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4. 1901No. 2f1UIS LIFE HANGSYee Ling.Miss Dena Pvle who CTHE BALANCEsubpoenaed is too ill to appear.It is thought the hearing of the ca will take three days.Out of twenty-five jurors examin up to 3 o’clock the following we sworn in: H. B. Kincaid, T. J. Smib J. H. Patten and Henry Seeger.The defendant is represented by _ i torneys Laird and Packard and SmitiW.» Bound Over rrom the Justice'. Di8triet A“orMV Ah«'rn aPP®ar8 *L. C. Johnson Being Triedon Harder ChargeCourt for Having Killed aChinaman.the prosecution.L. C. Johnson appeared in the superior court this morning to answer to a charge of murder, a crime for which heTHE FIRST WHEAT OF THE SEASReceived Here by the Ke River Mills| was recently held to answer in the j lower court by Judge Millard. The work of getting a jury is now in pro-| gress. From all appearances a new Two Carloads, One From the R venire will be called. i Pile and the Other FromFrom the testimony brought out at jIthe preliminary examination, Johnson and Yee Gong, the murdered chinaman, were employed at the Jack Kllis ranch about ten miles south of this city. At dinner time a dispute arose over the condition of the tea. Gong was fatally stabbed with a knife and Johnson stated that the cook had attacked him with two large butcher knives. He tried to disarm him and during the scuffle, Gong was stabbed. Johnson denies that he cut the chinaman or even attempted so to do.The particulars of the case are so well known to the general public that considerable trouble is being had in getting the jury. The witnesses to lieexamined are Dr. J. L. Carson, J. S.Ellis, Mrs. L. F Johndorn, CharlesKimberlinaMorgan, W. H. New, Benjamin Blackburn, Willard Wells, Sheriff Borg-wardt, Deputy Sheriff Francis Borg-wardt, D. W. Wells, W. H. Jackson, Sam Bowers, Public Administrator Buckreus, W. M. Cotter, Mrs. H. W.For several years Kern county been first in the market with e wheat aDd this year is no exceptio the rule. The tirst wheat of the son in this state, two carloads, has been purchased by the Kern Co Land Company for the Kern R Mills and has already beendelive One car came from A. J. Fowler was shipped from Pampa, and other was consigned by J. M. am B. Kimberlin from Fomosa.The Fowler wheat was grown at Rock Pile, about seventeen miles Bakersfield up aganist the mount and is of fair quality considerin dry season. The second car was g near Kimberlina, a section that h come famous for its early i Messrs. Kimberlin having for se years been first in the market wilt;ftseason’s grain.None of this year’s wheat h secured in the San Francisco the Kern mills being thechasers of the first car loJacksoD, Mrs. L. Jobe, Hu Kbis and j gLate’s new crop
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The Daily Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Tue, Jun 04, 1901
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Kern C.
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