Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-18
MRS. MING TAKES
STAND AGAINST
ALLEGED SLAYER
VOGEL PEEKED FROM UNDER
HER BED, ADMITS WIDOW.
WIFE IS QUITE CALM
GIVES EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
THROUGH INTERPRETER.
Deputy Sheriff Cummins Testified as
to Accusation Made by Dying
Man on the Ranch.

Dry-eyed and Indifferent, Mrs.
Mary Ming, wife of the murdered
John Ming, whose life was taken ON
their ranch on the night of September
%, took the stand this morning
against the alleged slayer Of her hus-
band, John Vogel, but added nothing
of Importance to the evidence already
brought out in the trial.
Evidence brought out denial from
the lips of Mrs. Ming that she had
been overly friendly toward John Vo-
gel, who had been on very intimate
terms with her husband for three
years, although she testified thatVogel
had been caught under her bed, where
she slept with Mrs. August Steudler,
a visiting friends, last April.
During the time you and Mrs.
Steudler were sleeping together did
any man get under your bed any
night?" asked Assistant District At
torney Simon.
Eyes, John Vogel."
"Did you speak to him afterwards
about it,"
Eyes; he said that he just did it for
fun"
Husband Cries.
Mrs. Ming described how, on the
evening of the murder, her husband
had gone into the field, where he was
| tr1igating. A half hour later Vogel,
who worked as farm hand on the
place, and who slept on the porch Of
the Ming ranch house, left the house.
A half-hour later cries were heard,
and Mrs. Ming, with two farm hands,
rushed into the field, where Ming was
standing. They led him to the house,
and Mrs. Ming undressed him. Vogel,
shortly after, came into the room, and
asked Ming what had happened, say
ing that he had been asleep.
According to the testimony of Mrs.
Eberli, a neighbor. she had seen Vogel
cleaning a .22-calibre rifle on the
morning of the day of the murder.
This was admitted by Vogel to the
sheriff's force later,
Deputy Gives Accusation.
The only accusing testimony that
hit Vogel was given by Deputy Sher-
iff Cummings, who took the stand
this morning, introducing the gun
with which Ming was shot. Accord
ing to the depupty's account of the
gathering in the Ming home after the
shooting, when Vogel made his ap-
pearance in the room, Ming pointed
his finger at Vogel and said:
That's the man that killed me.
That's the man that shot me-"
Later, when in DR.. Luckett's car
before he was taken to the St. Thomas
hospital, Deputy Cummings asked
Ming if he was absolutely sure thta
Vogel shot him.
eyes," replied Ming. II know him
as we'll as my wife. He stood at the
fence corner as | appeared, shot me
and ran. He shot me with my own
gun. He wanted to kill me, and ! am
going to die"
Find Footprints.
The officer made a search Of the
property, and found footprints which
led to and from the scene of the shoot
ing, according to the deputy's testi-
mony. They were measured and fit
a pair of shoes which Vogel admitted
were his.
The court room was crowded with +.
Swiss, and on several occasions the
doors were locked, since mono are al
we'd to stand among the spectators.
The trial probably will continue until
early next week. According to At
torney Wilson, for the defense, he
will introduce ten witnesses before the
case will be ready for final argu-
ment.
Mrs. Ming Undisturbed.
Mrs. Ming went through the ordeal
without showing the slightest signs Of
distress. Through interpreter Egerer.
she answered the questions y both
direct and oss-exaninations without
hesitation. When she spokN tho usms
of vogel, she did so with no feeling
Her manner did not Indicate tho1 she
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