The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-06-15

sl,,s ue.axy cufJe wen! ana rs Uusr nave
been 50. because / asked him WEethef
there was anything the matter WIZ hlu3'
and he said he was not feeling quite Wel.
In fact, he did not look well. His whole
appearance was net bis usUs! one.
Odd you succeed IN traasactlng } oCT
business with himg Al did not, sir;
bTCke II OF. -
O-Why! A.-Because. as stated, L
could not-he seemed 10 be tired OF taking
about business-annoyed-a ABOUT
being talked TO.
Q.1Unable to transact businessl Al
don't know; but he was annoyed-seemeo
to b annoyed at something.
To Mr.. Campbell-He did lot say rnueh
% anything. He was jumping ABOUT,
going in and out. and he looked hurried,
and whenever | wanted TO talk 70 him
about that thing he broke off again, and,
OF course, having no definite sentence.
CHARLES HEssLER.
Charles Hessler. a Custom house broker,
testified - the same effect he saw the
defendant about two days before the shoot
ing and then found him moody and su4Ien.
AT the same time, the witness continued,
81 want u state that he told me when /
asked him that he could not be very cheer
full. IL matchmaking WAS broodlng on
him all the time and il was the attacks OF
the Chronicle upon his house-that was
what ne gave the answer TO me. asked
him on the street, l said Mr.. Spreckels.
/ see you seem to bs uEdisposed toward
me. you don Z talk to me as you used 10.
/ said. Have l done any harm 10 youi
have L not attended TO my business No,
sir. he says, it il all right between you
and me-. At LhS same lime he said,
cannot be cheerful, as these attacks or the
Chronicle work on me all the time, and
don't feel like being cheerful"
FtIDAY. June 5th.
Claus SprecKeis. the rather OF the oe-
PENDANT in the Spreckels case. was the first
witness placed upon The stand yesterday in
Judge Toohys courtroom. lie testified
that the 9e-cadant was born ia 1885,. When
he was d child ne had the scarlet fever
and WIS attended TO by Dr.. Lane. lie had
another severe illness later. He attended
several public schools - this city and IN
Oakland lie was at school IN Hanover.
and afterward in the public schools when
he returned. At the age o. ID lac went to a
college for bookkeeping for six months.
His disposition during all this time was
very good. lie was very pleasant and
cheerful We had Z family thirteen,
and he was fond OF home. One daughter
and four sons are now alive. After the
def -ndant left the business college sent
him right TO work In the California ref
hery as bookkeeper. he was then Do
;vcenI II and Is. There he remained till
the accident happened when no was
thrown out Of the buggy. l asked him
whether he was hurt. NO, l do not
think so; not much; but l feel kind of
dizzy like" He was pale. Did not feel
right in his head, but else he was not hurt.
When he thought he could resume work
he came down and told me that he thought
he could do so. He came down to the
Office in about a half an hour. Came to
my private office and old me that it would
be wholly impossible. That the i.gures all
went into each other, and that he could
1
him right then and said, - GU 80 night
away from business; you 'ry ana go 60 Ap-
tos. and sec whether that Will not heIQ
you" He went TO Aptos. L believe, and
STAYED three weeks. lie never re-
armed regular work after the accident as
he had done before. He has been more or
less troubled with headaches. ABOUT SIX
months. or a little after six months, his ear
ache commenced.
THREATS TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
When it commenced there appeared
great pain, and We took the private car
rage and went TO DR.. Lanes mouse. Or.
Plummer did not like to undertake 1t him
self We took the carriage and went with
him to DR.. lanes house. who got out OF
he'd and performed the operation. Ito put
him under tho influence OF chloroform,
ard onened the inside of the drum. / took
him home and he suffered immense pain,
He could not hardly stand IL riding IN the
carriage. 1t became great deal worse
afterwards. He was deranged the whole
time and was watched day and night that
he should not commit suicide:
Did he speak of it /" Mr.. Taylor asked.
'Ho Jumped out of bed. Mrs. Spreckels
was lust stepping IN the door to call the
Girl. and she came inside, and no was at
the bureau. Mrs. STreckels asked him
what he was doing, and he said nothing.
lie afterwards SAID JhaC ne lnIeAuSu 10
commit suicide"
Mr.. Campbell-Were you present at all
this} A-No, sir. Mrs. Spreckels told
me this when l got home.
n No do that
neoDIe told you. Al was not there.
The Court-Just what you saw and
heard. l. ,-., ~ .,a+
stricken out.
thatF
Mrs. Spreckels and the servant girl
The Court-That portion that Mrs.
Spreckeis told you will be stricken out.
MIR. Taylor-Do you know, of your per-
sonal knowledge, then, Mr.. SpreckeIs,
that your son did suffer this pain;
Mr. Campbell OBJ ected, and what Mrs.
Spreckels told the witness was ordered
Mr.. Taylor wish the reporter would
read the answer as it now remains, with
this matter of the bureau eXpurgated.
- know of my. own knowledge" said
Mr.. Spreckels, that he was so deranged
he would have killed himself. know that
personally myself. and he often said, 4
wish ! was dead. / know that person
fret to Aptos with DR.. Plummer. Dr..
Plummer returned and he stayed at
Aptos. When he returned from Aptos
they made up that the best thing was TO
consult some more physicians In the East,
and it was so concluded, and DR.. Plummer
would 20 with him to New York and stay
with him SR long as possible. or as long as
he thought he must stay there; lie stayed
there some time with Dolph, and re-
Mr.. Taylor-You described his DISPOSE
ton as boy and rs a youth, believe.
What was his dispositi after b. grew TO
manhood-do you know about thati
EXCITED OVER THE CHRONICLE"
ARTICLES.
Witness-WeIl. up from the time he had
this fan out of the buggy he was a differ.
ent man entirely; very excitabie. II
anything, was somewhat eXcltabie. II
would excite him-not anything, but a
great many things. The Cbrontcte would
excite him very much.
Q-Where has ne lived, Mr.. Spreckels}
An the time with me.
Q.-When you say with me, what do you
mean2 Am our house st Howard street.
O-Hss he simply eaten his meals there
A,-No, sir; he stayed there. He has
never been night out. By living with
me understand that ne stays there and
sleeps there and eats there.
OIL will ask you. Mr.. Spreckels. If the
San Francisco Chronicle was taken at
your house Ayes, sir.
O.-I will ask whether or not you
know that your son read the Chronicle 2
Al do, sir.
Q.-State what you know about that
A.-Cur servant was ordered particu-
larIy, he ordered that every. morn
ing as soon as the paper came it
was to be put in front OF his door,
and he read 1t every morning in his room
before no came down to breakfast. | have
been in the dinfng-room; sometimes he
was there before me. ana other times not.
and l have asked him, Well, any moro
lies in the Chronicle Z
Mr. CGmpbell-Neyer mind your con
yersRtion with your son.
Mr.. TaylOT-That is exactly what we
wan. We want the conversations be-
tween them a. to the Chronicle articles.
Mr.. Campbcll-Let it go if 1t is in rela-
tion 70 the Chronicle articles.
Mr.. HightOn-What was that express
sion / did not quite catch il.