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

Mr.. Csmp6eII-Thoso contain a great
! deal Of truth; there Is no doubt about that
Recess.
Afternoon Session.
An hour OF the afternoon session was de-
voted to the reading OF articles from the
Chronicle, after which came the testimony
Of P. D. Linville, recalled for defendant.
Mr.. McAllIster-When you heard this
| shooting and ran into the Chronicle Office
what clerks of tho Chronicle Office did you
find standing up! Whom did you see OF
the employees OF the Chronicle?
Answer-I saw Mr.. Emerson, Mr., Ches
ley and Mr.. Eliot.
Odd you see anybody else OF the EN-.
ployees of the Chronicle A.-No, sir;
did not.
Q.-Where were the balance Of them
Al do not know. sir.
Q,-Those are all the men you saw stand
ing up, besides Mr.. Spreckels! A.-Yes,
sir.
Q.-And, as you said in your previous
testimony. you arrested Emerson and
spreckeIs and carried them to the City
Prison or the City Hospital! On the way
there what did Mr.. Emerson say in refer
ence to the reason why he shot AT Mr..
Mr. lloyd object to that. They are
confined to what they asked Mr.. Emer-
The Court think it is proper. Answer
the question:
reasons why he shot at him.
Mr. MICA lIister-Did he say that he fred
at Spreckels because he supposed Spreck-
els was shooting at himl A.-He said he
thought that Spgeckels was shooting at
him. yes sir.
Q.4At The time that you went in there,
Mr.. Lin Vile, what was the position of Mr..
Spreckelsl A.-Mr. Spreokels was being
run back, with his back toward the Kear-
ny street door, by q crowd of men, or two
or more men, and his hands in an Gle
ated position. That is the position that
he was in when first saw him.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
Mr. lloyd-What was the first thing
that attracted your attention when you
went insidel A.-Tbe first thing that at
tracted my attention was scuftie OF men.
Tho pistols were tho first things seen to
look at particularly.
O.-Whose pistols7 A.-Emerson and
Spreckels' pistols. The first pistol that |
saw was the pistol in Emerson's hand
when he fired.
Q.-Did you take it thenl Ayes, sir
O.-Have you got itl A.-Yes. sir.
Q.-You werc looking at that7 Ayes,
Q.-The next thing. you took Spreckels!
III took Mr.. Emersons pistol first, and
after that Mr.. Spreckels pistol.
Q.-At the same glance that you saw
Emerson's pistol you saw a crowd of men
rushing SpreckelS back toward ths wall,
didn't you2 A.--No; they were rushing
him toward the iron gate from the desk.
Q.-Then your attention was attracted
to that, was it not! Al think that was
about tho first thing that attracted my at
tention, was the scuffiing Of those men.
Dwell, when you entered the Office
the first thing that attrac ed your atten-
tion was this thing; you kept your eyes on
that. didn't you, till you got the pistols |!
he IN EfnlTgNn'S II
think.
O.-Until you got It! A.-The principal
part OF my time running from the front
door until got the pistol in my pocket.
Odd that take you second OF time (
A.-Oh, you could do that very quickly.
Q.-That was very short time it took
Ayes. sir.
O.-You were paying attention, then, to
Emersons pistol, and then TO Spreckels's
pistoI7 A.-The rirst thing 1 did; yes. sir.
Q.-Those are the things you were DO
ing A.-Yes. sir.
Q.-YOu were not looking around to see
who were in the Office, were you
A.-That was not my business; no, sir.
c. a. sPRECKELs.
G. A. Spreckels. the younger brother OF
the defendant. was queS iCned with re-
gard to his brothers illness from the fall.
" II was IN the morning" he said Il was
coming down from my room. and had
got at the head Of the stairs-the foot of
the stairs rather-and he informed me
whether ne WAS hurt. and he said No,
don't think | am, but he said the only
trouble is that cannot see very we'll. He
appeared to be supplied and stunned. He
did not Walk Vel. lie seemed 70 De TOT
toring along. l informed my father that
he was hurt, and told him that i thought
he was more seriously hurt than he inag
ined.
manning in bed + Al believe eight or
ten days.
brothers absence from home he sent him
all the articles published in the Chronicle
concerning the business Of their father.
Mr.. Campbell-Did you send him those
articles for the purpose of Irritating his
mind. or soothing It. or Whati
Witness-No. sir. / did not. but because l
thought they were OF interest to MIN.
Q.-You thought it would be amusing to
hint
Al said (" OF interest
Mr.. CGmpbell-O or interest in what way2
You thought they would be very interest
thing appertaining to father or his bust
ness might be OF interest to him.
Q.-And il never occurred to you that
for a man who mad Como abroad for the
with his heSd. that anything that re-
fiected on his father or his fathers bust
ness would be apt to irrfcate him at all, or
anything OF that sorts Al did not
Claus Spreckels the father. was called
to the stand. but owing to his illness he
was excused until to-day.
SAMUEL 6USsMANS.
Samuel Sussmann. member OF the firm
of EhrmRnn & Co., testified that he had
business relations with the defendant
prior to the accident OF 1881. and always
found him pleasant and cheerful in dispo-
sition, efficient in business, giving 1t his
close attention. After the accident the
witness found it necessary to confer with
c. A. Spreckels. He seemed to be changed
in disposition.
Odd you see him on Tuesday. the
18th day OK November. 1SS4l Al did; at
his office. ] went there for the purpose OF
buying a job lot of sugar, but ! found il
was almost impossible 10 speak to him
about business. He looked irritated and
nervous, and tired of being talked to, and
extremely restless: broke OF in the middle
of q sentence, and it was almost impossible
for me to fix his attention upon business.
He looked bad, and l remarked 10 him
whether anything was the matter with
him. and he complained to me OF not being
quite well.
Odd he seem to be suffering when
Mr.. CampbeIl-The leading question Is
not proper.
The Court-You can ask him how he
conducted himself.
Al think that he spucared 10 nae as