The herald., 1893-07-29
4 VERY INGENIOUS DEFENSE,
But Will the Jury Accept Such
an Explanation.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the All
Moon Murder Trial.
Chinese Testimony Pitted Against Chi
nese Testimony In the Hope OF
Overcoming the WomAn's
Dying Statement. ~.


hand yesterday to demonstrate that the
defendant is either magnificent liar,
or that when he shot Ah Lipp he made
mistake by not putting the balls " here
they would prove effective.
The prosecution very soon concluded
their testimony after the convening OF
the court. and the balance OF the day
was occupied in the examination OF q
few witnesses for the defense, the pros
ecution taking up the greater part OF the
afternoon in the cross-examinetion OF
one OF them.
So far the prosecution has proved
that Guet How, the pretty young Chi
nese woman owned by Tom Bing. wa
in charge of All Lipp in house in
Chinatown; that she was stabbed to
death either by the defendant All Moon
or sope one else, and that Ah Moon
shot Ah Lipp.
The prosecution has attempted to
show that the dying girl accused the de-
fendant of having stabbed her, and Shat
be did in fact stab her and shoot All
Lipp.
ment of what they expected to prove,
but began the introduction of testi-
mony at once, and it is not too,much to
say that the theory OF the defense ia an
interesting one, and full Of romantic
features.
Mr.. Bernard, a draughtsman, the first
witness, produced and explained map
or diagram OF the scenes of the tragic oc-
currences of the morning Of June 9th.
Tom Bing, sleek and tat, owner of the
murdered woman, was then called.
IT am familiar with Guet How's
rooms," he saiu. "The bed room had
for furniture bed, chairs, table and
chest, and in the sitting room there was
q washstand and shelf. was up there
nearly every day prior to the shooting.
II was at Guet How's room after l
o'clock Monday in the daytime, and was
not there Monday evening. Iquit bust.
ness Monday night after IL O'Clock, and
did not 60 to Guet How's room. do
not know who was with her that night.
had sent provisions to Guet How
through All Lipp. Ah Lipp came to my
place about 8 O'Clock, took some tea and
then went. don't know where he went.
but don't know whether he was there
that night or not.
"The theater was running that night,
but was not there"
sOn Monday, when you were in Guet
How's rooms, did you see any weap-
ons ?"
81 did not"
"How much clothing did Guet How
have?"
"She had plenty. Some is in my pos.
session and some burned after she was
dead"
"Did she have any photographs of
hefself?"
''Yes, SIR"
'Havs any of the witnesses for the
prosecution been eating with you Hince
the trial began ?"
mo, sir; only Lem Loom" /.
The defense now introduced Chang
Que Sing, the interpreter, to show dis
crepancies in the statements of, Lem
Loon, who gave Guet How'sl dying dec
laration. JiiiVg NV
Quong Wah testified to having a con-
versation with Guet How shortly before
the tragedy, in which he asked her abont
her soul. The girl said she did not be-
lieve in heaven, but that W hen che
died che died, and that was all there
was to life. He had known the girl
long time. Before her death short
time she never went out; before that
time he had seen her on the street many
times alone. He went Saturday before
the shooting to Guet How's room with
All Due. All Lipp informed him that
he WAS in charge of her. The house
Guet How lived in was house of prosti-
tuition.
Crittenden, United States prisoner
in the county Jail, was called and testi-
fed to the excessive cleanliness OF the
defendant in his person.
Mr.. Sanchez, an expressman, testified
that he was driving by the building
where the tragedy occurred that morn
ing, and saw two Chinsmen running out
Of it. He did not know the Cinnamon.
The defense sprung its first bomb
with the next witness, All Teck, and he
was a very good witness. undergoing the
long fire of cross examination without
uneasiness.
II know that Chew Due or Tom
Bing," he said, "owned Guet How. She
lived in that building, and All Lipp had
lived there for two years. saw her ON
Monday evening, June 9th, at nearly 10
o'clock. All Moon and went up there.
She was alone. We were there about
40 minutes"
''What was said when you went in ?"
''Guet How asked Ah Moon if he had
secured the money for them to go with
her to another city. He replied that he
had, and she said they would run away
10 avoid prosecution"
"Well, what happened?"
"Ah Lipp came in and said to Ah
Noon, you here again? I've told you
not to come here. Ii you persist, will
kill you-both the woman and the man.
know you are planning to go away
Ah Moon gave me pull and we went
away. We went up to my room and
Jaw All Quon."
Ibid You SEQ Guet How Sunday be-
lore the shooting?" ~,
'Yes. Sunday night she was in her
room with All Neon. When / went in
they were hugged together and she was
weeping"
What happened?"
II asked them what was the matter.
She said Ah Due had spent about $4,000
IN her, and every time a dollar was
he took it. She could go nowhere. He
made her lead life of prostitution and
4 The said she could stand 1t no longer.n
Where did All Moon sleep the night
before the shooting, Monday night ?" ss
I'm my room, in Charley Fook's
building. We got up little after 8
pclock."
"Well what did voy1 do2v