The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-05-20

IL. knew about Goto's business; the
buying and selling. Goto went 10 Homo
lulu twice while | WAS there. Business
was managed first time by a Jap aud
second time by me. About two months
before he died he went 10 Honolulu. He
carried large stock OF goods. Time be-
fore the store opened he bought some
thing from Mills in Honokaa- He did
not buy in large quantities from Mills.
Hauling OF his goods from landing were
done by Mills. All the heavy freight
was hauled by Mills; smaller goods were
hauled by Jsps or taken by Japs. Goto
went to Mills store to buy things that he
was out Of. / remember sill the clothes
as belonging TO Goso. Perhsps l NAV
have made 8 mistake in the stripes OF
the shirt, but thai is the shirt he wore.
Edwin Thomas sworn, stated am
Judge OF the Police court in Hamakua.
Have been Judge since last October l
got my commission on the Ssh October.
came IRON Waipio on SUNDAY and on
Monday NV commission was read TO me.
Slept in the jSilor's house SUNDAY night.
All day Monday ! was 81 Honokaa.
Slept in the j2ilor's house that night snd
was there frcm dark I'LL went TO bed.
l was ont snd in several times. wss
having conversation with the TAILOR, and
went TO bed about u o'clock. 1t was
kind Of windy that night; it WAS not
cloudy. Got up think about O'Clock
the next morning When | was dress
ing myself l heard some one on horse
back. Snd some one came and called for
Johnny. went out and saw Mr.. Over
end 81 the gate and he said, Edwin, come
quick. there Is Jap on the telephone
post hanging himself. or has hung him
self | thought he WAS chatting. He
called again, and ! went out where /
could see post and l saw something
hanging. II was light enough TO see
plainly. l sung out to iailor 10 set knife
to cut him down. Looked 81 the rope
and saw that il could De unfaStened. and
lowered man down When he came
down he was stiff and looked as though
he had been dead some time. | saw that
ne was dead and l said that if / had
known that | would not have let him
down. Then l lai1 him down fiat on his
back. Could not recognize who he was,
but the Japs said, Go;o. Did not reoog-
niEe him then, for mis- face was black
He had white coat on and gray shirt
Coat Was torn on the back. When |
lowered him down the coat was torn on
the back. Witness then points where
II was torn on the c. J s back The
coat was torn | think right from the
shoulder down: torn clear down 10 the
bottom. The lower end Of the rope was
tied low down on the pole, about FIVE
feet from the ground, and wound around
the post three or four times and had
hall hitch. At the top OF the pole TO my
recollection the rope WAS over the cross
bar between the frst wire and the pole.
Picture shown q the pole and cross-har
on pole pointed OUT The cross-bar is
81 right angles TO the road. Rope was
The rope on the croSs-b2r was not tied,
but thrown over the cross-har once.
Could not have reached the feet of the
body if had tried. am five feet eleven
inches. The body wss about foot from
cross-piece. Man had hat and one slip
PEI right under telephone pole. Would
recognize hat snd slipper again if saw
them. They are shown and recognized
They were right at foot OF post. Tie
rope went over cnoSS-bar and the other
end was around Goto's neck The knot
was regular hangman's knot Knot of
rope was on side Of Goto's neck. Think
II was on the right side. Man WAS fac
ing | think towards Hilo. When | low
cred him down he came down facing
M. Rope shown and identified
think knot Was on right side OF neck.
BY the Court lowered him down
and I. Steele was on horse and / told
him 10 take hold OF rope so | could lower
him down. Overend was there.
Examination eontinued-The feet were
tied fast around the knees. Legs were
tied with the rope l think strand from
rope ne was hung with. The rope was .
new one Ii was not dirty. Arms were
tied behind his back with same kind OF
rope that the legs were tied up. He
places Judges hands in the same posi-
tom. He Was securely lied. Where
rope went over cross bar noticed that 1t
had cut in TO the bar. know where
the Iyceum Is. The telephone post was
second irom the court house Pole in
front Of the Lyeeam there is Lyceum
Is an open lot and is some distance from
the road. In front OF Lyceum there Is
rail 70 tie horses 70. | saw horse tied
there, white horse, and he had q Mex
lean saddle on him l have seen the
horse II Goto's place lowered the
man down and laid him on MS back. and
l subpRnesd jury. l told Mr. Over
end 70 90 over and get Mills, after that
went 10 the jailor's house and dressed
myself fully. While was dressing my
self Mills came 10 the telephone pole.
Johnny said Mills is calling for Us 10 90
and bring the Jap into the court house,
and | said don't bring him in until We
have the inquest 0verend said Mills is
mad with you because you viii not
bring the body in / said, well, he must
get over II for the body will not be
brought in until al inquest Is had and
jury must De called. Mills then went right
oy. He was there about ten minutes.
was not az the pole when he Was there.
The hat and shoe were left there by the
pole. The other shoe could not find. l
hunted ali around for 1t, around the
schoolhouse and in Lyeeum yard, and
from where Jap was hung, and below
the road and down TO the cemetery. l
spent several DAYS and could not find
anything Of II. was certain that It was
not around there at all. / am coroner
for that district After ru7ar yo- ffora