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


finished the inquest that night. Mr..
Overend was ut the inquest, and
Steele gave evidence there and went
away. Remember conversation with
Mills regarding who committed the
murder. l said, ~ think whoever
hung that innocent japanese ought
to he hung themselves and he
said, ayes, l think so; 1t must have
been some of the japanese down at
Ovcrend's plantation.
Cross-examin. by Mr.. Davidson
There were about 40 or 80 Japa-
ncsc right round the pole: Mr..
Steele, luna Of the gang, was there;
Mr.. Mills wasn't long in coming over
when sent for don't remember any
conversation between Mills and
Steele at the pole; body was quite
cold and rigid when IL was lowered;
body removed TO courthouse ut 10,
inquest began about II; jury were
summoned under my direction l
appointed Mills secretary; it was
in middle OF inquest that Mills
objected TO putting down n ques-
tion; Mills returned after i call
ed him back two or three times;
jury completed their labors after the
doctor came, l think on the goth.
| Mr.. Davidson here asked foe the
production Of the record OF the in
quest.
MIR. Peterson replied.
The court ruled that the record
could only he used TO test whether
Mr.. Mills as secretary put down the
minutes correctly.
Mr.. Peterson objected TO having
the record introduced AT this stage,
and the objection was sustained.
Witness--I sent for Mills because
he was a special policeman he per-
formed his duties at inquest salts
factory to me, he was questioned the
same as the rest. TO the Court
DO not remember whether | called
twelve jurors or six.
| Dir. II. Is. WILLIAMS, sworn-I
am n practising physician, gradual
ed from University Of California,
Now, 1887 been in Kingdom since
Dec. 10, 1888; was Government
physicisn first at lIuna. Maui; am
now the same for this District; ar
rived at Ililo, Oct. 10, 1888. Went
to Honokaa at request of Sheriff on
Oct. 20 to hold al autopsy on q
dead japanese; reached Honokaa
at & in the evening began autopsy in
about fifteen minutes after arrival T.;
first viewed features, then examined
the scalp to see il there was frac-
tnre Of the skull, then loosened
rope a little to examine neck, next
examined back clothes were then
removed from the body. The face
was swollen and had livid appear.
ance, had every appearance Of snffo-
cation; found no fracture of skull
after careful search; on two spots
surface OF neck was abraded,
thought first il was caused by the
rope; there was mark all round
from pressure of rope; neck had q
bruised appearance besides the two
abrasions; the tongue was not pro-
truding, but blood was oozing from
the nostrils; eyes had a staring ap-
pearance but were not bullying !;
found no other marks on the body
except where the ropes were tied i;
after examining body outwardly I
examined brains, lungs, heart, liver,
and stomach; right ventriclc of
heart was filled with dark venous
blood, the left ventricle was partly
filed with blood of a lighter nature,
arterial blood; this condition was
caused by an obstruction to the cir
cnlation; there was also dark
venous blood in the lungs; found no
indication of disease in the heart OF
lungs, ne lesion in either; the brain
was in q state, OF congestion, and
blood cots in floor Uranium, indicat-
ing rupture of small blood vessels
there was more mobility to neck
than l expected under circum-
stances, considered there was dis
location, and Japanese doctor
agreed with me; stomach was
slightly distended but not unnatural
in condition or contents. Knew man
had been dead for some hOnrs from
rigor mortis, in Hamakua climate
rigor mortis ought to happen in from
four TO six hours; some time after
rigOr mortis it would be very hard
to tell how long Il man had been
dead. 10 the best OF my knowledge
the neck was broken. In my mind
death was caused by suffocation
strangulation would be suffocation
by hanging death is caused in two
ways--oneicDngestion of the brains,
the other congestion of the lungs
the venous blood in the heart was
one OF the signs of suff0cation, tho
marks on the neck led me to believe
that respiration was cut off in that
way. Dislocati0n OF the neck
would not cause suffocation, that is,
the two are independent disloca-
ton would cause instant death ow.
ing to the strain Oh the spinal cord.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Davidson
1T would have been impossible to
determine tho time the body was
dead after arrived in the case of