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

10 the struggle between falien and Bridges ny
Nj Gibson lie saw both shots fred. Al,
the time the shot was fred the two were face
TO face. There va, then a change in their
position. Pauen did moi mcve hi, feet. but
turned his body around. lie saw the man
who fired run mp tho street.
MI ~. Atmilage saw the AFFAIR after the FRS,
shot was fired, by which his attention was
called 10 the shooting After the FIRST shot he
saw PAltcn strike Bridges, breaking the stick,
Mr.. T. w. Jordan, (ranagcr u !. 7 Water.
houses No. 10 store. In which psuen waa en-.
ploycdj testified lha, Just before the shooting
MI Slarkey, himself and Patten we're stand.
log At the front door ~ the store talking. when
Pattcn suddenly LEFT them and went into the
rear u the store, coming back instantly with a
round pine stick used to roll American oil
cloth. Witness asked Pauen "Whai is up
nov p pa,tcn made no reply but ran across
the street apd ~ the Sidewalk, oveusking a
short man, whom he struck several blows
Then they struggled. They got oG the side.
walk into the stree, at that instant. and the
witness not Wishing TO be = witness in an AZ.
saul, and battery aui,. turned to 90 into the
store and heard report ~ Of pisiol.sho,, anil
whilst again turning heard a second report
and saw smoke blowing down the street.
MI !. NJ. Starkcy and Mr.. Gainsburg, a
clerk In Mr. Fi,hel's store, added nothing Of
momcn, to the testimony already given.
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Mr.. Austin, for the defense, said that they
would not attempt 10 deny the shooting. or
tina, the defendant was armed previous to the
shooting. but tina, the deed was done in self
defense; that the life Of defendan, had been
threatened by Pa,tcn; that the defendant had
avoided Pl,ten; and that, being attacked from
behind, he had defended himself mpulsivry
as any min might. Consul said, also, that
the defense would show that Pa,,en had
tried TO break up the defendants family.
The first witness called for the defense was
Mr. w. Evans His evidence was unimporsn,.
In direc, and cross examination. the defend.
an, testified substantially AZ follows Tha, h.
was over az years old. Lost his first wife In
May 10. 1884, and married Miss Horn Angus,
24,h last. lie arrived In Honolulu from Hilo
July nth and became engaged TO his presen,
wife on the 24th Of the same month lie had
heard no disparaging umon sbou, his wife be
fore he married her. On or about the I7th o.
las, September, a person whom he met in tn,
Y. NJ e. A. building, and whose name he die
not know, had told him that Pa,,en and hi,
wife had been intimate before the marriage
lie worried over the information but did no
believe II and said nothing to his wife about I
until the latter part Of October. The day ate
their marriage he and his wife moved into .
house on Dowset,s lane, rented from na,iv,
express driver. II was furnished with furniture
brough, Of Mr. Williams by an acauaintanc,
Of defendant, with the la,tcrs money. The,
afterwards moved TO q cottage on Berc,ani,
street, formerly occupied by ar. ]. L. Wise
man The reason for the removal was tina
Wisemans place was better and heal,hie
location for the children. When defendan
rented the furnished house from Mr.. Wiscmal
he sold his own furniture at auction His wifi
told him Pattcn had a furnished house whicl
he would lie, them have for S 90 a month. Patte
paid the first months rent. Defeldan, foun,
out about the middle Of October that Patte
had given the furniture to Mrs. Bridges. Short
y after the unknown man had told him Of hi
wife's infidelity he heard Of her acccptin
the present Of the furniture from Patten
The inference he drew from the information
given by the young man at the Y. NJ. c. A
rooms was tina, he had placed myself in an awk
ward position. From letter he received h
imagined that some intimacy existed betwee
Pa,ten and his wife But real suspicious wer
not aroused until a month after the receipt {
the anonymous letter. Part Of the furniture Z
Dowse,t Lane was sold at auction, and tn
other part removed to the Wiseman cottage
and was afterwards sold a, auction also d,
PENDANT never wrote to Patten and never hear
from him. Patten came to show Mrs. Bridge
some rent receipts on November and. Sh
could read native but defendant could no
Defendant received note on November Isl
saying Patten had paid the ten, in advance e
November, and il defendant did not repay
within three days he must vaca,e the hous
within ten days In defendants interview wi,
Patten regarding the rent he was in bodily fe;
Of him, thinking he had come prepared to AZ
gravate and then inflict injury on OF shoot d,
fendan,. Pa,ten told defendant. wife tina,
would kill her IL she had any child by her hui
band. His wife told him that Patten had tol
her he would hire men to horsewhip him. Tn
VS. sometime in October. Defendant believe
that certain letter was from Pat,en from ii
fact that the letter was signed "Len." tn
letter began with DEAREST" Paiten said
defendant and his wife left Honolulu he woul
kill her and also her husband IL he was no, pr,