Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-13

at the end of a short delay, caused by
the tardiness of the arrival of Attorney
Hardesty. Foi was questioned only
with regard to the statement made by
Goot Cue as to who shot her.
Wong Gum then took the stand and
testified that he lived on Apablasa
street, four doors from Leu
Took's place, on the Alameda
street side, at the date of the
shooting. He was in a rear room of
his house, smoking opium, when he
heard the shot fired on the night OF
April 26th. He jumped up, put on his
shoes and ran out of the house. AS he
reached the front door he heard a
woman screaming, and saw eight or ten
men standing about the spot where
Goot Cue lay, all of whom were talking
excitedly. He heard Goot Cue say that
some one had shot her.
There was tilt between counsel at
this juncture. The district attorney
remarked that Mr.. Hardesty had his
witnesses we'll trained, and the latter
Ian attempt to train witness himself.
Further recriminations were INDUCED
in on both sides, and the court finally
ildO w uCnlhud OIQCt anu lnbiIuCb but
defense to proceed with their examina-
tion OF the witness.
The cross examination of Gum con-
sisted of questions as to the exact Ian
guage used by Goot Cue before she was
carried into the house. The witness
was sure that the woman did not say
that Kun Dock shot her while
che was on the sidewalk. Gum
did not go into the house, but left
the place shortly after the woman was
carried in. He did not see policeman
till he reached his own house, when an
officer passed him. Gum admitted that
he belonged to the Linn Yung company
and that he had talked the case over
with Charley All Him, whom he told all
that he had seen on the night of the
murder. All Him then told him that
he was wanted to testify for the defense.
In reply to question from the court,
Yum said that when Goot was asked
where she was hurt, she replied that she
was shot in the stomach. The woman
also said that she did not know who
shot her, as she could not see. Some
one asked her if she thought she would
die, and she said: 81 think not"
Lem You was called to the stand, and,
as he spoke very good English, he was
examined without the aid of an inter-
prefer. He and All Tet were sitting in
front OF his house, on the corner of
Alameda and Apablasa streets,
on the night OF April 26th,
when they heard a pistol shot
fired. The hour was about 10 AS. He
looked down toward where Goot Cue
lay. A tall man ran toward himself
and All Tet and passed them, and an
other man was running in an opposite
direction. The witness corroborated
the previous testimony as to what trans
pired before Goot Cue was carried into
the house, and stated positively that
Leu Took and Hook Moy assisted the
woman inside. He saw Goot Cue next
day and talked to her, but on an objec-
ton from the district attorney he was
not allowed to state what she said to
him.
On cross.examination the witness said
that he and his brother ran, domino
game in connection with their store. He
knew Officer Bevan, but denied ever
having said to him: "Wong Ark dam
fool; he kill woman and no get his
money back" He also denied that he
ever told anyone that he was playing
dominoes and knew nothing about the
shooting. The witness admitted that
he was member OF the Hop Sing Fang
society, but he had never seen Wong
Ark at its meetings. He and the de-
fendant were both freemasons.
In response to a question by the court,
Lem said he first heard the pistol shot
and then saw the flash and smoke,
circumstance which is quite at variance
with the laws of physics. One of the
jurors questioned the witness at length
as to whether or not he knew the man
who ran past him, but without gaining
much information. The witness finally
denied that he had circulated sub
scription paper for Wong Ark's defense,
or that he had contributed toward that
fund.
All Tet corroborated the testimony of
the preceding witness, except as to see
ing the flash of the pistol, which he
could not do, as his back was toward
Apablasa street. Tet denied on cross
examination, that on the day following
the murder, when the officers entered
the room, he told them it was Wong
Ark's room, but that its occupant had
not been there that night. He said
that he told officers Auble and Vignes
that the next room was formerly
occupied by Wong Ark. The officers
then went into the next room, and he
saw Auble take UP pistol and say, "No
good" He afterwards saw the cart
ridges lying on the table. He denied
that he told Bevan In the hallway
shortly afterward thathe knew anything
of the shooting. Charley All Him was
his brother, and he had told Ah Loon
and the lawyer what he knew of the
case. He was not a member of the Hop
Sing Tong society.
Wong Choo, the next witness to tes-
tify, claimed to be a brother OF the MUIR
dered woman, Goot Cue. At the time
of the shooting he was in his room, but
as soon as he heard of the occurrence he
went to Leu Took's place. The defense
attempted to have the witness testify as
to what Goot Cue thought of her
chances for life, but questions looking
to that end were barred out on objec-
tlons from the district attorney. At
about o'clock On the evening of the
9th Choo told his sister that Wong Ark 4
had been arrested. Goot Cue wept on
hearing of this. and said that she did
not think Ark shot her. She asked
Choo to bring Ark to her,
and Choo spoke to All Loon
about having the prisoner brought down
from the Jail, but Loon was unable to
get the officers to do as Goot Cue re-
quested. The wounded woman died
shortly after O'Clock, and all of her
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