Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-12
THE COURTS.
WONG ARK HELD TO ANSWER A
CHARGE OF MURDER.
Mongolian = The Leonis Will Case.
Court Notes.

The examination of Wong Ark, the
willy Chinese gambler, on the charge of
numbering the woman All Cue, his per-
sonal property or alleged wife, was re-
sumed before Justice Owens yesterday.
Officer Rohn was called as an impor-
tant witness, and his testimony went to
prove malice on the part of the defend
ant who had been heard to threaten
the woman and to say that he would
kill her if she failed to do as he said.
This testimony was strongly objected to
by the defense, but it was allowed
by the court. The statement made
by the woman in the presence of De-
tective Wallin, just before her death,
was not allowed. being objected to as
not an "ante mortem" statement, she
not being convinced at the time that she
was about to die. She had said that the
chances were ninety-nine out OF a hun
dred that she would die, but she stuck
to the one chance. The accusation con-
tanned in that statement to the effect that
Wong Ark had shot her was therefore
not admitted as evidence at that time. 1t
came out in evidence, however, that a
few minutes after the shooting she had
cried out in the presence of at least two
officers, 81 am shot; Wong Ark killed
me.' This was held by the court to
answer all the requiremen of an ante
mortem statement, and it was so admit
ted in evidence, upon the testimony of
the officers, Bevan and Rohn.
The balance of the evidence direct and
circumstantial was quite strong against
the defendant, and at the close of the
testimony motion to dismiss was de-
MED by the court, and Wong Ark was
held to answer to the superior court for
the crime of murder. He was, accord
ingly, remanded without bail and taken
to the county Jail, where he was locked
up in the murderers' CELL
The officers and all interested in the
prosecution are greatly pleased with the
result of the examination, as it had
seemed on Saturday as though it would
be impossible to have the defendant
held. The admission, however, of the
testimony relating to Wong Ark's
threats, and the woman's involuntary
exclamation when first shot, changed
the whole aspect of the examination
with the above gratifying result.
PEOPLE VS.. RAPP.
The case OF the People vs.. John B.
Rapp came up before Judge Smith, in
department one, yesterday, upon an ap-
peal from Justice Stanton's court. Rapp
was arrested some time ago, for OBJ
structing public highway out by Ca
huenga pass, and upon conviction in the
/ lower court was fined $40, from which
sentence he took an appeal. A civil
suit has since been determined and the
road in question adjudged to be not a
public highway. Judge Smith there
fore granted motion for new trial in
Rapp's case, and then, upon motion of
the district attorney, the case was or
dered dismissed, and defendants bail
exonerated.
OFF FOR SAN QUENTIN.
John Wilson and Ralph Murphy, the
two burglars recently sentenced to San
Quentin, upon their plea of robbing
Southern Pacific freight car, were yes
terday up in department one of the su-
perior court, on second charge of hav-
ing stolen set of harness. The case is
the same as that in which H. f. Parkins
recently figured in trial before Judge
Shaw. Wilson and Murphy were wit
nesses for the people in that case, and
tried hard to send Parkins up, but with