The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-05-20

/ tween the SatS Su0 vic cSAiStA AtoNcSt.
recognised Hsnada. think he was one
~ the seven that was AZ the office, do
not remember getting OF my horse. Do
! not think | went into Mills's store hut
/ NAV have, am not positive. | think |
! did not stop az MillS's 10 see him about
/ change. WAS only absent twenty min
utes. met my engagement. Did not stop
/ al Mills but | did at Miller's. Rlabon
! and 7. Hart were here. l came out
alone think quarter or ten minutes 10
! y. When | came into the main road l
met Gutenberg gong 10 his house, 50
| dark ! almost rode over him. l then
went 70 my room. Mr.. Overend came
10 nv room but did not stay long as Mrs.
| Overend called him. arose next morn
/ ins ~ -. did not 20 out during the
night. | saw Mr.. Overend before start
| ing for work. l generally take tally ot
/ the sick. l think two or three OF the
seven turned up sick. Watson went to
1ork first, l next and Mr.. Overend last
| When got pretty near 10 the end Of the
road and saw Eetsen ride up and | went
up Snd looked 81 the thing Mr. Over
end rode up and shot over 10 the Court
/ House ana the Judge came. then, IN
company. rode 10 Mills's and rode back
I with him. Nills's store WAS open and he
wSs lust getting up. knew il WAS Goto.
| l then came back with Overend and Mills
on horseback l got qualmish IN my
stomach and said TO Mills, am going TO
Miller's and | routed him out and got a
drink and told him l had heen lowering
s man down from = telephone post At
ter getting my drink went TO work. l
had some talk with the transfers in the
field l first heard from Mr.. Oyerend
that l WAS wanted at the coroner's in
QeSt. Mr. 0verend wanted me TO stay
at home as Ms. 0verend was afraid.
0verend did not tell me what the wit
neSSes had testified, but that the doctor
had been cutting up the man. Three Japs
OF the seven were sick. l had not heard
what the Japs said AZ the inquest. l did
not tell Miller that he WAS s God damn
fool. Rope might have come up from
Honolulu and ! not know it do not
remember seeing any such looking rope
IN the stable. Spoke 10 Goto once or
twice He was riding on the upper road
and went up 10 him and told him not
70 ride on the road. The second time l
met him on the road and merely said
good evening. Idonot recollect about any
consultation with Overend about Goto.
Personally, have nothing against Goto.
I did not see Goto on Monday. Mills
had told me that Goto had been up 10
OVerends camp. Mr.. Overend's cane
field was set fire October 18th, little al
ter 9 O'Clock. l have not had any con-
versStion with Mr.. Overend about Goto
being concerned in the fire. We had
Goto for an interpreter, and he did not
ser on the square, and 5 new Interpreter
WAS got and he gave matters away. l
only heard Mr.. Overend say that he
would break his damned neck" l had
some conversation with Watson st Homo
kaa Court House on the same day, No
vember Il, 1889. | simply sent for him.
He WIS not under arrest then. Watson
said: " have been in the country seven
years and in HSmakua years. Am an
American and wSs born in California.
Am 81 years Of age. l took notion to
come down here | used TO work on
farm before coming here. worked for
Mills and then Tor Riek2rd four years.
From there | went to Overend's two
wears ago last November. Tom Steele
wSs there. We had been together at
Richards three months. Have always
been head teSmster st 0yerend's. Am
living alone now, my wife is in Hilo, she
went three years ago. | eat with the
gang when my wife Is not here. There
Is nothing between Us. Told her TO 90
70 Hilo. [ do not have any liquor in my
room. Sometimes 20 to town and visit
ST Holmes store. Am not riding horse
to break it for Mr.. Overend. Mr.. Over
end hiss never ridden it. 1 remember
night the Jap was hung. Think l had
conversation with I. Steele about his be
ing dogged by Jsps. Have never heard
Steele or Oyerend using strong language
10 the Japs. Have heard about the fire.
General thought is that the Japs were
trying 10 get even. Monday, 80, / got
home from work. Steele came in 80.
I was IN the stable when Steele came in.
l left about five minutes after Steele did
Did not hear anything that night. gem
orally get ahead with Watson on way to
work, snd that morning met a Portu-
guese boy and he said what is the mat
ter, man hanging to telephone pole, Japs
could not tell me vino he was l told
Blabon and then told Rickard. did not
notice which way his head hung. Over
end and Steele came on and told
Johnny, the isil-keeper. told 0yerend
that l had told some others, but not
John. Have seen Goto- l heard Over
end and Steele say that he was forbidden
the premises. l was at table when
Overend said, Rickard, they are going
TO have you hung for showing Brickwood
how to make the hangman's knot,
know Of no new rope about the place
Several Of the foreigners think that Japs
have done the murder. Next evening l
was told that there we're plenty Japs
that know how to make hangman's knot.
Horse that 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.T
l 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. Blzbon said: 81 was born in
Santa Clara county. Have been here
about two years. l came down to look
for place. Have been IN ]. Mills en-
ploy one year. On the Monday night of
the murder l had my supper and was on
the verands, then went TO Millers and
home; did not leave the house that