The herald., 1898-06-04
CHINAMAN'S MURDER
HIS vENTUREsoME ESCAPE
Ratless and Coatless When Taken.
Made His Home in the
Underbrush


the disappearance and possible murder
of Wong Sing He, the Garvanza laundry
man, has been captured. The boy es-
capped last Wednesday, and has passed,
most Of the time since then trying to
elude the officers, but he was caught
some time yesterday afternoon at La
Cresenta Canyada by officers of that
neighborhood. He had lost his coat and
hat, but turned up with several dollars,
which Joe Hunter said he did not have
while at the latter's place at Tropico.
1t was Tuesday when the Chinese was
last seen, and that was at Hunters
house in the company of young Clark.
Late at night the Chinaman's horse and
wagon were discovered about mile and
q half farther down the road, evidently
having wandered from the Hunter place
alone. As Wong Sing had considerable
money in his possession, foul play was at
once suspected, and the sheriff was noti
Hed. Wednesday Under Sheriff Clement
and Deputy Martin Aguirre took double
team and drove to the Hunter place to
investigate the affair. They questioned
the boy Clark, and were not satisfied with
his answers, and finally told him to get
into their rig and accompany them over
question the Chinese partners Of the miss
ing Wong. While Clark was not placed
under arrest, the officers felt suspicious,
and decided to keep him in their custody
until there were additional developments.
At Garvanza Clement got out of the rig
to unlock a trunk which belonged to-
Wong Sing, leaving Aguirre and the boy
in the rig. Clement could not open the
ln1,
him, and then Clark acted. He sprang
into the front seat, grabbed the lines,
whipped up the team, and sent them
dashing down the road. Clement fired
after the boy, but this failed to stop him.
and the boy, team and all, disappeared in
a cloud Of dust. Suspicious as the officers
had been Of Clark before, this act on his
part naturally caused them to be more
confident Of his guilt, and they put forth
every effort to recapture him. Clark
raced the team about two miles into thu
hills and ran up a blind road. which
brought him to a high bank, where he
turned the team around and sent them
back, while he disappeared in the under
brush.
The officers have been working as hard
to catch Clark since then as to locate the
body of the murdered Wong, but posse
after posse has returned to the city with
out the youngster. Glars had continued
to hide, beating his way through the un-
derbrush. He probably did not know
where to go, but followed blindly
wherever he could find an opening
through the brush. He evidently struck
across the mountain which incloses La
Canada valley on the south, for Thursday
morning he was seen riding a wheel in
the vicinity of that town. How he Sc
cured this means of locomotion has noN
yet been learned He rode the wheel a
mile or two and thea left it at the ranch
of a Mr.. Kilgore. The suspicious of the
people in the valley at first were not
aroused about him, but several parties
noticed that he limped and then recalled
the escape of Clark, so it was not long
before it became generally believed thaA
the much-wanted boy was in that vicin-
ity. Clark once more disappeared shortly
after deserting the wheel, and was alb
sent for some hours, but reappeared, and
then his actions excited the suspicious of
the community He appeared to be
sneaking about as If desirous of avoiding
being seen. He remained in the neigh
borhood until his capture was effected
On Thursday evening Sheriff Burr re-
ceived a telephone message from Monte
Vista stating that Clark had been seen
in the valley twice that day, but in re-
sponse to the sheriff's inquiry as to why
he had not been informed of that fact
earlier, the individual at the other end
of the line was unable to offer any ex-
cuse. A|descrption was sent out yester-
day morning, and the officers of that vi
cinity went in search Of Clark. They
found him late in the day, and brought
him into the city about 1890 o'clock last
night.
The youngster was quite cool and did
not venture any explanation regarding
his reason for running away with the
officers rig.
well. so you are the man who killed
the Chinaman?" good naturedly re-
marked Turnkey Bynum, as he was
searching the prisoner.
II didn't kill any Chinaman," sulkily
replied Clark.
Here, take off your shoes, I want to
see if you've got any dynamite in them"
observed the officer, and then he asked
Clark how such a little fellow like him
had killed the Chinaman.
"Oh, I killed him with dynamite" re-
piled the youngster, in turn showing him
self to be bit of josher and as cool as
ever.
His coat, he said, he had lost in the
brush, but his hat had been dropped in
the shuttle of getting away with the
team. A common nickle open-face watch
was found on him, as was $3.50 in coin.
Some of the countrymen of Wong Sing
He will be asked if they can identity the
watch today. How Clark got the money
the officers were unable to learn. He
said he originally had So, but had spent
some the day before. Joe Hunter stated
that the boy had no money. Since his
escape Clark has slept in the open the
three nights he has been in hiding, but he
does not appear to have sustained any
Ill effects from it. No charge was made
against Clark last night, but one of grand
larceny will be brought today on account
of his using the team as means of es-
cape. The case is now at a standstill un-
til the body Of the supposed murdered
Chinese can be located. Sheriff Burr
visited the Hunter place yesterday and
dug into the cellar and examined all over
HE premises in search Of the missing