Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-16
All HUNG LIKELY TO Be HUNG,
The Double Thumbed Chinaman
Found Guilty Of Murder.
Mr.. Steele Has a Wife Who Is Still
a Maid.
A Queer Suit in the Court About an
Ante-NuptiaI sAgreement-Mrs.
Wagner's Damage Suit.
New Suits.

The possession OF double thumb has
done All Hung, the murderer of the
Mexican boy Fernando Quijada, no
good.
He was convicted of murder in the
first degree yesterday afternoon, the
jury taking just 20 minutes to arrange
their verdict.
The arguments in the case lasted all
day. Mr.. F. B. Guthrie, counsel for the
stolid defendant, had a difficult task in
his address to the jury. He had put in
no testimony for the defendant, and he
ingeniously endeavored to pick such
flaws in the chain of circumstances
pointing go strongly to his client as
guilty OF the outrage and murder OF the
boy, that some OF the jurors might give
him the benefit Of reasonable doubt.
He claimed that the evidence did not
connect All Hung closely enough with
the tragedy to justify his conviction, and
made very adroit argument.
Mr.. Horace Appel gave very
clear view of the testimony, if it was
long, and as the various points showing
that upon any reasonable hypothesis
the murderer could be none other than
All Hung were made. the effect upon
the jury was perceptible.
The court room during the day was
packed with an earnest crowd OF anac-
tators, and there was no doubt as to
the interest with which the public has
followed this case.
The verdict returned by the jury
simply found the defendant guilty of
murder in the first degree, and fixed no
penalty. The prisoner received it with
out any evide nee OF interest, and more
as if he was a spectator at the trial OF
some one else than of himself. Monday
morning was fixed for passing sentence
and he was taken back to Jail.
After the verdict wac announced Mr..
Guthrie stated that he thought he would
be able to get a new trial, because the
court had not instructed the jury in re-
gard to fixing the punishment, although
they were provided with the different
forms of verdicts in murder cases.
1t is made the duty of the court in
murder cases, where the jury does not
fix the punishment, to pass sentence of
death upon defendant. The jury can
fix the punishment at imprisonment for
life, but in case they fail to do so, the
full penalty OF death follows. According
to the law and decisions OF the supreme
court, the jury need not declare that
death shall be inflicted; If the verdict lie
silent in respect to the penalty, the
court must pronounce the death SEN
tence.
Mr.. Guthrie claims that as the court
did not specially instruct the jury in re-
gard to these matters, an error was
committed which will give him still a
fighting chance for the defendant.
This is the first conviction for murder
witif the death penalty that has oc-
Cured in Los Angeles since the convic.
ton of Anschlag, the Garden Grove
murderer, who cheated the gallows by
procuring poison before the day fixed
for his execution.
II All Hung is hung it will be the first
execution in the county for over six
years, the last hanging having taken
place at the old county jail, which was
on North Spring street. where the Phil.
lips block now stands.
News OF the conviction got around the
streets before dark, and the verdict was
received with much satisfaction. 1t was
regarded as q salutary lesson to evi
doers, and a particularly just punish
ment for the unnatural crime committed
by All Hung.