The herald., 1898-10-28
LETITIA ALEC

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it is supposed the Chinaman was murdered.
Expert surgical evidence was taken as to
the effect of wounds like those inflicted and
the hemorrhage that would result from the
severance of arteries. This line Of examina-
ton had also to do with the microscopic and
analytical investigations necessary to deter
mine absolutely the presence of blood stains
on clothing and the custom of the profess
sion in making such examinations.
The promised bribery sensation was
sprung, two witnesses swearing that they
overheard Aurelian LePage tell Spanish
woman, in English, that he had plenty of
money, as he had received some the day be-
fore and had the promise of more the day
following. The effect of this was somewhat
weakened by the improbability of the con.
versation having been held in English by a
Basque shepherd boy with Spanish woman.
Furthermore, the witnesses opposed each
other, one saying the money received al
ready, as stated by LePage, had come from
Joe Hunter, and the other that it came from
Wong Fong, while the same confusion in
names occurred as to the intended payment
on the morrow.
A CORY reminiscence of the crime, consist
ing of the bloody sheet found wound around
the head of the dead Chinaman and the
clothing taken from his body, was brought
into court and spread out in all its repul-
siveness before the eyes of the jurors.
Evidence in rebuttal will probably be
reached this forenoon.
ATTEMPT TO PROVE AN ALIBI
When court convened Deputy District At
torney McComas asked leave of Judge Smith
to offer the shot filed as exhibits in the case
to the jury for examination. This was al
lowed and the jury was also permitted TO
open the unused shells and compare the
shot contained in them with that taken
from the wounds of the dead Chinaman. The
size was found to be identical. 1t will be re-
called that the shells loaned by Penland to
Harry Clark came from the same box as the
others filed as exhibits in the case, which had
been delivered to the officers.
Louise Peck, a young lady of Glendale,
was the first witness placed on the stand by
the defense. She testified that she was the
daughter of a rancher who is engaged in
raising strawberries. She said: "On Tues
day evening at about o'clock, or little
after, saw Harry Clark walking near the
Tropico school house as / was driving home
from the city. He was little beyond the
school house. recall the date because it
was next day after Decoration day. On the
Thursday following read the account of
"When l saw the defendant he was walk
ing toward Glendale. He raised his hat and
| spoke to him."
On cross-examination the young lady said
she had no watch at the time she met the
defendant and therefore was not certain as
to the exact hour.
E. c. Hemphill, real estate dealer, resid-
ing in East Los Angeles, testified that he had
been with Attorney Shinn, Mr.. Clark,
father of the defendant, and others last Sun
day to the Joe Hunter place and assisted IN
making certain measurements. The map
was explained to him and by reference TO
memorand he stated the distance from the
center of the Verdugo road to the Joe Hun
ter house to be 1878 feet. He said these var
ious measurements were made with tape
line. His attention had been called to a
large round rock on the top of bank,
above an excavation, and he had found it
to be 267 feet north of the trail between the
Joe Hunter house and the house of George
Hunter. An outbuilding, thirty feet from
Joe Hunters house, he had also observed.
TIe had ascertainsd that it would be neces-
sary to 60 227 feet north from the Verdugo
road, toward the stone, before the outbuild.
ing would obscure the northwest corner Of
Joe Hunters house. By going 1870 feet
further north, the line Of observation was
found tc reach the house without Interrupt
tion.
BY this investigation it was sought to show
that the sheepherder, LePage, could not
have seen the Chinaman's wagon at the Joe
Hunter house when, according to LePage'f
testimony, he had seen the defendant come
out of the house after the shots were fired
and look into the wagon.
Mr.. Hemphill also testified that he had
measured the distance between the houses
Of Joe and George Hunter, which he had
found to be 875 feet. The Penland cottage
was 833 feet from Joe Hunters house. This
testimony, though important to the case,