The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-11
1T LACKED INTEREST.
The Dove Monsarrat Trial Re-
sembIes the Blythe Contest.


The Monsarrat-Dove case was contin
ued yesterday. After four days IL
the witness box, three of which was
spent under cross-examination by At
torney Kinney, Becky Panne was per
mitted to step down and out. The relief
did not come to her until after the noon
hour, and until it did her memory was
taxed 10 the utmost.
She could not remember other bills
than those handed counsel, but she
knew they represented $4,000. Some
bills had been lost. AS to dates,
she could not remember who she was
living with when Liliuokalani was de-
thrOned, but thought it was Dove Was
married on Molokai in October. 1893,
and that was all she could remember,
except that she was married when she
asked to be put under the guardianship
of J. A. Magoon.
This answer brought out the fact that
her petition for guardianship, signed in
her marriage name, was signed April,
1893, or six months before she reckons
the date of her marriage
Witness then related the circumstan-
ces OF her meeting Dove on the Claud-
Inc, and of subsequent rides over the
Lava beds OF Maui.
A question as to previous testimony
given by the witness brought a sug-
gestion from Mr.. Thurston which was
objected to by Mr.. Kinney. Then the
two legal lights spared for points I'M
til the decision was given Mr.. Kinney.
Witness then denied that she had lived
in the same house with Dove until the
Maui trip had gone down in history
as an episode in their lives.
Here the questions were switched |
back to the meeting on the Claudine
and the exact words of the co-defend- |
ant. But too many things had trans
pired since then and she could not re-
member. Another tack was taken and |
the methods of the prosecution in en-
ploying detectives whose veracity was
not above % carats fine was question
ed. Another tilt between the oppos-
ing counsel occupied the attention of
the court and three spectators for fif-
teen minutes
Mr.. Kinney was anxious to know if
Detective Hammer, an officer in the
employ of the government engaged in
private work had cleaned his hands
of an imputation of perjury committed
three days ago and whether it was
right for the prosecution to use this
detective to strengthen a point during
when there was no court
This man had said on the stand that
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at the circus when, as matter of fact,
he had not 1t had transpired that
private detective AIdrich had visited e
the witness on Thursday and he want {
ed TO know for what purpose. The t
prosecution, he said, had in it's employ '
men who were known to have shaded T
the truth in their testimony and if it I
is true that those men spent Thursday
IN efforts to secure evidence, no greater t
Indictment could be brought against it.
The judge sustained Mr.. Thurston's C
objection and Mr.. Kinney noted an ex
ception. Continuing the witness said F
hat Dove would not allow any of her T
relatives to stop in the house.
Just here the pangs of hunger struck II
he court and a recess was taken until
80. after which Miss Panee concluded
her testimony and Mrs. Kahalewai and 4
John Robinson told what they knew
Of the "goin's on" around the house =
while Dove and Becky were together =