Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23

way on the lower HOOr, Inls Delng aIIef supper had been served.
 The place seemed to have been sat urated with coal oil, and a burning candle was found by her at the spot where the fire first broke out She gave the alarm, the three Chinese being in the near vicinity. Charley Lee Fong. she testified, hurried to help in ex- tinguishing the blaze, and poured a pan of water on the fire. While they were trying to put out the fire on the lower floor, the alarm was given of g blaze on the second floor, and soon thereafter the building was ablaze, and the fire beyond control.
 L. Malloy, an employe of the com pany, testified that at the time the alarm was noticed, he rushed upstairs, and knocked on the door of the room occupied by the Chinaman, Fong. He received no answer, and shortly afrer broke in the door, finding that the bed was saturated with oil, and in blaze. The open door created a draught. and it was but a few moment later that the entire building was mass of flame. | Louis Diaz, a waiter who had been in the employ of the Chinamen when they conducted the place, was the next witness. but his testimony was of little importance. He said he smeii ed the odor of coal oil when the fire broke out, but that he saw nothing of the Chinamen that are supposed to have been on or near the premises.
 E. c. King. an employe who had a place in connection with the eating house under the old management, tes tifed that he was reclining in a ham, mock when the alarm was given. He told of how the fire gained headwav. and said he saw Chinaman leave the building with a bundle of clothes. Up on recall Malloy testified that this Chinaman was Charley Lee Fong.
 He Accuses Lee Dan.
 The startling phase of the examina- tion came when "Smalley' Lung was put on the stand. He was plainly much put out with the fact that he had been kept in jail, and had no sooner taken the stand than he told a story of the fire, pointing to Lee Dan having deliberately set fire to the building. In broken English he told how Lee Dan had been the cause of it all, and what had followed after the fire was diseov- cred.
 The testimony of Smalley" was de- cidedly interesting. In his own peeu- liar way he told how Lee Dan had in- timated that he would burn down the building. and how after the fire was discovered. Lee Dan told him he had arranged it all. He said that Lee Dan had told him of it while the building was burning, and threatened hIm with all kinds of punishment if he dared to report anything about it. The evidence was rather impressive, and after he had been heard the case WIS given over to the court.
 Justice Talbot first dismissed the charge against Charley Lee FOng. Then he announced that Lee Dan would be held to appear before the grand jury in the sum of $1,OOO. This bond the Chinaman was unable to furnish, and in default was taken to the county jail to await further action. The court announced that he would take the matter of "Smalley" and his connec tion with the charge, under advisement.
 If the latter is compelled to appear in the higher tribunal, and will testi- fy to what he did in the justice court, there seems to be every probability that Lee Dan may take a trip to Yuma for this alleged crime of arson.
 As was before stated in the Journal Miner, Johnson and his wife had sue ceeded the Chinese in the place, hay ing moved in the day of the fire. They had purchased something like s5Oo worth of supplies, and moved this stock into the building when they took DOS session. All of these goods were de- stroyed by fire. Fong, who is known by many of the old time residents of this section, is believed to be inno- cent of any connection with the mat ter. "Smalley" is apparently still under suspicion, but may soon be re leased. Lee Dan seems to be the guilty one of the trio, but what may develop before the grand jury, or at the trial may possibly put new face on the trouble.