The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-02-01

pers. I asked him how the safe came t.
( be shut and he said he shut il I told him
he had done wrong To shut it. and told him
I l did not want him to touch ANYTHING
The native said the back door was omen
I We went there. | saw the hasp ON the
/ floor. do not recOnect seeing Il KEY there
/ | told Peterson and the native To remain
I there while went up To the Station House
/ and reported 10 superior officers. | told
the officer in charge (keamoku). and he
told me not TO say anything. bat to keep
quiet.
Cross-examined: did not tell what Pc
terson said to me. l told Mr. Dayton
about noon the same day l saw some ar
ticles and papers on the floor. | left or
ders for nothing TO be touched. | saw
some ten-cent pieces on the floor. | do not
remember seeing any Government certifi-
Gates. ! did not remain long | left Peter
son and the native in charge.
William H. Place, sworn, stated: Nv
I occupation on January Sd was bartender at
the Royal Hotel, being emploved by Mr..
Walker. | was there Saturday evening.
January ID The Royal is one square from
the Post Office at the corner of Merchant
and Nuuanu streets. After : o'clock Mr..
Peterson was there. Peterson was there
early in the evening, about and also later
He first came about Z o'clock STAYED to
have drink and went out. He had no
conversation with anyone. He came at 9
O'Clock and had drink and went About
10: 80 o'clock he came; Walker was with
him. They went into a room off the bar,
and stayed long enough there TO have a
drink, perhaps three or four minutes.
was at the saloon all the evening Sharratt
was there. Peterson and Sharratt went
out together. They took three bottles of
beer with them. Walker ordered a car
riage for Sharratt TO go home in, and Pc
terson went with him. was busy at the
time. did not see Peterson and Walker
after together. They went out together
that time. Peterson did not come back.
Walker came at ii o'clock, as | was clos
ing. They left the saloon by Merchant
street door did not see where they were
going to. | know a man named Hastie
He was waiting for Walker; said he wanted
to borrow some money. Walker paid me-
and went home, leaving him and HASTE
in the saloon. There was no one else
there.
Cross-eXamined HASTE was not in the
saloon when Peterson was there. He
(Hastie) came in to look for Walker. Peter
son drank every time he came in. He
drank claret punch. Peterson was in the
saloon nearly every day. He generally
drank beer. | have been EMPLOYED nj
saloon about two months and Il half.
John DeGraves, sworn, stated: | am a
hack driver. Was such on January ID.
saw Walker and Peterson together at the
Royal Hotel. Between 3 and 8 O'Clock
Walker came to Inc at the corner of Anchor
Saloon and told me to go round to Royal
Hotel. | went in the back yard and Peter
son and Sharratt got in my hack and
drove them down to Sharratt's house L
asked Peterson if | should wait to take
him home, and he said not / drove round
between 10 and IL o'clock TO the Post Of
fee, thinking some of clerks were working
late and might have wanted to 90 home
There was no light outside of the office.
There IS generally light there. 1t was II
dark night
CrOsS-examined: 1t was about twenty
minutes to IL O'Clock. l dropped Peterson
between 8 and 8 o'clock / live back of
Queens Hospital. 1t was just IL o'clock
when put up at my stable. | did not see
Peterson on the street again that night.
Manuel Phillips, sworn, stated: l was
here January ID. | was working for
HASTE. He was running soda water
shop on King street. In the back room
there was card playing. On the evening of
January 2d 1 was there from to 10
O'Clock. | was playing cards. | know the
defendant. He came there. | do not
know for certain what time, but about
$50. He called HASTE out. l do not
know the conversation. 1t was outside on
the sidewalk. Walker went away and
HASTE came inside to look for magic
lantern glass. He showed it to me later on.
After we shut up HASTE walked off and
left him at the corner of Bethel and King
streets. He said he was going to see
Walker about the glass. | saw him go
about half way down the street | do not
know where HASTE is. They say he has
gone. He is not here anymore, l guess.
CroSs-examined l saw HaStie about
four hours before the Mararoa left for the
Colonies. | have seen his magic lantern. |
do not know who else was in Hastie's place
that night. | had worked two or three
months for him. | do know how long he
had that place.
J. a. Mehrtens, sworn, stated: On the
night OF January I'd it was my watch on.
l left the Marshal at y 80 o'clock at the
corner of Merchant and Alakea streets. L
walked along King street. At the corner
of Bethel street | met Mr.. Godfrey. | was
ut the Post Office about 2 o'clock NV at
tentiOn was attracted to the Post Office
light being out. | saw wagon going along
Bethel street. No one in it. | looked for
the policeman; saw him at Bishops bank
l went to Notes and found him closed
then went back to Station House. At 10
minutes to went to the Likelike Saw
nothing extraordinary on my way down
l know HASTE. ! saw him about - o'clock
the night the Mararoa left. | saw him
go on the dock-that was the last of him
lie kissed and babe his wife goodbye
| find he has not been staying at his house
since.
Cross examined; l did not have the
Post Office lamp lighted again Being a
dark night, noticed the lamp being out.
| called the attention of the policeman to
it, told him to walk about and look out. 1t
is large globe lantern. The Likelille
whistle blew at 10 minutes to 8 o'clock.
|. b. Peterson, sworn, stated: | am
Deputy Postmaster. | was such on Satur-
day, January ID. | left Mr.. Walker that
evening about 7:30 o'clock at the Royal
Saloon. Before that time he had had con-
versation with me as to there being a large
amount of money in the Post Office, and
about his taking it away. Three times
those conversations occurred. The last
time in the room of the Royal Saloon
That WAS on the evening of the ID, at the
time stated previous. He proposed and /
year, my books were behind and to GER
tain extent irregular Walker knew it
from myself. He promised he would take
two of the books and place them where
theV could never be found on condition
that | would place my safes in such way
that he could open them. He said he
would do that and after he had taken the
money he would blow them up with dyna-
mite. He said he would divide. | told
him did not want a dollar. 1t was only
on account of the books. | said | would
meet him at the office. About 1890 he
came there. | was ut the Royal three
before o'clock and went down home with
Sharratt in a carriage. Walker got the
carriage for Sharratt. The latter was sick
| stopped ut Sharratt's ten minutes, and
came up to &. Gertz's, on Fort street, and
got pair of shoes. From there went to the
office reaching there a little after o o'clock
| stopped with Manal<u and .. Swain in
the Office while. From there | went to
the ROYAL again. 1 left Manaku and Swain
in the office. l went back to the Royal,
got a glass of Claret and returned to the
office. Swain and Manaku went home at
10 o'clock. After they left l went again to
4nIl in ha