Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-16
NO NEW LIGHT ON THE CRIME,
Further Investigation Into the
Murder of Quijada.
A Mysterious Witness Appears at the
Coroner's Inquest.
The Evidence Given by Chinese at the
Inquiry-The Boys Playmate on
the Htand-A Verdict OF
Murder.

"a
the coroner's Office yesterday morning
to view the body Of the murdered boy,
Fernando Quiiada, and to hear the
testimony before the coroner's jury.
The testimony was substantially
as has been printed in the
HERALD, but few details in the
evidence were brought out which will
prove OF interest. As is usual in such
mysterious cases, the mysterious wit
ness" came to the front, and he testi-
fed in very mysterious manner.
THE WOMAN SINGS STORY.
The frat witness was the woman Sing,
who lives in house upstairs, adjoining
the place where the murder was COM
mitted. She said: r.
II heard somebody cry, save my life,'
and / looked out and saw man IN
Chinese clothes l asked him II ne nad
been robbed he did not say anything,
but ran away he is not very large
man; could not well recognize MIN as
it was nearly, dark. All Chung Yung
has never been to my house ana don't
know if he lived there"
THE OFFICERS TESTIMONY.
Officer Whaling testified to taking the
body out of the cesspool; also that he
met two Cinnamon while on the way to
the spot, who told him that Spanish
boy had been killed. No portion OF the
body was exposed excepting foot and
a hand, and this statement was made
before the BODY was taken out.
Officer Harris identified All Shoon as
the man who said to him: II have lost
my cousin; may be he's killed."
THE FATHER ON THE STAND.
Francisco Quijada, the father of the
murdered boy, also testified, Identifying
the body, hat, basket of water crosses,
etc., and as to the habits of the boy.
All HING TALKS.
Ah Hing, one of the three Cinnamon
who assisted in the search for the body,
and who is held as witness, testified: !:
"Sometimes l live on ranch, and
sometimes do laundry work. went to
q place to smoke opium, about B O'Clock,
and after had smoked, Lee Fook came
to me and said: 'One of your cousins has
been killed, and was heard crying, Save
my liie.' Me and Lee Fook then went
down to the place where Lee Fook said
my cousin lived. Yes; the place where
we found the boy. But we could not
find my cousin, and we not being able
to find him, thought that he must be
crazy or possessed of evil spirits.
"We looked in everycorner and place,
for the devil can hide person in place
no bigger than mans hand. We saw
the woman, and she told US what she
heard, and that che saw a Chinaman
climb over the fence. We then visited
some games, and came back to tire
house, and with Ah Duck and All Soon
we found the body. l am not psrticu-
arly related to All Chung Yung, only
that we have the same surname"
The testimony of the witness was in
terpreted by Charley All Him, as was
also that of the Chinese woman. and All
Soon's. The latter stated nothing new;
said that he was not related to Chung
Yung, the alleged murderer, and did
not know him.
THE DEAD BOYS COMPANION.
Louis Diaz, the little boy who visited
Chinatown about two weeks ago, in
company with the deceased, testified
through an interpreter:
"About two weeks ago Fernando and
/ went to Chinatown, selling water
crosses. AS we passed by the corner
where the murder was, Chinaman up
stairs called us over, saying he wanted
to buy some water crosses; he spoke in
English; l understood English very
little; we went over; he was smiling,
and seemed very pleasant, and caught
hold of us as if he wanted us to come
in; we then ran away, and the China
man laughed. have shown police
man where the place is"
THE MYSTERIOUS WITNESS.
A man giving the name of Joe Scott,
OF Ventura, is the mysterious witness in
the case. About O'Clock Friday even
ing he called on Coroner Weldon and
stated that he knew all about the MUIR
der. The coroner noticed that the man
was under the influence Of liquor, yet as
he talked nationally and seemed to rea-
lize the Importance of what he was say
ing, the coroner summoned him to ap-
pear at the inquest. When Scott ap-
peared before the jury he said he knew
not thing in the world about the mur.
der, and did not recollect of calling upon
the coroner, or what he said to the coro-
ner.
''If you do not recollect telling me
this, how ia it that you have come here
this morning?" the official asked.
The witness answered that he recol-
lected something about the summone,
but did not recollect any part of the con-
versation, and concluded Oy saying: I'll
have made mistake | apologize to
you.'
"How long have you been drunk ?''
asked the coroner.
''About five days." replied the star
witness.
''Do you smoke opium?"
Eyes; smoked little that night
about half dollars WORTH" replied
Scott in listless manner.
The witness was questioned about his
movements that evening, but said lie
knew nothing about the murder except
ing what he heard, and when again
asked why he came. to the coroner's Of
fee with such statement, he merely
replied that he did not know, and if he
said anything about the murder, it was
a mistake, for he knew nothing. ''If
knew" said Scott, II would accommo-
date you"
"Where do you stop? 2" asked the cor
oner.
cat Solomon's secondhand store, on
Upper Main street." replied Scott, "but
I'm going home to Ventura tomorrow. !"
'Why ?" queried the coroner.
"Oh, I've been here about long
enough" said Scott.
mo; think you had better remain
a few days longer; | think you know