The herald., 1896-10-22
Ia Detail by Those on the Other
Side
THE STORY OF THE MURDER
Az Told On the Witness Stand by Eye
Witnesses
Some Of the Difficulties Attending the Attach.
NEST Of PerishabIe Goods
Tho University Of California Asked te
Throw Open the Forestry Station
to Students-A Hard Horse
Trade-Court Notes.

Trade-Court Notes.
There was again a full attendance
yesterday in department by the deni-
zens of Chinatown, and the male men,
bers Of the lower world who have
keen, even though a very indirect inter-
est in the trial of the alleged murderer
of Wong Chez.
A still further exemplification was
shown by the testimony yesterday Of
the perversity Of the human mind. It
is hard to conceive that all the principal
witnesses for the prosecution are liars,
and equally hard to imagine that the
witnesses upon whom the defense are
placing reliance are full brothers and
sisters to the father Of lies himself. And
yet the conflict Of evidence is so striking
that it does indeed seem as If the truth
was being stretched and elongated to
the breaking point.
AS pointed out yesterday the eye wit
nesses of the killing are, strangely
enough. testifying for the defense AND,
more strangely still, the testimony of
the police officers is being used, with
that of other witnesses, to impeach the
testimony Of Hammond Bell, the young
medical student, who has been the chief
witness for the prosecution. and is
claimed to have been the first person
to reach Wong Chez after he was shot
and fell to the ground.
AN EYE WITNESS STORY.
Yesterday morning the first witness
put forward was William r.. Haizlip,
who, with his wife and Miss Tillman
were driving down Alameda street on
the night of the murder and saw the
shot fired. The witness testified that his
home Is at Stockton at present, but at
the date of the killing he was residing
in Los Angeles, and has lived here for
twenty-one years. Being told by LIE
on the night of July 9th, the witness
spoke practically as follows:
Mrs. Haizlip, Miss Tillman and my
self were in surrey and driving down
from North Main street. I walked the
horse down Alameda street, and when
we reached Marchessault and Alameda
streets we noticed group of China
men. An explosion took place just then
and I saw three Cinnamon, the largest
of whom had his arm bent, and as the
report rang out he jumped back. The
other two Cinnamon ran away across
the street.
II was nearly opposite the men when
Chinaman jumped back, and when the
smoke had cleared away he had disap-
peared-I didn't see where he went
while the other two ran away in u
northeast direction.
II got a glimpse of the big Chinaman
when 1 first saw them as we reached
the junction of Marchessault and Ala
media streets"
How would the one you saw compare
with Big Jim?" was asked by Mr.. Davis.
(The defendant stood up.)
II don't think he was quite so tall,
but he was f1eshier," was the reply.
Resuming the thread Of his narrative
the witness continued:
"Officer Lennon was the first person
to arrive by the side Of the fallen man,
and I am positive no one else was there
then. Then Insley's man, Lyman, ar
rived on the spot. About half a minute
later Police Officer Collins arrived, and
the Cinnamon then began to gather
around. I don't know who blew the po-
lice whistle, but think it was some one
in one of the stores.
"Officer Lennon raised Wong Chee's
head, and I am positive that no young
fellow wearing spectacles was by the
side of the wounded man at that time.
Later, however, there was young man
wearing spectacles there, but 1 did not
see him proffer any assistance. The
music upstairs stopped a few seconds
after the shot was fired. The direction
the man who fired the shot was taking
would indicate he disappeared into one
of the stores, as he had not time to
reach the corner and turn up Marches
sault street.
1.-THE young man wearing glasses ap.
preached the carriage from the far
side of the street and spoke to the ladies,
but don't know what he said. He had
book or something in his hand" (The
witness identified Hammond Bell the
main witness for the prosecution, as the
individually
Being asked specifically as to whether
big Jim" was the man he saw fire the
shot, the witness replied that "to his
best knowledge and belief he was not
the man: that there was a difference
in the build of the two men,"
Upon cross examination witness stat
ed that he had left Los Angeles on the
Tuesday, as he remembered, before the
preliminary examination. Attorney
Appel proceeded to question the witness
sharply regarding the statements made
by him in the deposition made by him
before he left the city. Mr.. Haizlip
stated in his deposition that after the
shot was fired the man who fired began
to run north and when the smoke had
cleared he had disappeared into one of
the stores. Inasmuch as the prosecu-
ton contended that big Jim" after fir
Ing at Wong Chez ran north and turn
up Marchessault street, and went up
stairs to his room at the corner Of the
street and hid his pistol, counsel tried
hard to break witness down in this
statement. The latter reiterated his
statement regarding the direction in
which the Chinaman was heading, ami
stated that to his best knowledge he
must have gone into one of the stores
for the reason that during the second nr
SO that elapsed before the smoke clear
ed away he had not time to reach and
turn the corner Of Marchessault street.
COUNSEL HAVE A SPAT
Mrs. Haizlip testified much the same
as her husband. She was rather more
decided, however, regarding the disap-
pearance of the Chinaman who fired the
shot. She described him as heavy set
man, and, SO far as she knew, went into
the store having the electric light eyer
the door and III front of which the body
Of Wong Chez lay. The witness identi-
fed the English witness, Hammond
Bell, as the person who came to the side
of the carriage after Police officer Lem
non had reached the wounded man.
Attorney Appel was much exercised
in mind at the mode Of examination by