The herald., 1893-07-26
BAD FOR QUONG All MOON.
Yesterdays Session of His
Trial for Murder.
Wong All Lipp Tells His Story Of
Guet How's killing.
Tho Theory of the Defense an Ipgeuaou .
one-The Substance OF the Tes-
timony Which Was
Gwen Yesterday.

the Chinese girl stabbed to deatn In
Chinatown June 9th last. was told in
court yesterday by Wong Ah Lipp. who
was shot and dangerously wounded at
the same time by Wong All Moon, &C.
cused Of the brutal murder.
The court room Mas filed with specta-
tors daring the day, many Cinnamon
being present. The witness during the
day were mostly Cinnamon, and they
we're put under long cross-examinations
by the defense. Only four or five wit
nesses took up the entire day.
1t cannot be said that any very start
ling facts were elected from the wit
nesses different from the statements
heretofore published about this case.
at the time OF the tragedy and capture
of the alleged murderer at Pasadena.
The fret witness in the morning was
| DR.. MacGowan, who was one of the at
tending physicians upon Guet How, and
! who performed post mortem examina-
| tion after her death. His testimony
was essentially the same as that OF DR..
Bryant; that the woman was conscious
when he saw her. The doctor described
the stab wounds and upon cross-exam-
ination was very positive that in cases
OF shock like this one the mind is usually
liar at first.
E. II. White, contractor and builder,
produced large diagram representing
the building and surrounding locations,
together with the rooms where the
tragedy occurred. and those adjoining.
He was examined very minutely as to
the distances, of which he had taken
measurements.
There was a stir in the courtroom
when Wong Ah Lipp was called. He
walked slowly to the witness stand, still
weak from the murderous shots which
nearly killed him. He showed physical
weakness in his testimony, bat was very
positive in all his statements and told a
straight story, which the defense will
have hard work to shake. Before start
ing in to examine the witness the pros
ecntion tried to exclude Fred Smith.
working for the defense, from the court
room, on the ground that they had
summoned him as a witness; but Judge
Smith declined to order him out, saying
to prevent the defense PORTING by their
understand distinctly that he would not
pOAlulb ~ III tblb CocO OA any OtbOis
Wong Ah Lip, in rather q weak voice,
testified that he lived in the building
where the murder occurred; that he
was a carpenter and had also worked on
ranches. He knew Guet How and saw
her the morning of June 9th. He was
awakened from sleep by cries of Save
life," and got up. He left his
room and went to Guet How's door,
asking what was the matter. He opened
the door and saw her head hanging out
Of her bed. She said: "Quon Ah Moon
stabbed me-" Then Quon All Moon
shot the witness. The defendant was
standing in front of Guet How's bed
when he shot. He fred a second shot,
and the witness dropped, but he man.
aged to stagger up and out to the veran-
dab and give the alarm, While be was
going Moon fred third shot, which
did not strike him.
The witness described the clothes
worn by the defendant at the time. His
shirt was Of lilac color aud trousers
dark blue broadcloth. The witness could
not tell about his shoes.
@The night before the shooting the
witness saw Quon All Moon going up the
stsirway. He could not tell whether he
went to Guet How's room or moi, although
at that time there was only himself and
the woman living in that part OF the
building. No one was present in the
house, All Lipp was positive, that morn
ing except Guet How, Quon All Moon
and himself.
The witness stated that he has lived
in Los Angeles seven or eight years, and
in the state II r.l8 years. He occupied
the room where he slept for nearly two
months before the murder.
On cross-examination the theory oi
the defense developed considerably. Ah
Lipp denied that he and Tom Bing we're
partners, or that he had any interest In
Guet How, or had with Tom Bing bought
her for $4,000. He admitted that Tom
Bing owned her, but shuff1ed decidedly
when asked if che was not prostitute,
saying he did not know.
The witness denied having conversa-
tion With Quock Wah and Ah Due two
weeks ago before the murder up stairs,
in which he said he had charge OF the
woman.
"Did you not meet All Tet and the de-
fendant In Guet How's room the night
before the murder, and tell Quon All
Moon you wanted him to keep away, and
If he and Guet How tried to go away you
would kill them both? ?" asked coun sell.
"No, sir :" replied Ah Lipp, shaking
his head vigorously.
4 The big dirk knife, covered with Guet
How's blood, was shown to the witness
and he swore he never aaw it before, and
had never had such knife.
ibid you not have that knife that
morning."
mo, SIR"
"Did you not, yourself, stab Guet
How with that knife ,"
"No. STR" said the witness, exctedly
and earnestly.
The next witness was Wong Teung,
who worked in the restaurant adjoin.
ing the rooms where the murder was
committed. He eaid he was in bad
when he heard a pistol shot. He got
up, and then followed two more pistol
shots. He dressed and opened the door
leading to the landing when Quong Alb
Moon came through. He said nothing,
but walked past him very rapidly and
ont OF the door, looking back once or
twice as he went. The witness went in
and found All Lipp wounded and Guet
How stabbed, and helped All Lipp to bed.
He heard some one blow police whistle
after the shots, but it sounded out on
the streets and not in the direction from
which the defendant came.
Chew Ung who lived next to the Chi
The Ladies'
4 E. A.