The herald., 1898-06-03

He was SO years old, member of the
powerful Wong company. On Tuesday
evening before dusk he left the Garvanza
laundry with his one-horse covered wagon
and arrived at Constable Hunters house.
which Is just above the Four-mile house on
the San Fernando road, about o'clock
He was seen there by a Mexican family,
which lives near by, and they commented
upon his long stay, which was an unusual
thing for him to do. They say that the
wagon stood there at least half an hour
Constable Hunter was not at home at
the time, having gone to the Four-mile
house, but young Clark was there. He
had been staying with Hunter for some
time This young fellow claimed that he
paid the Chinaman 50 for his and Hunters
washing, and that the laundryman dis
played $50. Clark is the last person who
saw Wong Sing He in the flesh. He
said that the laundryman departed at 7:3).
At o'clock cousin of Joe Hunter, who
was going to Tropico, saw the laundry
wagon standing in the San Fernando road
q mile and half north of Hunters place
He saw nothing of Wong Sing He, but paid
no attention to the fact, believeing that
the Chinaman was not far away. But when
he returned at II o'clock and saw the team
still in the same place and the owner alb
sent yet his suspicious were aroused. He
took the wagon to his fathers house and
woke old man Hunter. They both started
out to investigate, but discovered nothing.
Mr.. Hunter, who liked Wong Sing He, had
his boy harness their own rig and sent his
son to the Garvanza laundry to find out
what had happened. Wong Sing He had
not returned home.
The sheriff's office was notified Wednes-
day morning, and Under Sheriff Clement,
accompanied by Deputy Martin Aguirre,
started out at 11:3O a. m in a buggy.
They proceeded first to Constable Hunt
er's place. where they interviewed Clark,
who repeated his story. They thought it
somewhat fishy, but not enough to place
the youth under arrest They took him
along in the buggy while they hunted for
clews or for the body in the neighborhood
AS nothing rewarded their search they
concluded to go to Garvanza, and drove to
the laundry. Clement got off, entered the
Chinese wash-house, and requested Wong
Sing He's partners to bring out his trunk.
While he was trying key that would nj
the lock. Aguirre got out of the buggy,
too, and said he could open it. AS he
n,
in the back seat of the buggy, reached
over, grabbed the lines and whipped up
the horses He made a sharp turn with
the buggy and went gallopng down the
street as hard as he could. Clement took
shot at the departing fellow, but it only
had the effect of making him go the faster.
He finally came to gully. at least one and
one-half miles away from the laundry.
hat
and had to stop. He turned the horses. and
as ne whipped them up again. jumped out
OF the buggy and disappeared in the thick
chaparral. He was seen to do this by a
boy. The livery horses soon ran into
stone wall and fell in heap, the buggy
wheels being broken, but the animals were
not hurt much.
Clement had followed afoot, but soon lost
signt OF clark. Meeting rancher with
wagonload of eggs he impressed him in his
service ana went on in pursuit again. the
buggy-wheel tracks affording a good trail
When the wrecked team was reached all
the countryman's eggs were smashed but
there was no sign of Clark anywhere. On
Wednesday night all the trains were
watched for Clark, and the sherff's office
is positive that he cannot have left the
nsighborhood. The hunt was continued
again yesterday morning.
The man who is wanted is Harry F.
Clark, who was arrested by Detectives
Auble and Hawley on December Sd on
three charges of misdemeanor embezze-
ment. He was sentenced on one charge to
20 days imprisonment in the city jail,
which he served, and the two other char
ges were dismissed He was In the habit
OF hiring bicycles and pawning them. He
was caught before he had been able to re-