The herald., 1898-10-22
Los ANGELES HERALD. SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER a. 1898

Mr.. McComas at this point asked if the
witness was then about to leave young
Clark. Witness answered that she was. She
had told him she must come home to Los
Angeles. For five or six weeks had seen
him every day." said Miss Alice. Objec-
ton was made and sustained to the ques-
ton as to whether during that period wit.
ness had remained nights with Clark. Con-
tinuing, the witness said:
Il don't know why l drove out after
left there that night. We we're just driving
around. l don't know how he happened to
show the money to me. He told me Ire had
it and pulled some out of his pocket and
shook it. 1t was in dollars and half dollars
and all silver. No one saw the money but
me. The rest were in the house. Nothing
was said about me coming back again. When
we went in the money was not referred to.
eve had supper afterwards. l cooked il
from what there was in the house. Iremem-
ber we had ham and eggs, bacon and coffee
Harry sat at the table with the rest and
Joe got up to eat. He had been drunk when
he went to bed, learned, but he appeared
sober when we were there. cleaned up the
dishes, but did not scrub the floor, nor did
l see any blood spots. There was no kero-
sene on the kitchen floor then. If there had
been would have noticed it.
1--WE stayed at the Hunter house until II
"
Harry remainded behind. While there
went all over the house. We ate in the
dining room. Harry and went into his bed
room for chairs to sit on. His bed was be-
tween two windows. Harry said nothing
about what he had been doing that day.
He was not dressed then as he is now. He
was not SO clean-looking. He had on coat
and undershirt only-no overshirt.
Harry had some money the day before
q l. -, t.
Hunters house when l was there. | did
not ask him how much he had, nor threaten
to leave him if he did not show up lots of
money. This was about p. m. the day be-
fore the murder"
Before leaving, the day before. the mur.
der, the girl said she had cleaned the din
ing room and kitchen thoroughly, scrubbinQ
the floor and doors and washing the win
dows. On the next night she did not re.
member that young Clark had manifested
any reluctance either to let her enter his
bedroom, under the bed in which it is the
theory Of the prosecution the body of the
murdered ChiHaman was hidden at the time,
and her testimony showed that the defend
ant had gone with her into the room after
chairs needed at the table when they were
sitting down to supper. He manifested nc
nervousness so far as she could remember.
SIGNIFICANT TESTIMONY
The entire testimony of Miss Alice went
to prove that very intimate relations had
existed between her and the defendant dur.
ing the five or six weeks she had been in
the country, and the inference was that she
had made her home at the house of the
young bachelors, the work performed by her
in the kitchen and household generally be-
ing indicative Of much solicitude for their
welfare. The two conversations with re-
spect to money constitute one of the main
points upon which the prosecution appar-
for the killing Of the Chinaman. The de.
fendant's having only $l.5O or 50 one day
and on the next exultantly shaking much