Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-10
DID HE KILL HER?
Wong Ark ON Trial for Slay-
ing His Chattel.
The Testimony at Yesterdays
Session.
Strong Circumstantial Evidence
Against Wong.
Several Tits Between Court and Coun-
sel-How the Defendants Slave
Wife was Killed.


April 26, on Apablasa street, in front ola
Chinese house of prostitution, was re-
commenced in Judge Snaw's court yes
terday forenoon at 10 o'clock. When an
adjournment was taken Monday even
ing ten talesmen had been accepted as
jurors and, the regular panel having
been exhausted, special venire for fif-
teen more talesmen was issued. There
appeared to be very little difficulty yes
terday in completing the jury and the
box was soon filed with the following
twelve men: s. A. Ayers, G. A. Law
renee, J. o. Houser, j. 0. Lamb, w. L.
Cuthbert, Fl. w. Folsom, E. Combs,
Harrison Fuller, w. M. Squire, Thomas
Gilbert, Jr., w. H. Toler and w. Riley.
The taking of testimony was COM
menced before IL o'clock, DIR. M. M.
Kannon being the first witness put upon
the stand. The doctor testified that he,
together with Coroner Weldon, held an
inquest upon the body of the murdered
woman Goot Cue, on April 2S, the day
after her death. The deceased was
about 25 years of age, rather stout and
large for her race, being about feet 4
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death entered about three and one-half
inches above and to the right of the left
umbilicus and ranged inward, forward
and downward. 1t passed through the
lung, struck the spinal column and was
DETECTED downward through the abdo-
men. severing several of the intestines
and lodging in the thigh. Death was
produced by internal hemorrhage.
Officer Orlando Rohn followed DR..
Kannon on the stand, and testified to
what he knew of the killing. Rohn was
travelling his beat on Alameda street at
10 O'Clock ON the night of the Goth of
April, and about that time he stepped
into Chinese restaurant to get drink
of water. He went to the back of the
restaurant and then returned to the side
walk. Just as he was about to step into
the street he heard a police whistle over
on Apablasa street, and ran in the direc-
ton of the sound. He found Goot Cue
lying on the sidewalk in front of her
house, with a woman known as Hook
May standing beside her. Goot Cue was
saying: "Kum Dock shoot me- Kun
Dock shoot me-"
The testimony in regard to what Goot
Cue said was objected to and the attor-
neys proceeded to argue the admissi-
bility of this and other dying statements
made by the woman. The court did
not think the words of the woman on
this occasion, when she did not know
the extent of her injuries, were admissi-
BILE, but excluded the jury from the
court room to hear testimony in regard
/ to a subsequent statement made by
Goot Cue to Officer Bevan, when she
knew that she was going to die.
The jury left the court room at IL 80
and Bevan was put on the stand. He
testified that on April 9th, after Goot
Cue had been removed from the police
station by her friends, he called on the
woman in Chinatown. She was very
low at the time and fully convinced that
she was about to die. Bevan
tried to console her and said that there
was chance for her recovery, but she
replied, mo- me die, me die" Bevan
then showed her Wong Ark's pistol,
which was produced in court, and the
dying woman cried: "He shoota me he
shoota me-" The officer then took
Wong Ark's photograph from his pocket
and showed it to Goot Cue, at the same
time asking her if she knew the original.
The woman identified the picture imme-
diately, and said, "That's Kun Dock ;
him killa me him killa me.'
Wong Ark, it appears, is another
name for Kun Dock, the defendant hav-
ing used both titles.
At this juncture Bevan left the stand,
and an adjournment was taken till p.
m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
When the court reassembled at 2
O'Clock, the jury was again excluded from
the room and the defense expressed
their intention of introducing testimony
in contravention of that introduced by
the state in regard to the admissibility
of the dying declaration of Goot Cue to
Officer Bevan.
DR.. Morrison was called, but as he was
not present All Duck was sworn. The
witness testified that he was present in
the room where Goot Cue was dying
when Officer Bevan called on the morn
ing of April 9th. The deceased was in.
a room in his house. Bevan had pistol
in his hand which he pushed under the
witness nose, saying as he did so.
"Smell of this" The witness smelled
of it, but didn't distinguish any particu-
lar odor. Bevan then went into the
room where Goot Cue lay and asked her
if the pistol he had was not the one she
was shot with. The woman made mo-
ton OF assent, but the witness dld not
hear her say, "He shoota me-"
DIR. Morrison was then sworn to allow
him to finish his testimony and attend
to some professional duties, All Duck
being temporarily withdrawn. The ply
sician testified that on April 9th he Wis
tied Goot Cue at the request of the chief
of police, who believed that the woman
was about to die. He examined the pa
tient, and, finding her very low, frankly
told her that she could not live. Goot
Cue replied that the Chinese doctor had
told her she might get well that there
were ninety-nine chances against her to
one for her, but that she had hopes of
that one chance. Deputy District At
torney Diehl, Police Judge Owens, and
Officer Wallin accompanied him.
Under ross-examination, the witness
said that a complaint, charging Wong
Ark with assault with intent to commit
murder, was sworn to by Goot Cue on
this occasion. The witness could not re-
member exactly at what hour he visited
the woman, but thought it was about l
p. m.
All Duck was then recalled to the
stand. He testified that the deceased
told him that if she could get the bullet
out she was sure she would get well.
Fook Moy, otherwise known as Hook