The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-05-15

aa Court House on the same day, No
ember IA, 1889. simply sent for him.
lie was not under arrest then. watson
aid: Il have been In the country seven
ears and in Hamakua years. Am an |
american and was born in California.
! m "a years Of age. took notioh "
olne down here. l Used to work on
arm before coming here. WORKED ior
Mills and then for Richard four years.
from there l went to Overend's TWO
years ago last November. Tom Steele
vas there. We had been together at
Richards three months. Have always
been head teamster at Overend's. Am
living alone now, my wife is in Hilo, she
went three years ago I eat with the
gang when my wife is not here. There
IS nothing between us. Told her to 60
to Hilo. do not have any liquor IN my
room. Sometimes / 90 to town and visit
at Holmes store. Am not riding horse
to break it for Mr.. Overend. Mr.. Over
end has never ridden it. l remember
night the Jap was hung. Think l had
with T. Steele about his be-
ing logged by Japs. Have never heard
Steele or Overend using strong language
to the Japs. Have heard about the ire.
General thought is that the Japs were
trying to get even. Monday, 4 80, got
home from work. Steele came in 5 80.
was in the stable when Steele came IN.
left about five minutes after Steele did.
Did not hear anything that night. gen.
orally get ahead with Watson on way to
work, and that morning met a Portu-
puese bov and he said what is the mat
ter, man hanging to telephone pole. Japs
could not tell me who he was. told
Blabon and then told Richard. did not
notice which way his head hung. Over,
end and Steele came on and told
Johnny, the jail-keeper. l told Overend
that I had told some others, but not
John. Have seen Goto | heard Over
end and Steele say that he was forbidden
the premises. I was at table when
Overend said, Rickard. they are going
to have you hung for showing Brickwood
how to make the hangman's knot, l
know of no new rope about the place.
Several of the foreigners think that Japs
have done the murder. Next evening
was told that there we're plenty Japs
that know how to make hangman.s knot.
Horse that I ride is gray one. Steele
has talked to me about the hanging. No
names have been mentioned. The
general idea on the plantation is
that the Japs did it. Richmond is
not to be much depended upon"
I had conversation also with Mr.. Blabon
November 20, 1889; the conversation
was held at the Court house. He was
sent for by me. He made his statement
voluntarily. He was not under arrest at
the time. Blabon said: II was born in
Santa Clara county. Have been here
about two years. l came down to look
for place. Have been in j. Mills en-
ploy one year. On the Monday night of
the murder had my supper and was on
the veranda, then went to Millers and
home; did not leave the house that
night. Got to Mills about dusk. am
there almost every evening. remem-
Der seeing Goto there after | had been
there awhile. T. Hart came in. A
Portuguese came in for a minute or two
and T. Steele came in, and he ca led for
drinks and we had some. 1t was about
8 o'clock when he left. remember that
Kane, a. paid policeman, came up and
inquired the time and some one answered
9. When Steele rode up first time he
inquired for Holmes AS we were going
from Mills noticed that Japs rode up
to Goto's store and spoke to him, and re-
turned the same way he came. Horses
head was close to mine. We were on
Goto side Of the street when we returned.
have not had any new rope for some
time. I have had no new rope this size
(rope is shown) for the last two months.
l did not have any private talk with
Steele in the saloon. / know Lala by
sight. If had seen him l think should
not have forgotten it,. +" l am acquainted
with Mr.. Mills. did not take any writ
ten statement from him. did not take
any statement, for I had been two or
three times to his store, and from what
talk he and had had did not care to
take any statement from him. I did not
take any evidence because the evidence
pointed SO directly to him as one of the
persons involved in the case that did
not care to ask him anything more than
he was ready to give. I remember two
conversations from Mills asking 'got
anything more," heard anything more.
His general manner during this whole
time appeared to me that Mills was try
ing to point suspicion to certain parties.
81 tell you nothing but white men have
done this crime; no Japs have done it !;
no Cinnamon have done it." asked
him have you any suspicion. II will not
mention any names, but you have not
far to look" "Where was Holmes at
time of murder? Where was Miller that
night" l do not know where they were
that night, he answered. had CONVEX
sation about the rope had two different
conversations. First time he had not
had any for two or three months before
of this kind of rope. This was in his
own office; this was either Friday or
Saturday. Then he told me second time
that he had had some three weeks pre-
vious to the murder. That was in his
own Office or veranda. Second CONVEX
sation came think when Mills lent me
his rain coat to go to Waimea with
Had other conversation. Mills said !:
"Those two men over on that plan
tation." were his exact words.
On my return from Waimea he ssked
me about men and I told him that evil
dence was very strong against Overend
and Steele. ''By God / hope he who
ever has done it ought to he hung" I
tell you Hitchcock only white men have
He points to Overend. think at time
VI NY ScCOuu WISH Wills SalQ L. CC0cl0
went over to MilPs and asked him for
drink of whiskey, and Mills said that he
said "For Gods sake don't give it
away" Mills said that T. Steele was up
here this morning. That is about all
that can think of now.
To the Court.-It is the best of Manila
rope. That is not Australian rope. This
is yellow rope. These articles were passed
over to me by Deputy-SheriffL Lyman and
I have had the charge of them ever