The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-23

ing OF the Jap; Watson and Blabon
were WITNESSES against me for lar
ccny; have no feeling against them
because they dld not say anythir
to harm me. To Juror Heydtmann
1t was after the rope was brought
that someone said, my God, the
Jap is dead" TO Juror Sherman
l never heard sound from the Jap
after Steele caught his head be-
tween his two hands Steele hung on
to him till he was down on his knees.
To Mr.. Davidson-That was all of
minute, from the time they took
hold of him till they pulled him to
the ground; it was when on his
knees that the men picked him up.
AT 12:l5 the Court took recess
till 80.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
EVIDENCE OF A pARTICIPAToR.
LALA, sworn: l live in Hamakua,
at kamoeli; was at HOnokaa last
October; employed by Lumaheihei,
butcher; the butchers shop is not
far from Mills premises ). l was
sleeping in one of the rooms in the
butchers shop; recollect the day
the body of a japanese was found
hanging, it was Il Monday in the
month of October, the 2Sth day;
know Mr.. Mills, saw him that Mon
day in his store, had conversation
with him; Monday noon took some
beef there for his dog, that was the
time l met Mills in his store; joe
Mills told me to 60 to the billiard
room, that there would be theatre
there that night, and when the Chi
naman goes up there for you, you
will come down and we will all 90
together; Lulnaheihci told me l was
to go to Waimca with him next
morning; l went to Mills store and
saw three men there-Edward
Gaps. Brickwood), Joe Mills, and
Bill Richard; stayed there while
and went to my house; saw two
women there; got ready to go to
sleep, don't know what time it was,
it was after dark; took clothes off,
lighted my lamp, and went to bed {;
in my sleep heard someone knocking
AT door and calling "Lala, Lala,
Lala!" looked out and saw q man !;
put countcrpane over my head
and shoulders and went out, man
said, "Come out here, Joe Mills
wants you;" it was Joe Mills driver
identifies Blabon as the man y
went out with him and saw q white
man by side of Joe Mills store; the
man with the white horse was Over
ends luna identifies Steele); this
man spoke to that other man; he
had gun in his hand. (Steclc,
Watson, and Blabon smile broadly
at the witnesses description of rela-
tive positions of Steele and Blabon.
Steele had u rope on the saddle, u
new Manila rope; he rode away
towards Hilo, and we two followed
him; we went along till we got to
schoolhouse fence; went to school
house not by the road; heard a
whistle and jumped over a fence
alongside graveyard; saw Overend's
overseer, Ovcrend's driver (identi-
iics Watson), and one man whose
name did not know; he had hat that
concealed his face, and long cloak
on him; it was cap with two pieces
coming down back and front, and
pieces coming down ever the ears
couldn't distinguish his eyes or his
nose plain, the way the cap came
down. (Witness shown cloak. }
That is about length of it; Shown
hat) yes, a hat like that. When
got there found these men sitting
down outside the graveyard, they
were talking to themselves; the man
1 did not recognize told me TO go
ahead and hold the japanese s
horse; when he spoke to me first
recognized that it was Jos. Mills ;
then we all went close to the road
and saw the japanese coming, lie
was on white horse; we all sat
down and when horse was nearing
we all jumped up on the road l
jumped in front OF the horse and
held him; two white men--Over-
ends luna and Mills teamstcr; the
Japanese sang out, "No, mol" and
fell down; these men all jumped on
Japanese, Overend's overseer held
him by mouth and head; while hold
ing the horse l heard the japanese
give groan; after that Joe Mills
called me and told me to take Jap
anese's horse and Overseer's horse
to Lyceum yard and leave them
there and listen to what he said (;
when Mills told me this the Japan
csc was there where these men were
standing; Japanese was not doing
anything, his hands were tied up,
he was lying on his face on the
ground, his hands were tied behind
him; when Mills told me to get
horses first got Overcnd's over
seer's; l brought the horse TO where
Japanese's horse were standing,
and got on Japanese's horse and
rode to Lyceum yard; when l got
to yard l looked back and saw the
men makai of the Government road /;
they were further mauka than the
place where l left them; left Jap
ancsc's horse on Kohala side of
yard, hitched the horse by putting
the reins over hitching post; left