The herald., 1898-10-23

|crawlcd in and found traces Of blood. h
passed out the bloody soil, and asked de
PENDANT where the blood came from. HI
or that they had killed and thrown them un
der, and led us to believe that the bloot
came from the chickens.
1--WE made thorough search all over tn,
house and grounds, including the sheds, wa
of the bench, just in front of Clark's dool
we found a spot about eighteen inches by two
feet in size which had ben saturated with
coal oil. There was no carpet on the floor
Clark's explanation was that he had spilled
cupful Of oil when filling lamp. There
the spots was darker than the oil would
have made it. moved the bench and saw
spots on the door leading into Clark's bed
room, and observed that the door had been
washed. We went in and defendant said he
had stayed there over night and that Joe
having been drunk the night before. Some
| thing was said about getting bottle of whis-
Ky and taking it home in the evening. ]
thought less of what was in the house than
of the blood outside. observed, however,
that the bedding was tumbled up in the bed.
laundry wagon was said to have been found,
the defendant accompanying us. He told
us that the Chinaman had been at the Hun
ter house the day before to collect bill OF
$50 which Joe Hunter owed him, and that
he had paid him 81 on account and told him
Joe would pay the balance next time he came
up. Clark said the Chinaman had COM
planned that he was tired of carrying bal
ance on account, that the bill ought to have
been paid before. We asked Clark if he
knew how much money tho Chinaman had
when he was there and he answered that he
did, that there was $50 or $40.
Sam Hunter went with us up to where the
Chinaman's team was said to have been
found. We came back to his place and
looked in sinks or holes there. Finding
nothing, We went to Al BarrelPs saloon
Joe Hunter got out there, and l told Aguirre
we had better go over to the laundry and try
to find a photograph of the missing man.
and l went in, leaving Aguirre with the de-
fendant in the buggy: asked about the pho
tograph and they told me they thought there
was one in Wong Sings trunk. They
brought. the trunk into the front room,
from which could see the buggy. They
the lid Of the trunk while we tried to unlock
it. Defendant was sitting on the back seat
ESCAPE OF CLARK.
"While we were busy with the trunk. |
heard noise and Aguirre said: 'God He's
gone! l looked out and saw the defendant
driving away at full speed. | shouted for
him to stop, but as he paid no attention.
though | repeated it several times, fired IA
shot at him. but did not hit him. He drove
crossed a piece of plowed land and passed
into an arroyo. The seat flew out of the
buggy and the team turned back alone, de-
having jumped out, and the horses
came back on dead run and, getting tangled
up, fell IN a heap on the railway track,
where they were caught.
Il ran as fast as could on foot till over
took spring wagon and directed the driver
to pursue the defendant. He went up the
arroyo as fast as the team would take us,
and found the defendants hat. We could
not overtake him and he got away fol-
lowed over the mountain, Aguirre taking
another direction. Failing to find the man,
team and started out again, but found no
trace of the defendant
Il was at the Joe Hunter house again tho
next day. believe, going out with the cor.
oner l helped tear away the wainscot:ng
under the house. and others went under, tied
rope around the body of the Chinaman,
which had been found meantime. and
dragged it out. The head was wound
around with bed sheets. We put the body
in a box anN turned it over to the coroner.
who brought it to the city. l examined
the remains and found nearly whole side
Oh tne mead torn on.
6! went into Clark's bedroom and found
a place cut out of the mating eighteen
inches by three or four feet in size. There
were many blood stains on the floor and
sides OF closets. A small patch of carpet
perhaps six inches square, had been cut out
at the foot of the bed have since seen the
piece which was cut from under the bed"
The witness was shown roll of mating
which he identified as of a pattern similar
to that in the bedroom. He said he did not
measure the piece to ascertain if it would
it the place from which piece had been
cut, but that Guy Woodward had. At this
point adjournment was taken till 2p m
CROSS-EXANfINATION.
When court convened in the afternoon,
Clement testified that he then recalled dis. /
Iinctly that Mr.. Summerfeld was the one
who delivered the shot to him and that he
showed it to Mr. McComas, leaving it in
The district attorneys possession Later.
he witness had seen the packages at the
preliminary examination and again, still
ater in the room set apart for the storage
ii the criminal records of the county 1t
was on account of having seen the packages
so many times that he had been uncertain
n his previous testimony. This line of evil
ience was gone over very carefully to enable
he prosecution in the end to establish the
complete identity of the shot taken from
he wounds in the body of the dead China
nan. Clement said he had no personal feel
ng in the matter, but desired that Justice
should be done.
On cross examination the witness testi-
led that Joe Hunter was the first one who
pointed the finger of suspicion at young
lark, having told him when he was at the
louse that the man who did the killing was
n the back room. Clark was the man in
he back room and he assumed that Clark
vas the person referred to by Hunter.
Ilement said that Hunter, however, had
lot called his attention to the blood under
he house or the spots, presumably blood
tains, in the kitchen.
w. H. Young, clerk in the township
ustice court, was the next witness sworn.
le identified the packages of shot which had
'een offered in evidence at the preliminary
and which were said to have
,aen aytracte cd from tho IoaJ hoJ,, - ~