The herald., 1898-06-10

he had borrowed s. from a Pasadena hobo.
and he also claimed Joe Hunter owed the
laundryman $2.S5, of which he, the de-
PENDANT, had paid 81 on account. Clark
had stated that the Chinese had displayed
between $40 and $50, and after being
paid, had gone away. This latter conversa-
ton had taken place on Wednesday morn
ing at Joe Hunters house. Clement told
how he had exa mined Clark's room, where
he had found that strip of mating had
been cut away and blood stains had soaked
into the floor, where formerly the missing
piece of mating had been.
The state now introduced the first ghast-
ly exhibit. consisting of quantity Of shot
which had been extracted from the brain
and body of the dead Chinaman.
Ex-Constable Joe Hunter was now called.
He was visibly nervous and there were
times when his voice was scarcely audible
but he gave his testimony in a straight
forward manner. 1t was after dark when
he returned home from Los Angeles Tues
day night. Clark was at the house and was
apparently not engaged in any particular
occupation at the time. The witness asked
Clark If the Chinese had come with the
clothes, and Clark replied that he had. In
answer to an inquiry as to why the Chi
nese had not taken the dirty linen away,
Clark replied that it was because the laun-
dryman was not going to travel that route
any longer.
Gruesome as was the significance Of this
reply when it is remembered that the dead
body of the Chinese was then lying direct
ly under the feet of the men, 1t caused a
laugh, Clark even showing his apprecia-
ton of the Joke by smiling, while Judge
McComas enjoyed the tragic humor in his
characteristic fashion.
Hunter stated that he had owed the Chi
nese $3.50 and had given Clark 81 with
which to pay him on account. Claiei
showed the witness 40 cents. but he did
not know whether the defendant had any
knew, Clark had not on previous occa-
sions had much money in his possession.
The roll of mating which had been re-
moved from under Clark's bed at Hunter S
house was then shown to the witness.
There was an oblong hole in 1t. The wit
ness identified this mating as the same
which had been in Clark's room. Hunter
had no knowledge as to how the piece had
been cut out but he supposed that 1t had
been done with a razor, found afterwards
OH Tile bureau SldIh . IOOu NltIleSS
admitted that he was very drunk wlleh he
returned home on Tuesday and was unable
to recall whether or not he had met Clark
In the road before he reached the house.
He had not gone into Clark's room and
did not recollect the visit to Geo. Hunt
er's house, to which Mrs. Gregg had testi-
fed. He was also unable to state whether
the sheets in which the head of the corpse
was wrapped had been taken off of the
defendants bed. He was unable to ident-
ify them.
Deputy Sheriff Guy Woodward pointed
to a small hole in the roll and said that the
little piece fitting into 1t was found In the
mating and there were blood stains on it.
Mrs. Gregg. being recalled, testified that
she had examined Clark's bed on Thursday
after the murder and found the sheets
missing.
The roll of mating and the shot were
also admitted as evidence. This closed the
case for the prosecution and Mr. Allen an
nounced that the defense rested, where
upon the court held the defendant to an