The herald., 1898-11-19
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Commemorative EVIDENCE

Being told that Joe was drunk and had
gone away with his uncle, Nealis said he was
going to take Hunters rig and go over to
Verdugo, where he had some business. Bar.
rel had tried to dissuade him, saying that
he had better not go until Joe got back, for
he might not want him to take the rig, but
Nealis persisted in his intention and drove
away.
Afterward Joe came back about o'clock
to the saloon with Clark, had glass OF
whisky and went away. y thin ten min
utes thereafter Nealis had returned alone
with Joe Hunters rig, a large Concord
buggy with yellow gear and the blue
horse. Nealis said he was going to town
and to put up the horse. Barrel had re-
piled for him to be sure and feed the animal,
as it had been out all day and was doubtless
hungry, and Nealis drove away.
Nealis having left the saloon in Joe
Hunters wagon so soon after Clark and Joe
Hunter had gone away on foot, and Watson
having recognized Hunters rig five hours
later at the Eagle Rock store, it did not seem
unreasonable to suppose that Neals had
overtaken Hunter and taken him on that
trip up the valley, and that either Clark or
Cleghorn had been the third person in the
buggy. This, however, would disarrange the
story about Clark and Hunter being at the
Hunter house when Lefitia Alice and her
friends came out Tuesday night at o clock
and stayed till II p. m, unless it should be
assumed that Nealis called for one or both
after the young people went away. This
presumption was strictly admissible, as the
distance from the Hunter house to the Eagle
| Rock store is not so great but that it could
have been driven over in much less time than
that intervening from the hour the young
people came back to the city and that when
Watson recognized Joe Hunters rig at the
store. The horse, possibly the only one who
| could have no reason for perverting the
| truth, unfortunately has not been called
upon to testify.
| At the conclusion of Al Barrels testi-
mony Mr.. Williams stated that he wished
to submit in evidence the transcript Of
Hunters testimony as delivered at the pre-
liminary examination of Clark While this
was being brought he desired to put on one
more witness and would then close.
| +. B. Clark, Harry's father, was called to
the stand, testified to having visited the
Hunter premises, gave certain measurements
ascertained by him thereabouts and de-
scribed the contour of the land He said he
went out with Deputy Sheriff Sheldon and
found board, such as had been described
by Harry, bearing shot holes. This was
nailed on the side of the barn, and, pre-
sumably, is to be understood as the one along
which young Clark said he had seen the
lizard crawling at the time he fired at it,
shortly after the arrival of the Chnaman.
| Joe Hunters testimony at CIarE's pre-
liminary examination was then offered in ev-
dence and admitted, in opposition to the OBJ
jections of defendants counsel.
CLARK UNDER CROSS-FIRE
| In the afternoon Harry Clark was put on
the stand, and in response to questions of
Mr.. Jones on cross-examination, admitted
that he lied to Sheriff Burr when he said,
Immediately after his arrest, in explanation
of the fact that he had more money than
usual Tuesday night, that he had met
tramp whom he had formerly known, and
the tramp had loaned him S. in gold. This
was fairy tale" devised oy him for the
benefit of the sheriff, who was trying to en-
trap him.
While at Hunters the witness, though
sharing the payment of the grocery bill, had
not paid for his share of the laundry. Joe
had paid for the washing, even for the
sheets on the bed occupied by Clark and
I.etitia Alice, and for their underwear as
well. Clark also admitted that he used
opium to some extent, having bought it in
small quantities at various city stores. He
had stayed at the Jackson hotel in the city,
too, with Letitia Alice, paying for their
room 81 day and taking meals outside.
at the request of Mr.. Jones, the witness
retold how it was that Joe Hunter shot the
Chinaman, sticking with reasonable exact
ness to his most recent version of the trag-
edy. During this rehearsal Joe Hunter sat-
with an air of amazement, smile of de-
rision on his countenance, with his eyes fixed
on young Clark. The latter had the same
hectic flush as during his examination last
Tuesday, with livid eyeids and anxiety de-
picted in every feature. He presented an
appearance of an animal at bay, but in the
rapid fire OF questions he was rarely at
loss for an answer.
One line of examination brought out the
statement that the witness had only about
81. 80 when at George Hunters on Tuesday
night, or shortly before Letitia Alice and her
friends came out. 1t will be recalled that
I.etitia Alice testified that at 9 p. nj. that
night Clark displayed $l2 or more in coin.
How he came to have so much cash in the
last instance and so little before, he did not
satisfactorily explain. He had never az
tempted to explain the presence of blood un-
der the Hunter house by saying it came
from chickens which had been killed and
thrown under there.
Young Clark denied that he, with another,
held up the saloon keeper at Eighth and
Main streets in this city on the night of
May 18th last, at which time $l20 was Sc
cured. He also denied that he tapped Mrs.
Coman's till at her saloon, and Mr.. Jones
said he would undertake to prove that the
witness was guilty Of both ofenses. The
examination of Clark was very tedious, but
failed to disclose any other important facts.
He denied ever having told r. B. Kidd, a
Herald reporter, in the presence of Deputy
Sheriff Davis, that he did not think it pos
sible that Joe Hunter had killed the China
man, to which Kidd had responded: "That
let's Joe Hunter out, don't it?" and Davis
had replied: "It would seem so"
ASURPR1SE TO THE STATE
Under Sheriff Clement was then recalled
by the prosecution and swore that Clarl,
had explained the blood under the Hunter
house by saying it came from chickens that
had been killed and thrown under there
This was in direct conflict with Clark evil
dcnce given few moments before, and was
evidently a surprise to Mr.. Williams. The
unintentional impeachment of one of his own
witnesses the assistant district attorney at
tempted to overcome by asking if OH all
other occasions this witness had not failed
to mention this explanation given by Clark
of the blood under the house. Mr.. Jones