The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-15

When Goto went away his shirt was
not torn as it is now. | know Mr..
Mills, Mr.. Steele, and Mr.. Blabon;
didn't see any of them that night;
don't know who hung Goto where
he was hanged. Mr.. Steele advised
Mr.. Mills TO excuse Goto as inter-
prefer in fire investigation. I saw
Goto's horse on the morning Of the
18th, near the temple (Lyceum
building); he was saddled and tied
to one of the posts, with n rope be-
longing to the hitching post; IL was
on the Lycenm premises, right on
the path nobody lives in the Ly.
ceum building, there are no other
dwellings on the ground. TO the
! Court---Goto wrote the English that
is in the order book. TO Mr.. Neu.
mann---I don't know where that
order book was the night Goto was
killed. Goto had been ia the build
ing two months; present dwelling
was his former store; know Blabon
by sight but did not know his name.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Davidson
Know of no trouble Goto had ex.
cept that about interpreting at the
lire investigation; knew all about
Goto's business; GotO went up to-
Honolulu twice during my stay
there; first time another japanese
managed his business, the second
time the same man and /. Goto
kept large stock of goods got from
Honolulu, when new store was
opened he bought some goods at
Honokaa from Mr.. Mills; never
bought great quantities from Mills;
the hauling OF his goods from the
landing was done by Mr.. Mills
wagon Blabou drove Mills team;
Goto and were in the habit of
going to Mills store to buy anything
we needed.
EDWIN Thomas, sworn: am Dis
trict Judge Of Iiamakua, received
my commission on the 18th OF OctO-
her last; arrived on the Sunday pre-.
vious and slept that night, and the
night following, in the jailer's house;
the Monday evening was spent in
conversation with the iailer; went
to be bed at ~ O'Clock that night;
it was kind of windy night; was
out doors several times before going
to he'd. it wasn't cloudy; got up 1
think ut 5 O'Clock or after; when
was dressing myself heard someone
rushing up On horseback, who sang
out for Johnny" the jailer, and
Mr.. Overend called ont TO me,
Judge, come out, there's Japa-
nese has hung himself on tele-
phone pole" I ordered the jailer
to get q knife and lower the man
down; ran there and finding the
knot easily united I lowered him
down myself; when he was lowered
he stood stiff, had probably been
dead four hours; had ! known he
was dead ! should not have lowered
him. He had white coat, gray shirt,
coat was torn in the back, looked as
il he had struggle, coat had dirt
on the shoulders, think coat was
tern clear down. Lower end of rope
was tied about five feet hom the
ground, three or four turns and then
a half hitch; top of rope was in
first space between the wires on one
side OF the crosshar. (Wi,pcss de-
m0nstrates position Of rope on cross
bar). | could not reach feet of
body from the ground, head seemed
to be about foot below crOsshar; /
didn't try 10 reach it, but think l
couldn't. Noticed hat and one
slipper lying ut foot OF telep-
hone post--tha, Is The hat and
that is the slipper. Other end of
rope was round the body's neck,
lied in hangman's knot on right
side of neck that is the same rope.
After 1 lowered him down Tom
Steele was there on horseback and
helped me to lay the body down !;
Mr.. Ovcrend was also there. Feet
of body were tied together below
the knees, think ny one of strands
of this same rope; il was y bran new
rope, an old rope would look dirty
but this one did not his hands were
tied behind his back, he was secure.
ly tied. There was . white horse
tied on the Lyceum lot, with n
Mexican saddle on it; think l saw
tho same horse standing in front of
Goto's store. After laying the body
down ! subp1naed jury, before that
sent over for Mr.. Mills, aftcrward
went back to finish dressing while
doing 80 Mills reached The telephone
pole; Johnny told me Mills wanted
TO take Japanese into courthouse,
but said he must not he taken in
till the jury saw him; was told Mills
was mad because the body was not
taken inside, and said he must get
over it. Hat and shoe were left at
telephone post; hunted all round
for other shoe but couldn't find it,
spent several days searching; am
certain it wasn't anywhere round
telephone pole. l am coroner for
that district; after Mr.. Lyman came,
and it looked squally and rainy, we
took body into the courthouse l
subpGnoed Mr.. Broderick, Mr..
Moore
Mr.. Davidson suggests bringing