The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-05-13

would: don't remember All the WITNESSES
at the inquest; . Portuguese boy, Uoo.
Tietsen and Japs; know the Portuguese
boy by sight; know Oyeanoka ana ne
was witness first day Of inquest; when the
INQUEST opened asked Overend where
Steele was and he said he had sent Tlet-
sen down, as he would do instead the
second day Steele appeared ut the IN
quest: he gave evidence rs to seeing the
body the morning before hanging to the
telephone pole.
The Court here took recess Of ono
hour.
On resuming, the direct examination
of r. A. Lyman was continued as foi.
lows: A warrant and search warrant
was sent me by the sheriff for the arrest
of Mr.. Mills. The cloak was handed me
BY Mrs. Mills and she got it from behind
a door, and also the cap; Mills said his
wife had worn the cloak and muddied 1t.
In the morning when went over to the
store of Mills, he showed me sample
of white rope and said he had no rope
like that with which Goto was hung;
the sample he showed me was from
Portuguese store and he had been there
to ask if the Portuguese had any; he said
he had not had any for some little time;
don't remember how long: this was the
morning of the 10Th; Mills was police
man; can't say whether he volunteered
that statement about his not having the
rope or not; may have asked him the
question.
Cross-examined--I did not like the
manner OF Goto's Interpretation; sent
for Nakiyama the Matchmaker; don't
remember whom sent for him the in
depreciation he gave was in variance, as1
heard from the others; knew there was
hard feelings between Overend and G0to.
I thought it best to get another inter
prefer; this meeting was, when it first
commenced to find out who set fire to
the cane; one of Overend's Japs was
arrested, afterwards tried and dis
charged that place where the grass was
laid down was like that made by man
crouching; q body laying on the grass
would have left an impression in the
grass; the grass was trodden down we'll
near the trail and telephone pole; did
not see any marks of body in cemetery
lot; I did not see anything that could
identity as q place where body had been
laid met Mr.. Cute, of Maui, coming
that way; we had been having rainy
weather but not that evening; it was Q
cloudy night, and not particularly dark ;
the string was near the cemetery lot I;
horses are hitched in the neighborhood
of the place where string was found !;
have looked for the other slip; think
have mentioned all the little articles
found there by me; the pole is I think
fifteen feet high; think there are six
wires on one side and two on the other
one horse track was near the Lyceum
when reached this did think they were
there; have pieces of thread found al
the telephone pole adhering to the tele-
phone pole; I took two or three away
myself; l took what could reach there
seemed to be something clinging to the
pole higher up; this was taken off about
the time Of the inquest before it closed
l was not there at inquest; mem. book
was handed me by Mills; he did moi
remember who handed it to me the body
was removed to the Court House; Dr.
Wetmore of Hilo was there there WEI
no external wound; little abrasion 81
the skin on neck; the inquest was held
at noon; Thomas was coroner; do moi
know who asked Mills to be secretary
was in and ont at the time; the inquest
was adjourned for supper before the doc.
tor arrived; it was in the forenoon that
ell the evidence was in; doctor returned
that P. NJ. it was q reply to . question Of
| Mr.. Moore to one Of the witnesses; Mr..
Moore made no remark az I heard that
which / asked to have taken down,
can'tsay what now; think Mills put II
down afterwards; never asked Goto'e
brother about it as he left on the Iwalani
that morning; do not remember that
| Blabon was there; saw Steele and Mills
| know Blabon; this cloak was given me
freely by Mills, and he stated she wore
it in the garden; Mrs. Mills attends to
her flower garden considerable: had
search warrant for rope; I did send
Brickwood to search stairs below; he
did not find any such rope; Mills said i,
was Portuguese rope; did not connect
Brickwood with rope.
By the Court found some thread on
the telephone post; was examining post
and saw the thread: I could not tell
what color; was scattered up quite dis
lance; threads were on sides Of poles
Goto did not speak very much English
1 talked English to him; his store wa
adjoining Mills store, on the Hilo side
he was rather small man; compared
with small Japanese in room, think he
was no larger than him; he used to ride
. good deal he had several horses.
This is the whole of the evidence no Ia
l AZ Pm.
THE VERY LATEST.
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