Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-02-02


Anchor Saloon when Mr.. Peterson
came in. Mr.. Walker was there.
He offered Mr.. Peterson o drink of
wine. Some jovial remarks were
passed between Mr.. Peterson, Sulli-
van and Walker. There was some
confusion got up elsewhere, and Mr..
Peterson went out. / heard all that
Walker said to Peterson on that oc-
casion. Walker was boisterous.
Everybody could hear him. AT the
time Walker spoke to Peterson, the
latter had not drunk his beer.
Walker was standing near Peterson
when he spoke to him. Mr.. Sulli-
van seemed to have heard them, for
he was waiting as if wanting to see if
Mr.. Peterson would take wine. |
had not met Mr.. Walker there that
day before. came back to Homo
lulu from Paia Plantation two
months ago. / had had two drinks
| with Mr.. Walker there that day.
Walker stayed there till about half
past IL or IL. / did not think
Walker whispered to Mr.. Peterson.
/ could not tell whether Mr.. Walker
spoke TO Mr.. Peterson or not. He
might have done so in very low tone
of voice without my knowing it. (The
above includes Mr.. Dunn's evidence
both on direct and cross -examina-
tion).
Mr.. DOYLE, sworn; On the second
January, l was at work at Mr..
Nowlein's place, on King street. Mr..
Walker was in there that evening a
little after nine O'Clock. He was
there until after ten o'clock. He
said he was looking for man of the
name of Murray. He returnep again
about half-past ten. Left about a
quarter to eleven. He remarked it
was time to close up. They were
all strangers, sea-faring men, in the
saloon. Joe, Portuguese, was
there when Mr.. Walker came. Mr..
Walker was then drinking with some
men and officers of the bark Hesper.
Joe waited on Mr.. Walker. / was
outside the bar, taking a drink with
them. / worked inside at the bar
that evening of an hour. / never
left the barroom that night. l know
it was after nine, by the time Joe
came off the watch. | could not tell
how many drinks Walker took there.
l am quite certain, Mr.. Walker
stayed there till after ten. / was
not out of the saloon between 8 and
IL O'Clock. He came back again
about half-past ten. He was there
till about quarter to eleven. He
came in alone.
Mr.. r. s. SoRIMGEouR, sworn: /
remember the night of the Post
Office robbery. Between 1920 and
11:15 / saw Mr.. Peterson on the
vacant lot where the 4IdUertise,'
Office used to be. He was convers-
ing with two men; they were about
six feet from the street; | did not
observe them more than half a
minute; his condition was argu-
mentative; one of the men said
"good evening"" l merely said
"good evening" and passed on.
Cross-examined by Attorney Cen
eral: / fix the time by having
heard of the robbery next morning.
1 know 1 left the coffee saloon
1920, because / heard of the rob-
berry next day, and remembered of
having seen Peterson, and this ma
turally made me try to recall the
hour. had not been drinking that
evening.
The DEFENDANT, sworn: l have
been acquainted with Mr.. Peterson
about a year. My business is brick
layer. During the past eight months
| have been engaged as manager of
the Royal Saloon. Mr.. Peterson
came in there frequently. He took
beer principally. He came in two
or three times day to my know
ledge. He would talk to me; pass
the time Of the day, and so on. He
would often talk about different
family troubles. About the CONVEX
sation six months ago referred to
by Mr.. Peterson, l met him in the
morning near the Bethel Church.
told him he did not look we'll
What was the cause of it? He said
he had good deal of bother on his
mind. l never mentioned anything
to him about the Post Office.
often heard him talk about the con-
dition of his books. He said Mr..
Whitney might shove him out of
there; that he didn't like Mr.. Whit
ney and Mr.. Whitney didn't like
him. He said his books were away
behind. On Saturday night, the
2nd January, Mr.. Peterson came
in about 8 O'Clock. l came from
behind the bar TO play game !;
after while Mr.. Sharratt came in !;
Mr.. Sharratt asked him to come in
and take drink, and asked me to
come too. Mr.. Sharratt said he
would like hack to go home. |
employed a hack. Mr.. Peterson
got in with him. Mr.. Sharratt
ordered three bottles of beer, which
got and put in the hack. L had
no other conversation with Peterson,
at that time. Peterson was in later
on. Mr.. Peterson pulled my coat
and walked towards the little room !;
he began to tell me about his books