The herald., 1898-10-26

cross examination by Mr.. Shinn developing
the fact that one had been opened for the
purpose of ascertainng if the shot was OF
the same size as that taken from the
wounds of the dead Chinaman.
A CHINESE TESTIFIES
Wong Chow was called as the next wit
ness. Some difficulty was experienced in
ascertaining the English equivalent of his
Chinese name and the witness was asked if
he could write it. He said he could and a
pencil was given him for that purpose,
whereupon he proceeded to set down in Chi
nese characters the ideaographs of his name.
This writing being as difficult to decipher
as it had been to understand the name in
the defective English pronunciation of the
witness, an interpreter was brought in and
better success was achieved.
Wong testified that he lived at Pomona,
but was at the laundry in Garvanza when
Hunter came there to tell OF finding the
wagon in the road. Witness had gone with
Hunter, delivered the remaining linen in the
vanza. He got back to the laundry between
and o'clock on Wednesday and was there
when the officers came to get the dead
mans photograph.
Under Sheriff Clement was called and
identified the shells received from Penland
as having been delivered to him by Guy
Woodward, thus perfecting the chain of ev
the shell which had been opened was for
the purpose of ascertaining if the shot was
OF the same size as that taken from the
Chinaman's wounds. This was found to be
the case and the shot was replaced in the
shell.
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
Mrs. Penland, the wife of James w. Pen
land, a witness on the stand in the fore
noon, saw the Chinaman drive in at the
Joe Hunter place about o'clock that Tues
day afternoon leave the wagon at the foot
of the hill in front of the house and walk
up to the house and to the kitchen door.
She fully corroborated the evidence of her
husband relative to young Clark coming to
their cabin and borrowing four shells that
day and afterwards shooting twice about
half past . o'clock in the afternoon. Con
tlnulng, she SAID:
After the laundry wagon had stood for
some time at the foot of the hill noticed
that some one had led the horse up to the
west side OF the house. did not see who
ed the horse up. The horse was light
"olorcd one and the wagon ] recognized as
that driven by Wong Sing Hay, the laun-
diyman at other times when he had been
up with clothes.
While we were at supper, about 5 or
o'clock, | heard shot from the Hunter
house and directly afterward another shot.
They sounded as though inside the house,
being dull or muffled. / looked up that way
and saw some one come out to the wagon,
look in and take from the inside bundle,
which he carried back into the house, after
looking along the side of the house on both
,ides'
This testimony was in direct confirmation
of the evidence given last week by Aurelian
lie Page, the. shepherd boy. whose chance
observation of young Clark and recognition
of both Clark and the Chnaman at the
time the murder is supposed to have been
committed is the hardest for the defense to
explain away
That Clark's attorneys realized the i'm
portance of this corroborative testimony
was demonstrated by the searching cross
examination of this witness Mrs. Penland
passed the ordeal with perfect composure.
sticking to the correctness of her state
ments on the direct examination and, in
fact, clearing mp obscure points and making
even more conclusive the damaging facts Of
Young Clark's presence at the house when
the Chinaman was there and of his coming
out of the house Immediately after she
heard the shots while at supper and going
70 the wagon. The lameness Of the defend
ant and the resulting pecu1iaritv in his gait
had enabled Mrs. Penland to determine Dos
itively that Clark was the one at the Joe