The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31

Harry Auld and Joe kaaiohelo left
with me. We separated at the
bridge near the Chinese theatre.
BY Mr.. Davidson. There was not
much drinking at the party. Mr..
Buckle was perfectly sober when
l last saw him. / do not know if a
Spnniard, storekeeper or carpenter
of the Jail was there. | am quite
sure i did not see Mr.. Buckle after
leaving Kaia's house.
BY Jury. He had been drinking
a couple of glasses of port wine.
Henry Kaia asked him to take gin
or whisley, but Mr.. Buckle refused
and only took port wine.
The interpreter, Mr.. Owen Holt,
here took his place, and Capt. Tell
superseded Mr. Brown as clerk of
the Court.
MarYKalihenawa Ca prisoner com
mitted FOR the murder of Chinaman
at Maui, sworn. l sleep at this
end of the building in room No. 8,
a Portuguese woman sleeps in No. :
4, ON the opposite side. l heard no
noise till it was broad daylight. l
then heard that Buckle was dead. /
was asleep in my cell. The door was
shut. Iput on my clothes and went
into Malaihi's room to fix up. That
morning he did not ask me to fix it
up, though he usually does. found
broken glass in the room. Two
panes were broken and one was
cracked. The cross piece of the
window was smashed. All the glass
was inside. When opened the
window, some pieces fell on the sill.
On the lower side Of the sill was
little blood and on the upper side
some dirt. l cleaned it off.
r BY Mr.. Davidson. was not in
the hall when NIalaihi opened the
doors. I saw him first when went
.out. My door is locked every night.
The Portuguese woman was awake
when we were let out. 1t was very
dark. had then no conversation
with the Portuguese woman, but
afterwards L told her that Buckle
was dead. 1 heard no bell. The
turnkey awoke me. Kealoha is the
turnkey. Some prisoners in the hall
told me, Buckle was dead. Tne
turnkey told me, l was in my room.
didn't see the body brought in, L
only heard of it.
Mr.. Davidson said she has disclaim-
ed any knowledge. She is not legal
witness, she is guilty of a felony and
she can support nothing. 1 think it
best to let her go.
By Juryman. I bought my shoes
and stockings with my own money,
which was left in the hands of the
jailer.
A general conversation cnsued
here. The clerk of the Court CON
Quoted private Investigation; the
temporary clerk conversed with the
jury whoftold witness to sign away,
and the police force, the law and the
coroner had quiet confab.
Maria Rosa (baby in arms)
sworn. | am an inmate of the. prison,
l do not know the number of my
room. 1t is on the left side going to
Malaihi's room. L did not sleep that
night on acconnt of the baby. /
heard some noise. Before L heard
the nois;, of the window / heard
some steps above. Then l heard
sor-ebody make noise as if squeal-
zig. Then heard the breaking of
the window and falling of the body.
l then heard somebody, after the
fall of the body, going as if on tip
toes, without shoes on. / went to
my room and about ten minutes,
after saw Malaihi outside. Mary
went to clean the glass. Malaihi
told me 1t was too bad, no good.
Malaihi was picking up the keys to
open the door. 1t was about half
past four in the morning. Malaihi
was dressed in black pants and
shirt. He had no lamp. There is
lamp in my room so that could see.
He could see enough to open the
door. 1 heard the bell ring after
the body fell. L don't know where
Malaihi was when the bell rang. /
saw him after the bell rang. He
was in the hall opening the doors. l
heard nobody go to his room. He
had to pass my room to go to his. 1
did not see him go out or hear him.
l saw him when he went to his room
about ] o'clock. l saw nobody go
to his room with lamp.
BY Mr.. Davidson. The first thing
noticed unusual was somebody
talking upstairs very low. ] think
that it was about hall, past three.
| recognized the voice of Mr..
Buckle. They were on the parapet.
1t was mans voice. About five
minutes afterwards l heardthe chok-
ing sound of a person in trouble. 1
heard a struggle on the roof about
minute and half before the fall. L
| nd I,o g.