The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-05-16

night. Goto's store is about six or eight
wards from Mills. Goto first moved ln-
to the store two months before October.
His store before that was in the place
that we sleep in now. Dwelling and
store are separated. Know Blabon. out
l do not know where he lives.
Cross examined-No quarrel with any |
one else. l stayed at the store constant
". knew about Goto's business; the
buying and selling. Goto went to Homo
lulu twice while was there. Business
was managed first time by Jap and
second time by me. About two months
before he died he went to Honolulu. He
carried large stock of goods. Time De-
fore the store opened he bought some.
thing from Mills in Honokaa. he qua
not buy in large quantities from Mills.
Hauling of his goods from landing were
done by Mills. All the heavy freight
was hauled by Mills; smaller goods were
hauled by Japs or taken by Japs. Got0
went to Mills store to buy things that he
was out of. / remember all the clothes
as belonging to Goto. Perhaps l may
have made q mistake in the stripes OF
the shirt, but that is the shirt he wore.
Edwin Thomas sworn, stated am
Judge of the Police court In Hamakua:
Have been Judge since last October. l
got nv commission on the 18th October.
came from Waipio on Sunday and on
Monday my commission was read to me.
| Slept in the jailOr's house Sunday night.
| All day Monday / was at HonOkaa.
Slect in the jailor's house that night and
| was there from dark till I went to bed.
I was out and in several times. l was
having conversation with the jailor, and
l went to bed about IL O'Clock. 1t was
kind of windy that night; it was NOT
cloudy. Got up think about 5 O'Clock
the next morning. When l was dress
! ing myself ]. heard some one on horst :
back, and some one came and called for
Johnny. went out and saw Mr.. Over
end at the gate and he said, Edwin, come
quick, there is Jap on the telephone
post hanging himself, or has hung him
self. I thought he was chatting. He
called again, and went out where l
could see post and / saw something
hanging. 1t was light enough to see
plainly. sung out to jailor to get knife
to cut him down. Looked at the rope
and saw that it could be unfastened, and
lowered man down. When he came
down he was stiff and looked as though
he had been dead some time. I saw that
he was dead and said that if had
known that / would not have let him
down. Then laid him down fiat on his
back. Could not recognize who he was
but the Japs said, Goto. Did not recog
nize him then, for his face was black
He had white coat on and gray shirt
Coat was torn on the back. When
lowered him down the coat was torn or
the back. (Witness then points where
it was torn on the G. J's back.) The
coat was torn I think right from the
shoulder down; torn clear down to the
bottom. The lower end of the rope was
tied low down on the pole, about five
feet from the ground, and wound around
half hitch. At the top of the pole to my
bar between the first wire and the pole
picture shown of the pole and cross-bal
on pole pointed out.) The cross-bar il
at right angles to the road. Rope was
on the mountain side of the cross.bar
The rope on the cross-bar was not tied
but thrown over the cross-bar once
Could not have reached the feet of the
body if had tried. am five feet clever
inches. The body was about a foot from
cross-piece. Man had hat and one slip
per right under telephone pole. Would
recognize hat and slipper again if saw
them. (They are shown and recognized.
They were right at foot of post. The
rope went over cross-bar and the othel
end was around Goto's neck. The kno
was regular hangman's knot. Knot o
rope was on side Of Goto's neck. Thinl
it was on the right side. Man was fac
ing think towards Hilo. When I low
cred him down he came down facin|
: me. (Rope shown and identified }
think knot was on right side of neck.
By the Court lowered him dow1
and 7. Steele was on horse and I tolt
j him to take hold of rope so could lowe
!. him down. Overend was there.
:, Examination continued The feet wer,
tied fast around the knees. Legs wer
tied with the rope think strand from
rope he was hung with. The rope was
. new one. It was not dirty. Arms wer,
tied behind his back with same kind o
: rope that the legs were tied up. (H,
places Judges hands in the same posi-
tom. He was securely tied. Wher,
J rope went over cross bar noticed that i
had cut in to the bar. / know wher,
! the Lyceum is. The telephone post wa
second from the court house. Pole il
front of the Lyceum there is. Lyceun
[ is an open lot and is some distance from
the road. In front of Lyceum there is
rail to tie horses to. saw horse tie,
there, white horse, and he had Mex
lean saddle on him. I have seen tn,
+ horse at Goto's place. I lowered tn,
) man down and laid him on his back, an,
l subp@ne@d jury. told Mr.. Over
) end to 60 over and get Mills, after tina
J ] went to the jailor's house and dressed
: myself fully. While was dressing my
} self Mills came to the telephone pole
, Johnny said Mills is calling for us to 2,
, and bring the Jap into the court house
) and said don't bring him in until W,
have the inquest. Overend said Mills i
( mad with you because you will no
bring the body in. said, well, he mus
: get over it for the body win not be
brought in until an inquest is had ant
jury must be called. Mills then went RICH
J by. He was there about ten minutes
| was not at the pole when he was there
( The hat and shoe were left there by tn,
) pole. The other shoe I could not find.
+ hunted all around for it, around tn,
, schoolhouse and in Lyceum yard, ant
from where Jap was hung, and below
! the road and down to the cemetery.
spent several days and could not fint
) anything of it. was certain that It MA,
, not around there at ali. I am corone
for that district. After Lyman got Their,
, and we had jury it looked sQually ant
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