The herald., 1895-06-12
DUPLICITY OF THE HEATHEN
Wong Chee's Tactics Are Shown Up
in Court
William r. Courtney Tells How He Was to
he Paid for Periuring Himself in the
Murder Case

The trial of Wong Chuey is rapidly
nearing the end now. after egt days of
testimony, some of which was certainly
perjury of the rankest kind. The ugly
little Chinaman who is accused of MUIR
dering Luy Suey does not seem to realize,
imperturable as he remains throughout
the proceedings, that his case is desper-
ate; but the attorneys of the defense evil
IDENTIFY are OF that opinion, as they save
every exception they can for an appeal
to the supreme court if the verdict shall
be one of death.
Both sides rested yesterday little be-
fore o'clock. and the arguments will
begin this morning at 9. Most of the
testimony yesterday was in febuttal of
that introduced by the defense. The wit
nesses for Wong Chuey, who swore That
they had seen a man do the shooting
through a crib window on Alameda
street, nea1 Ferguson alley. denied that
there was any freight train travelling
north on the street at the time. The
prosecution, however, was enabled TO
prove by several persons who either heard
the shot or saw the flash. that freight
train was, at the moment that Luy Suey
fell from the effects of the wound lntlict-
ed by the highbind pistol bullet, hard
ly twenty yards away from Ferguson al
ley. on its way to River station.
Wong Chee. who is alleged by the pros.
ecution to lie the arch conspiratOr who
directed the details of the murder. was
also called to the stand by the people. but
withdrew soon after. Unfortunately for
Wong Chuey, he was called later on by
the defense. While undergoing cross
examination he was asked as to a certain
meeting he had had with one William
L. Courtney. He denied that such a
meeting had taken place.
1t was then that the prosecution scored.
Courtney was called to the stand to i'm
did it in great style. He swore that one
Jack Morrison, self-styled detective,
had approached Kim some time ago and
offered him So, of which SO was to be
spot cash and SD after the trial. if he
would testify that he had met Wong Chez
on Main street at 6:30 p. -. on the day
of he shooting. In furtherance of this
plan Of campaign Courtney accompanied
Morrison to Wong Chee's residence, and
after Il suitable introduction from the
tin-horn detective to the boss higabnder,
witness was assured by the latter that
whatever he should do in furtherance of
Wong Chee's interests would be paid for
all right The compact was then con-
cluded by Ibation to Gambrinus. con-
sisting of beers all round, in a saloon
across tie way. The witness added that
he mad meant to make a clean breast OF
all this upon the stand when called to
testfv but he was of opinion that Wong
Chee must have become suspicious, as
he was not subpoenaed.
This testimony clearly threw consterna-
tion into the camp of Wong Chuey. and
the defense was granted an hours ad-
Journment upon the plea of surprise. At
4 o clock the trial was resumed but very
soon after, all testimony being in, the
court adjourned. The attorneys for the
prosecution, not without reason, are con-
tident that they will secure a verd let
against Wong Chuey for murder in the
first degree.