The daily sentinel., 1908-02-26
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Miss Heady Corroborates.


the stand and corroborated in all the
important details the story her sis
ter had told.
When asked how she came to
shoot Ong in the back. she stated
that DURING THE STRUGGLE FOR
THE POSSESSION OF THE REVOL-
YER SHE FINALLY GOT HOLD OF
IT. PUT HER FINGER ON THE
TRIGGER AND FIRED, INTEND
ING TO SHOOT HIM. JUST AS SHE
FIRED ONG WHEELED AROUND
SLIGHTLY AND THE BULLET
CAUGHT HIM IN THE BACK. No
brought out by Miss Heady's testi-
mony.
Put Knee on Wife's Chest"
Some of the most telling testimony
given against the defendant was that
of Mrs. J. E. Ong. wife of Judge Ong
of DeBeque, and sister-in-law of
the defendant. Mrs. Ong is widely
known in the city and the county. the
family being very prominent. Mrs.
j. f. Ong told of frequent visits she
had made to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Ong. She was there
several times to assist Mrs. Chester
Ong during her illness. She told of
several occasions on which Chester
Ong treated his wife brutally and
made threats against her life. She
told of one occasion, while his wife
was still weak from illness. when he
attacked her as she lay on pallet in
bedroom. put his knees on her
chest and threatened to kill her If
she did not tell him who walked
home with her from down town. Mrs
]. e. Ong testified that she went to
the enraged man, placed her hand on
his shoulder. said ''Caester, you
know Ella is a good girl. Don't hurt
her." and finally got him to let his
wife alone. However, the quarrel
was renewed next morning. Other
quarrels were told of. The witness
evidently made no effort to color her
testimony in the least,
Mrs. Herman Testihes.
A Mrs. Herman, a neighbor of the |
Ongs. took the stand and told of
hearing the defendant make threats
to kill his wife and Miss Heady She
also insisted that she saw marks on
the throats of each woman that were
made by Ong's attempts to choke the
women. She became indignant when
the attorney for the defense ques-
toned her knowledge as to this mat
ter, as she did not see the women
choked. II can tell you whole lot
more If you want it," she retorted
after one of the questions.
Ong Takes the Stand.
The state rested its case after Mrs
Herman testified. The defendant
was then called to the stand.
He stated that he had resided here
since July 1. He declared that the
greater portion of the testimony CIV
en- by the prosecution was. FAR
fetched and stretched"
Admits Threatening Language.
The defendant admitted that at
times he has used threatening lam
glage against his wife and Miss
Heady, but not so strong as the wit
nesses had made 1t. He declared
that he never had threatened to kill
them and never intended to do so.
Story of Purchase.
Ong said that last Friday or Sat
urday his wife asked for money to
go shopping. He gave her IS, and
she said she was going to buy some
white goods. Monday morning he
came home from work, prepared for
bed at 1880. About o'clock the
two women went down town shop
ping. He was awakened when they
came in about 4:30 O'Clock. HE
DECLARED THAT THIS WAS THE
FIRST GOOD REST HE HAD HAD
IN A LONG TIME OWING TO THE
CONTINUAL COMING AND GOING |
OF NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBOR'S
CHILDREN AT THE HOME.
Reprimanded His Wife.
Ong stated that when he got up
and got ready for supper he saw the
purchases his wife and her sister had
made. He saw new corset and
some silk goods. He asked his wife
about these. calling her attention to
her statement that she was going to
buy white goods" for underclothes.
His wife replied that the corset ."is
Minnie's, and I am going to make
me waist from the silk" Ong said
that he mildly reprimanded his wife
at the supper table for being so ex-
travagant when he was hard up.
"Shot Without Warming
Ong testified that his wife was an
cry at what he said; that presently
she finished supper and went into her
bedroom. Later Miss Heady got up
and went into the kitchen and then
into her bedroom. He said he was
sitting with his back to the bedroom
and squarely facing the table. Sud-
denly he was startled by "a shot, and
as he started to see where it came
from another was fired and this
struck him In the back. ..The per-
son that fired the shot that hit me
was Minnie Hcady." Ong declared
that he jumped up from the table,
grabbed Miss Heady, pushed her into
the Kitchen, took the revolver away
from her, "broke" 1t and emptied all
the shells, loaded and empty, on the
floor.
Was Badly Scared.
Ong declared that he was badly
scared at the shots. and yelled "Po-
lice! murder!" Said he grabbed Miss
Heady with both hands, Said he af-