The herald., 1896-10-23
~tat" Louis Gets Further
Character Roasting
PROSECUTION IN REBUTTAL
~ ceurt and Jury Visit the Sceae Of
The Killing
Apvlleslisa isr Probate Of the Late George
lnsley's VIII
Frank shriner Arrested on Complaint
off. B. Claverie-Alvis Kratzer
In Contempt in Divorce
Proceedings.


Proceedings.
It 10 . good many years ago since
bret Harte discovered that "for ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain
the heather Chinee is peculiar" and
gave the result of his investigations To
the world.
Had the genial chronicler Of the say
ings Of Truthful James Of Calaveras
only been in court during the trial Of
..Big JIM on the charge of having mur-
dered Wong Chez in July last. he would,
doubtless, have attained to a still more
exalted estimate of the character of the
heather Chinee.
70 paraphrase Biblical quotation,
the voices being heard in the trial now
At bar is the voice of the Jacob of the
district attorneys office, but the hand
the hand that has been pulling the wires
to make the puppets talk Is the mana
OF the Esau of Chinatown.
II any body Of men deserve commiser-
alton it is the jurymen empaneled 70
try this cause. They have for days lis
tened to number Of apparently repu-
table witnesses make strong showing
for the prosecution, and 1t appeared
then as II Big Jim's" neck was IN
Daddy peril Then another, and in
Come respects, q stronger band of wit
nesses came along, and by their testi-
nony made a strong showing in Big
Jim's" favor, and with the utmost cir
cumstantiality of detail contradicted
every allegation made against the de-
fendant.
appeared Just as clear as-mud.
1T would seem, however, as II many
circumstances tend to favor the cause
0f the defendant, and today, when the
case will probably be given to the jury,
Unless some new testimony Is sprung in
the nature Of surprise, the chances o.
"Big Jim" eating mess of potted duck
for his Sunday dinner is not remote.
MORE HOT SHO FOR THE PROSE-
CT ON.
All the verbal hot shot of the defense
has been poured into Percy Hammond
Bell. and NAT" Louis, the two premier
witnesses of the prosecution. Yester-
day morning j. Stoner, an English
friend Of Hammond's, was put upon the
stand to still further impugn the credi-
bility Of his friend. And he did this by
telling how Bell called at witness resi-
deuce on Grand avenue the morning af-
ter Wong Chez was shot He told Stoi.-
er In the conversation that took place,
that he had not witnessed the shooting;
that he heard the shot and hurried to-
ward the spot and saw two men disap-
pearing in the distance across the
street.
Attorney Appel took this witness in
hand and vigorously attempted to
break his statements down. Counsel
attempted to make capital out of the
fact that witness, in answer to the ques-
d. ho fOI him q w
two figures disappear across the street.
and that 1t was too indistinct to recoG-
nike them" Counsel maintained that
on direct examination the witness had
quoted Bell as saying that "he saw two ,
men disappear in the distance, etc"
(, and he wanted to know which were the
exact words used by Bell. Counsel. by
his manner as much as by his words,
appeared to think 1t strange that wit
ness could remember the substance of
= conversation after the lapse of sew
eral months, and fail to remember the
exact wording.
big JIM went upon the witness
stand In his own defense, but told moth =.
ing that had not already been told by
q number of other witnesses. Briefly
put 1t was to the effect that on the night
of the murder he was in his room smok-
ing opium and listening to the music
of the band. He remained there until
the report of the pistol shot was heard,
when he went to the window and look
ed out. He stopped the music and when
the police whistle was blown he and the
musicians went down stairs and joined
the rapidly increasing throng of China
men and others that crowded around
the body of Wong Chez.
The defense having rested their case
the prosecution put forward witnesses
IN rebuttal The first of these was j.
Goldthorpe, who was put upon the
stand to assist in rehabilitating tha
shattered reputation of Nat" Louis.
He stated that he knew Louis reputa-
tion for truth, veracity, honesty and in
tegrity to be good. No other questions
were asked, and witness fell into the
clutches Of the defending counsel.
Witness stated, in response to the
questions put, that Louis was about IL
years old, and was selling papers in San
Diego when he knew him.
LOUIS GETS TOASTED.
]. Marks, constable of San Diego
township. also gave Louis a good send
off, but upon cross-examination also
confessed that he was at the time he
knew him only lad Of about 12 years.
Did you ever hear of his running
away with SIS belonging to his moth
err" inquired Attorney Ling.
mo, sir; never did,
ibid you ever hear of his having COL
lected money for sick friend and then
making away with it?''
mo: never heard that"
ibid you not hear Barney Manning
epeak Of It in your presence to Mr.. Nc
a Kenxie?"
Witness conceded that he had heard
lt then-about two weeks ago.
ssY0u know nothing Of Louis reputa-
tlen Of late years, do you?"
He has been away, and know moth
11E as1to what he has done"
ssWere you present when Chief of Po-
No. Brenning showed Mr.. Mckenzie
4 Izouia' record?"
~ took Mr.. Mckenzie to the chief, but
G66f know what he got"
pof't you know Louis was arrested
% 1oF eHabezxlement?'
mo. sirt'
Ever hear Of his being arrested?"
e x XeS. sir-for battery"
II ~ xqn and he are friendly. are yot
VI nm friendly with everybody"
s 2 4ou ~ Of the same nationality. arr
5a s.now. He = French and RI
sd - s.aninstlon ana nes