The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-02

stated: l assisted DIR. Stangenwald il
? the post mortem. l heard his evidenc
in regard to it, and perfectly agree witt
him.
J. ID. Tucker, sworn, stated; l liv,
, next door to Mr.. Dimond. My wife
woke me up, and l heard chicken:
, making a noise 1 heard the report OF :
pistol, and sung out, q" is that you, Di
monde He said g yes" l asked him
ii he wanted me TO come over. He said
yes; you might come over" l did so,
and saw the Chinaman lying on the
ground near the water pipe, groanlng
and rolling all around. Then Holt came
up and went and got : lantern. The de-
ceased said nothing until we rolled him
over and the light shOne on his face.
Edwin Dimond and Holt picked him up
and assisted him over to his room.
Edwin was surprised TO find that it was
their own cook, and not the thief, who
1 Vas shot.
Edwin Hall Dimond sworn, stated ::
] During the night, about five minutes
before 1 o'clock, the first alarm l heard
was a noise as OF hen being choked by
/ the neck TO prevent it making a noise.
/ | heard u similar noise about tive min
/ utes afterwards, and then went down
! stairs 1t was l o'clock. l went and
/ told my father that there was some one
( stealing chickens, and l wanted his
pistol | told him L would not use it
/ only to defend myself. l took the pistol
/ from my father, and went out to where l
heard the noise OF the chickens. My
father went as far as the kitchen door
and called All Leong, who was asleep.
The latter opened his door, and called
out for him TO come, as there was man
up in the tree stealing chickens. We
putting up the ladder there was a sus-
pension, and during that suspension
saw man going towards the west.
said to myself, there is the thief; he
must have slid or jumped down and was
running away. | followed him, and
called out to him for to stop. Alter
had run few steps fell down. At the
same time that | fell the person turned
and advanced towards me while l WAS
on the ground. | thought to myself, is
ne going to surrender or spring on to me.
If ne does he will Overpower me in
moment. | considered my life in jeop
ardy. Just then l raised the pistol and
fired while | was still on the ground.
He was about ten feet from me when l
fired. l got up and said in English sur
render, and Immediately called to All
Leong for assistance. | called about six
times, at intervals of several moments,
quite loudly. AS there was no response L
thought he had run off for policeman.
Tucker asked me if he should go for a
policeman. | said, yes. Then the per-
son came toward the house, and laid
down Oh the grass. He laid down first
at the spot where | fired from. About
minute after had fired | knew the bull
let had hit Mr.. Holt came up then
with lantern, and put it to the mans
face and found it was All LeOng. An
awful feeling came over me when L |
found it was him [ had shot. l said :
All Leong, is this you; and he said he !
had had nothing to do with stealing the
chickens; he had been fast asleep. | |
said, l know you had not been stealing |
the chickens you are good man, and
[ did not know it was you that | shot. |
This is the pistol (prOduced). [ fired |
only one shot. 1t is a self-cocker. After |
L found it was All Leong, he walked over |
to his room, assisted by someone. L
had hold of one hand. | went and got |
DR.. Stangenwald.
j. r. Holt sworn, stated: The first l |
heard was the report of the pistol. L |
live in the next yard. 1t was about l /
o'clock When we took the Chinaman /
to his room it was half-past l o'clock. | |
came over and saw Mr.. DimOnd standing [
up and the Chinaman on the ground |
close to the cook house. Dimond was |
four or five feet away from the man. He .
called for a light, and taking lamp, !
found it was his cook, All LeOng. The |
latter said he was dying. Dimond spoke
to him in Chinese. 1 assisted him into
his sleeping room, and remained with
him up to the time of his death at 9 40
a. M Mr.. Dimond, when questioned, /
said he had shot a man, but did not
know who it was. l was afraid to touch
him; he might have something in his
hand. l could not find out where it was
only by the groaning of the man.
This being all the evidence, the Coro-
ner and jurors visited the scene where
the shooting took place.
THE VERDICT.
After due deliberatiOn the jury re-
turned the following verdict: That the
deceased, All Leong, came to his death
this 31st day of July, 1886, at 8 40 a. m,
at the residence OF Henry Dimond, Nuu-
anu avenue. Honolulu, by bullet fired
from a revolver in the hands OF Edwin