordingly taken into custody as
he left the court room. Orr
Woo Chung. the third of the China
men who were said to have seen man
running away after the shooting, was
put on the stand next and told similar
story to that of the second preceding
witness.
WI. Rowan was called to identity a
map he had made Of the scene of the
shooting and it's immediate vicinity.
Leu Tuck was then recalled to testify
to an alleged threat made by Officer
Bevan. Tuck stated that Bevan said to
him: "You talk good. Plenty of Chi
namen in Jail. You talk true.
The defense at this point trotted out
their alibi and put on Ah Dick, q pro-
vision merchant who lives where the old
theater building used to stand. He
testified that on the nightof the shoot
ing he was at All Sues smoking opium.
He arrived at Sues soon after 8 O'Clock
and found Ark already there smoking.
Sue Woon came in soon after the wit.
ness. who remained till O'Clock in the
morning. They were all there when the
pistol shot was heard. The witness did
not learn that Goot Cue was shot til
the next morning. At O'Clock in the
afternoon he called on Ark, who was
still in bed, and told him of the shoot
ing, and that he was accused of it. Arh
said "How can that be? was here,
and turning over again went to sleep.
Wong Sue, the proprietor Of the wash
house where Ark was caught, corrobor-
ated the testimonyof the previous wit
ness as to being with Ark when thu
shooting occurred. He got up at or
o'clock the next day and, without look
ing to see If Ark was still in the house
went out delivering washing. III
learned in. the morning that Goot Gus
had been shot, and when he came home
ct night found out that Ark was in Jail
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