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

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Vent outside the house and saw white
,orse passinp. The horse was white,
md it looked like Steele's horse. Saw
nothing after that. That was about 30.
Saw the horse going out towards the
gate. %
Cross-examined-T were about ~
wards between u.s. Not \ very dark |
night. No moon. do field work.
Okamoto sworn, stated II live at
Honokaa. Overend's Plantation. Have
been there five or six months. Knew
Goto. Know he was hanged. Saw him
hanging on morning of October 18th.
The night before was at quarters and saw
Goto. That was after p. n. GotO was
nearly an hour in the house. During
that time went out of the house to look
for Goto's horse. That was about twenty
minutes alters. Came out on the YER
anda and went to the horse points out
place on map]. Saw that man was
here fin the road, at that time. Believe
il was Luna Tom. He was dressed in
white. Could not tell his face. He was
under a tree. coughed and walked
back TO the house. I went back and told
oOSAA
man going back towards the Office.
Cross-examined-Iw was here [points on
mapl when first saw the man. He was
on foot. Could not see his features. He
had a hat on, was q tall man Only
coughed as said as had not seen at
first that it was a man, only white
thing, SO coughed and the man went
away towards the office. After told
Goto 1 went away. The people were all
together when l went away. Went to
nv room and went to bed. Heard the
noice of horses. Went right to bed and
to sleep. I labor in the field.
Yemangushi sworn, stated - Live at
Honokaa on Overend' g Plantation. Knew
Goto, the storekeeper. He is dead Last
| saw him the morning of the 29th. He
| was dead and hanging to a telephone
pole. Do not know who hanged him.
The evening before was at the quarters
| of Omuda, in house down below. That
house is about twenty-six yards from
upper road, and the next to Honokaa
road. Was all the time in my house
that evening. Went there about 6. Have
no wife. Stayed in the house all the
time. Went to bed about 8. Heard the
noise of passing horses. Did not see
| anything. Think it was about midnight
The noise was the sound of two horses
passing. They were coming from Homo.
kaa road towards Overend's.
Cross-examined-Fiv people live in
that house with me. They were all there
on that evening, and we did not all re-
turn together. They were all there when
I went to bed. Three men beside my.
self. I went to bed the first of all. Dc
not know when the others went to bed
I went right to sleep. Don't know what
took place in the house after / went K
bed. Only heard the noise of horses
Only lifted up my head at the time. AL
were asleep and did not hear it. Thinl
it was about IL, do not know positively
about the time. The road is dirt road
The ground was soft not hard. CoulC
tell that there were two horses. They
were not going fast or slow. The night
was dark.
By the Court - Was wakened by this
noise.
The Court then took recess, and aftel
recess adjourned till Saturday AN.
SATURDAY, May 10, AM.
A juror was asked if his pillows were
hard, and he answered they were. Ths
Court said softer ones would be furn
ished
Ieaoka sworn-I lived last October a
Honokaa. Am clerk in GotO's store
Have lived with him nine months. Gott
is dead; he has been killed. / frs
heard of his death on the morning of tn,
10Th October. Was called by some ont
and went and saw his body near tele
phone post. There were q number o
men there, but / do not remembe
them. Goto had no difficulty with an,
one that / know of. During my stay il
the store did not know of any trouble
know of some trouble in the matter o
burnt fields. Trouble was with Mr.
Overend. knew that Mr.. Overend sail
that he did not interpret Alright, ant
wanted him excused. Goto was no
married, and he did not live with an
other woman. Night before he was hun,
knew that he had bought horse.
was in Gotos the eve before he was hung
Goto and talked about the horse ant
about paying part of the purchase price
He bought it two days before and paid il
part then. Goto went away about
o'clock. Do not know where he went
he went on his horse. He was ridin,
white horse that he bought before. TIL
same horse spoke of. He paid TO
horse; saw transaction. Money pal,
to that Jap that came from Kohala
There were no words between the men
do not know how much he paid, but
think IS the first time and $40 that day
He was dressed in white coat and shirt
do not know the color of the shirt
Witness is then asked to look aroun,
the room and see if there is any colo
like it, and he does not see any.) Pant
were blue denim. Hat : not straw
CLOTHES identified, shirt identified, pant
identified, hat identified, shoe identified.
nd not see Goto come back that even
~. Saw him next morning when h
! was dead. / sleep in the store. Got
usually sleeps in the store. The sam,
house that do. Goto's business wa
storekeeper, general merchandise an,
groceries. Business was about five or 81,
hundred dollars per month. He ha.
Japanese trade mostly. Sometimes for
eigners and kanakas. Bills were col
lected monthly. can read Japanese
{Book is shown and identified as Goto's.
Store and sleeping room are separate
Store and sleeping rooms are about 81,
yards apart. In the sleeping house Their
are rooms. Goto has one and othe
Japs have others. Store from telephon,
post is about 200 yards. went to be.
about IL O'Clock Brought light from
store to my room. Did not 90 ont tina
night. From road to where I sleep i
from ten to twelve yards. heard nois,
that night and it was one of the horses
This was before Invent to bed. This wa,
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