The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-11
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Pa,u on Triai for Hiiiing Aaoni on
BOARD the NJ hOOner JUss phirc.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

main part of his evidence was Us
follows: Akoni called out again, and
/ went and found him holding hot.
tie; lie was pouring out some drink
and told him to stop, that | did
not want any drinking on board; |
sat down forward quarter of an
hour, then Akoni called out "Bcn,"
and I went aft thinking they were
fighting went back to forward end
of house, where Palu and Akoni
were down on deck in struggle,
and Kanakclc Ga sailor) and his sis.
ter were there crying; do not know
exactly the position of vessel to the
land, it was rather dark and l was
not well acquainted with the shore
l told the men not to fight till they
landed, and they said, "All right,
papa and stopped; they said they
were only in fun, but told them it
did not look so; lecturcd Kama
kelc and the woman for crying
Akoni was more drunk than Palu;
some minutes later heard someone
say to "wait till you get ashore il
you want to fight" and Ahoni's
voice replied that ''if You don't
leave me alone I'll eat you raw !"
afterward, hearing Palu call out that
Akoni had jumped overheard, !
went aft and saw the woman passen-
ger CRYING and Akoni was not TO be
seen; Palu said Akoni had fallen
overheard, and | said "perhaps you
threw him overboard;" told hun if
Akoni was drowned it would make
trouble, and it would be fortunate
if he swan ashore; IL would have
been useless TO turn vessel round,
as there was no wind Palu did not
have a boat lowered or do anything
TO save the man; / asked Palu what
they were fighting about, asked
three times and he made no answer !;
asked Kanakclc if Akoni fell or was
pushed overheard and he said he
didn't know: then asked what he
was crying for, and he did not an
swer; the vessel stopped moving
and i knew she was aground; the
rest of the crew went ashore and /
stayed aboard alone all night; after
sunrise Palu came back in boat ;
he asked me if / had been bothered
by Akoni's ghost through the night ;
/ asked him where kanakcle and his
sister were; he answered that Kama
kele had put his sister aboard the
schooner Mokuola; told him the
Good Book said that there was no.
thing secret that would not be re.
vealed, therefore would not say
anything about what happened until
it was known whether Akoni was
dead or alive; 1 saw neither the
fight nor how Akoni went overheard
Cross examined knew those
were the men because God makes
no two men alike; know Akoni wa.
the more drunk by his voice; never
knew the two men TO quarrel be-
fore; went to work on the schooneI
Oct. ), this was on the 10th; Axiom
was mate on the schooner, and
was put in his place when he go
drunk Akoni had a large CLASP
knife of mine, which he asked mi
to let him carry; gave it to him Of
the wharf that day; when they hat
the fight Axiom had the knife OF
him; Akoni was heavy drinkeI
when he INDUCED; l only took :
little of the samshoo to tickle my
throat.
Kanakelc, sworn | know Pal
the defendant; know Ben Lamea
knew Akoni; Hannah is my sister
Palu the captain, Lamea, Axiom
and myself were the complement G
the schooner Josephine on Oct. lG
Hannah was passenger; afte
rounding Honolulu lighthouse So,
Akoni and Lamea drinking; l di
not drink any; they were drlnkin
again when off the lagoon; we ra
ashore at the point, and the anchc
was dropped, and some of the lun
Der freight thrown overheard; too
the lumber in tow and got off; picl
ed up q boat some distance ahead
; Akoni took it to the schooner i
was drunk then; after getting G
board he got into quarrel with til
captain the cause was Akoni tel
ing palu he was going to tell til
Chinaman they took his liquor; the
fought and Palu called for help
Lamea separated them, but the
fought again when near the tis
pond; in the first fight Akoni struc
,, Palu; the second fight was over I'll
same thing rs the first, and Ako
told Palu if he did anything to hi
he would cut him with knife; Pa
came running and struck Akoni {
the shoulder with an oar; l W.
struck myself with the same o.
when / was steering, and the vess
luffed and came up in the wind;
left the helm and went over whe
. my sister was; Palu and Akoni we
fighting and my sister was cryin!
/ could hear the blows but not 81
! them; saw Palu shove Akoni WI
=, the oar and knock him overheard
. Palu told us we must not tell VIII
had taken place; we continued tn
till the vessel ran ashore and G
stuck: we furled the sails, | got I