The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-24
TEE HILO COURT.
May Term Of Third Circuit.
SEVENTH DAY.
TUESDAY. May l3.

The Court opened at O'Clock,
kUArALAuALAHA, called for the
prosecution and sworn: Live ut Ho-
nokaa; saw Goto after taken down
from pole; wes shown the rope that
hung him; have been in Mills
store; before that time saw rope
similar TO that in Mills store; it
was on Saturday, 27th OF October;
there was coil Of this, and some
small rope besides; 1t We, the last
Saturday before the Japanese was
killed: when | saw the rope that
hung Goto l remembered 1t was the
same kind Of rope that ! SAW in
Mills store.
Crcss.exsmined by Mr.. Davidson
None of my family have had any
trouble with Mills; have son-in-
law named Dan Lansing, China
man; don't know anything about
! Mills having Dan Lansing arrested
| / did go on bis bond Mills did ar
! rest him; it was before the Waimea
| jury term, two or three months be-
fore that, before the hanging of
Goto.
TO Mr.. Peterson-The charge
against Dan WAS that OF having
opium in possession.
ID. w. kEL1IaA, sworn--LiVe ot
Honokaa, am acquainted with Mills,
know where his store is; remember
hanging Of GotO; previous TO that
| heard Mills ask natives why they
bought goods at that new store !;
they told him because ihey could
get more for their money.
| ASHFORD SPENCER, sworn Il an
Deputy Sheriff OF kohaia; was at
Honokaa latter part Of October and
first Of November, helping Sheriff
Hitchcock looking up evidence in
the murder case; Mills told me the
rope must have come Out OF his
store, that he had 4 piece like it on
his lumber wagon.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Davidson
1t was The same day that Lala
vas sent for by the Sheriff; while
l was talking with Mills, Lala came
back from the courthouse; / took
part in the Investigation by fetching
witnesses; l said TO Mills it was GU.
rious we couldn't find any of that
rope, and then he said he sold some
of the same kind but could not tell
how long since.
A. L. BRICKwooD, sworn-l am ;
policeman in the Hamakua district
recollcct fire in the cane on Over.
ends plantation, also an investiga'
tion into the IRE on Sunday, ths
next day after the fire, in Mills
store; l know Mills, and Steele
Steele was at the investigation, Il had
conversation with him. He said,
"Hello Brick" l said, "Hcllc
Tom he said, IL say, Brick, that
japanese keeping the store mex
door is ut the bottom Of that FIRE
Now, Brick, il you hear Of anythin:
done TO that japanese, just "a,
, nothing about it,"
Cross-cXamined by Dir. DavidsOj
Il had difficulty with Steel
: about last June, we made it all up
Il l said, Tom, there's no need for II
1 10 be enemies and We shooI
: hands; the conversation about th
J. fire was in the morning; we wer
i. talking in low tone Of voice; ] al
= not excited at all.
S Mr.. Neumann-- May it pleas
c your honor, ! desire that Judge Ly
5 man take the stand.
e JUpGE Lyman, sworn by the Chic
!, Justice--I conducted the prelinil
= ary examination OF John Richmond
@ took evidence in writing, have NJ
/ kept il in memory.
Mr., Hatch objects that the cy
dence is not admissible.
The Court rules that unit! the te
|. limony OF Richmond is contradicte,
a. it is not competent TO Introduce te
timony to support it. The obje
!, ton is sustained.
,r The prosecution rests at 90
n. to 10 o'clock.