Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-17

rendered this sentence "Five year, imprison
meni al hard labor"
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Is always somcihing interesting 10 seeing an
animal cageI and ~ bay. and II was perhaps
with that feeling ,ha, VIZ, IA and the crowd
found our way 10 the supreme opuu room
this week to see that rascal Bridges 30,
through A. We ga,ed over the eager crowd
lha, had come 10 see Law and order upheld VIZ
were impressed with is make up. II would
have been an insul, to have suggested that any
n us in our desire for a conviction were infu.
enccd by aughi In, desire 10 see the law up.
held. We do not believe there was one in the
audience that had OF was committing the In
diaerctions tperhapa that is too harsh wvrdl
which were with pufianical apsterily charged
,gains, the deceased, OF With which the hear.
ers might have had seere, sympathy No,
We were there simply for the right. We came
from uftuous homes and We went back 10 the
same, convinced that the verdict against
Bridges. which we hear will result IN FIVE
years penal aervtudc, did not In the slight
ca, weaken the protection Of the home OF III,
rights Of the husband, am the ncH, time
number three attacks the husband in the pub.
lie streets, II the husband will only rum all will
be we'll
When the murderer was brought in. we
must confess tina, he didn', quite come up to
our idea Of the regulation murderer lie
seemed a ,imid little fellow looking around
si,ha dazcd sor, of appearance, with hesi,a.
ting eHeminate voice and manner tina, rather
lisarmed U, fools tina, we we're. However we
very soon arrived a, the jus, con.
clusion tina, il was all put on and passed on TO
the second course.
When the prisoner took the stand we were
III prepared for his lies and were not deceived
by them. His first statement, that he knew
nothing agains, the character Of hi, wife before
he married her. who believed thatp To be
sure we were a little staggered when Mr..
Patterns own letter to Mrs. Bridges after her
marriage, stated tina, Bridges mus, soon learn
the truth about them, az II he did not then
know the truth. But then Mr. Pdtten could
no, have meant what he said. Why should
her Then the prisoner went on TO make the
aa,ement that he bough, some furnitur,
through another man, but he had forgotten hi
| name, then he said another man for the FRS
time told him tina, there was some seanda
| against his wife and he did not know thai
mans name either. I, was clear he was lying
Why wasn't her To be sure the two mcr
were afterwards found and produced, but thcr,
was evidently something wrong nevertheless
clearly so. But the weakest part Of Bridges
whole case, to US, was when it came to III,
ARRAY Why in the world. when Ps,tcn s,rucl
him over the head with the stick from behind
did not Bridges. without turning round. rur
homer Some one suggested tina, instinc, iisel
gould cause a man to turn round to see VIVA
struck him, bu, we do no, see any reason il
that, and at atty rate after he turned round
why did he not, as the blows we're comm,
Town and he was warding them of, tur,
round and rush off. Well again il was sug
gested that, when man or dog or rat 0
any animal is being attacked, the instinct /
true in all Of them to front the danger
The arms OF man are not so places
tina, he can ward off blows coming upor
him from the rear. Well, that's his fault Evei
il only one man in hundred would natural
have turned while he was being struck O
struck at, Bridges should have been tina, on
without doubt And more than that. Bridge
should have known that Patten had no weapo
on his person. We know it now, why shoult
not he have known it then That's convincing
Why did not Bridges measure the stick an
take an inventory OF what was in Mr.. Psttcn'
pockets before he acted II he had examine
the grain Of the wood, he would have foun
that was light and rather brittle. To be sure
Bridges had read twenty-five page lette
from the deceased to his wife, filled with tn
widest, most irrational talk, showing that h
was utterly reckless Of his own life. ETC.; bu
mos, certainly Bridges had no right to b.
lieve from this that Patten might act wildl
and irrationally on this occasion, or with III
other than his own. Quite the contrary.
Public order must be preserved and con
cealed weapons must not b. carried. Thi
quie, town never witnessed such an act before
"Bu,, says one, Discriminating in that line toe
bu, on another tack. was trying 10 remem
her when in our quiet town a husband wa
beaten upon the public streets under cireum
stances like these" Well, we'll, enough
In due time came the judges charge an
then the conviction, three stubborn, foolish jul
rors still no, being able TO bring their mind
up to the sticking point. And then the cuI
tain dropped and the play was played out. W
knew Just what we would have done in 81
preme mon. mt like that. that come, but one
in life time, and just what Bridges Eel, an
ought no, TO have done. and let this
Bridges' consolation during the night watchs
10 his prison cell through the years to come
One IN THE Crowd.
| Honolulu. January 10, 1885.