The herald., 1898-10-27

a while there. When the officers were ther
he had heard something said about Clark
shirt having a spot of blood on it, but di
not remember Of telling Aguirre it wa
Clark's shirt. He might or might not hav
told him Clark was sick Saturday night AM
threw up. On that Saturday the defendan
had worn the shirt which was afterward
found with spot of blood ON it.
Il do not know Of anyone holding tn
shirt under the water faucet, though it nigh
have been done,' said Hunter. The shir
took it away. The cuffs are there now an(
the rest of Clark's clothes.
II was arrested and detained from Satur
day, when the body was discovered, till th
following Thursday, at the county jail.
Hunter said he knew that Miss Alice die
not scrub the floor of the kitchen on Monda!
before she left to return to this city. He
said he did not think she washed the door.
or windows at that time. When the girls
came out Tuesday night he was drunk while
at supper and drunk after they went away
There was bottle of whisky on the table
and he had drank from it when at supper.
Being asked about the rotten eggs under
the house, Hunter said he did not break the
eggs or know how they came there. lie had
not observed any foul odor during the week
either from bad eggs or the dead Chinaman.
No one had washed the floor of the house
or scrubbed the stains or coal oil spot after
they were observed by the officers. The
spots were left as they were.
Il told the officers said Hunter, that
| did not believe the body was under the
house, for did not think it would be posi-
Bile to get it under there. The reason why
did not 60 under the house when the officers
were there was because there were so many
under there and said there was nothing
there / do not know who put the body un'
der the house
There were good many who went under
the house-Martin Agurre, John Burr,
Charlie Barrell and good many others.
don't remember when Burr went under, but
| gave a candle to him. No, was not under
the house Thursday l do not know the
body was not there Thursday. believe 1t
was there Wednesday when the officers
were hunting for it.
Il lost my buggy Tuesday night. | came
to Los Angeles with Cleghorn. Al Barrell
told me that Nealis had taken it. My uncle
cut the small piece out OF the mating did
not see him cut it out, but he told me that
he did. believe he said he cut it Thurs
day"
In response to questions by Judge Smith
Hunter said he drove out from the city
Tuesday night in his own rig to Al Barrell's 5
saloon. Afterwards he called at his uncle
house about 100 yards away, came back to
the saloon and finding his horse gone had
walked home. He did not have shotgun at
the house at the time the trouble occurred,
but gun belonging to his brother had been
there previously. That gun was then in the
city for repairs.
A DULLED RAZOR
The clean cut edges of the mating, the
witness believed, were due to the fact that
it had been cut with a razor for defendant
had razor and on opening the case he had
found the edge all turned down. In response
to the questions of the court, Hunter said
the Chinaman had particular day for de
livering the washing, Tuesday, and at OF 8
o'clock on that day.
H. f. Shorting next took the stand. He
said he lived at Lincoln Park and testified
hat defendant had called at his house on
W ednesday after the disappearance OF the
Chinaman and asked the loan OF hat. This
was between 7:30 and p. m. Witness had
irst brought out derby hat, but defendant
objected to it and asked if he had cap. He
lid not like the hat because it made him
ook tough" Shorting consequently went
pack into the house and got a small shoot
ng cap. This the defendant said would do
md offered to pay 80 cents for it. The offer
lad been declined and Clark had promised
% return the cap.
Clark explained with respect to wanting
,ome covering for his head that he had lost
his hat on the train, a gust of wind carry
ing it off.
Adjournment was here taken until . p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS TESTIMONY
At the opening OF the afternoon session
)oe Hunter was again called TO the stand
)y the prosecution. Deputy District At
orney McComas called attention to the tes-
imony OF the witness in the forenoon in
which he had told OF giving Sheriff Burr d
.andle for the purpose OF inspecting the
pace under the house. Witness testified
hat Burr did not go lar under the house.
Sheriff Burr, being recalled, said he was
,ut at the house on Thursday after the mur-
Ter and went only ten or fifteen feet under
he house. There was a dog under there
nd witness watched the dog, thinking it
night trace out any blood under the house.
Charles Pleukharp of La Crescenta testi-
led to having seen Clark about 10 or IL
''clock on the evening OF which he read the
ccount of the Tropico mystery in the paper.
lark was standing at the kitchen door of
witness, and Pleukharp said: " GU appear
o have been in trouble Defendant replied
Jack and had been thrown from the horse.
He could not state positively that Clark
vas the man who came to his house, but
aid he bore a striking resemblance to him
nd he now thought he was the defendant
j. V. Brighton, a deputy sheriff, testified
o having been at the Hunter house and to
he fact that he had seen a razor said to
,elong to Hunter. This was in Clark's
oom, and on examination it proved to be
ull, the edge being turned down. Joe
Iunter or Cleghorn had called attention to
he razor.
Brighton had not seen the razor until Sat
lrday, though he had been there, on the
wo preceding days. Cleghorn and Hunter
n Friday night had accused him of spoil
ng the razor. Next day they showed it to
he witness, Hunter saying: "You officers
ut the carpet and spoiled the razor"
Brighton assured Hunter that they had not.
he mattress also had been cut, and it
ooked on Saturday as though blood stains
ad been scrubbed up. 1t was cleaner then
han it had seemed before.
The witness testified. too, that he assisted
n the search under the Hunter house and
lid not see any evidence of a body having
een dragged on the earth there. Brighton
aid he did not see any blood, knee tracks
=. trail under the. house. 1t was dusty,
hickens and dogs having been there and it
long it would have left trail. It,would
,e very difficult for one man or two to draw
he body of a man under Witness had
melled a disagreeable odor, but saw no
often eggs under the house.
DEFENSE SCORES A POINT
When at the house Thursday Brighton
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