The San Francisco call., 1897-06-12
CHUh WOON s Inc
WAS IOEN Titled
He Stood in the Door When
Little Pete" Was
Killed.
Damaging Testimony Given BIZ
D. S. Hutclings in Judge
Cooks Court.
Ex Jndge Murphy Succeeded in En-.
tangliDg the Witness in Con.
Trajectory Statements.

The spirit of Little Pete" ought to
have enjoyed the proceedings in Judge
| Carroll Cooks court yesterday, for the
effort to convict Chun Woon Sing OF mur
der for the alleged killing of the China
man who gave Boss Buckley his nick
name OF 'blind white devil" brought out
all the ability of the lawyers on both
/ sides of the case.
| D S. Hutchings, the most important
witness yet produced on behalf OF the
prosecution, had taste of the terrors OF
cross-examination yesterday afternoon.
He did not actually see Chin Woon Sing
shoot down Little Pete" as he sat In the
! chair in the Ch nese barber-shOp, but he
testified that he saw the defendant stand
ing in the door OF the shop while the
shooting was going on.
In reply 10 questions Uy eX-Judge Fer
raj, leading counsel for the prosecution,
Mr.. Hutchings testified: Il was in China
town on the night of the shooting when
Little Pete otherwise known as Fong
| Ching was killed. l saw the defendan
standing in the door of the barber-shop
and heard the shots fired. The shooting
was soon over. for the shots followed
each other quickly"
Illustrating to the jury by ciapping his
/ hands 10 indicate the time of the shoot
/ in the witness showed that the shooting
did not occupy more than three seconds
of time.
Proceeding the witness said "As soon
. as the shooting was over the defendant
here ran by me. He had on Chinese
made blouse with lolg sleeves, and
could not see whether he had pistol in
his hand or not. did not see a pistol in
his hand, and did not sec the flash of the
| shots. AS soon as the shooting was over
| started toward the barber-shop and met
this man Sing. He was wearing a Fedora
hat. There was another man with him
a Chinaman, who also had on a Fedora
| hat. When the shooting was finished the
defendant ran away very rapidly"
All efforts to shake Mr.. Hutchings'
identification of defendant were futile,
but IL was while inquiriug into the details
! of the happenings OF the three important
seconds that Lawyer Murphy succeeded
in entangling the witness in a mesh OF
| contradictions.
After talking a few moments about the
manner in which the persons in that
| vicinity ran and behaved IN the excite
mrnt which followed the tragedy, the
witness was drawn into saying tnat he
| himself ran as soon as he heard the shots
fired. Then ms pursuer, Judge Murphy,
| wanted to know If he had started 10 run
| when The first shot was fired.
Mr.. Ferral protested that this was an
unfair manner or treating the witness,
| but Judge Cook thought the defens had
| a right TO test the memory of Mr.. Hutch
| ings touching the occurrences immedl-
| ately surrounding the tragedy. He said
! that the witness was entitled to an opDOr-
| tunity TO explain and correC' his testi-
mony if he so desired, and Mr.. Hutchings
availed himself of that privilege. lie had
not intended 10 say that he ran away, and
l.h 10 Il "A 4 -N.I--
in the delivery CT his testimony.
The attorney for the prosecution q p
| peared satisfied with this. and Mr.. Muir
/ ply also manifested his conlentment with
| his part of he proceedings.
J Officer George We.ch's testimony took
on increased importance from the charac-
| ter of Mr.. Hu;chings' recital of the
| tragedy. Mr.. Welch said that he saw two
men running along the street and fol-
! lowed them 10 a house on WaYerly place,
! and going into a room that he thou ht
/ they had entered, he arrested the de-
| fendanta and his companion. They both had
| on Fedora .ats, as described by Witness
! Hutchings. and they were the only men
| IN the room who wore hats of that sty e.
John Mooney testified that he picked
| up pistol that was dropped by the flee
| ing men, who were pursued by Officer
! Welcn. The pistol was produced in court,
and by the testimony of DR.. w. j.
! Hawkins 1t was proved that the bulle
taken from the body of the dead man ex-
actly fitted the pistol that was found by
Mr.. Mooney. The pistol had four EN- PITY
cham bers, which CORES ponded with the
number of shots heard by Mr.. Hutchlngs
! and others.
No testimony has yet been taken on be-
half of the defendant 1t has been def
nitely announced that the defendant WILL
rely on proving an alibi, and his friends
declare that he will establish this fact be-
| yond the possibility of reasonable dou 5t.