The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-03

| The corOner's jury which had been
Summoned by Deputy Marshal Hitch
cock and which investigated the matter
| of the death of the soldier, Wardell, in
| an unusual manner, consisted of II. e.
Waity, e. S. Cunha, T. w. Hebron, w.
| w. Hall, Godfrey Brown and W. w.
Wright.
Almost all of yesterday the jury was
hearing testimony r. D. Mead was
called as stenogropher, coming down
from the offices of the Attorney Gen
eral in the Executive Building.
The witnesses summoned were Mr..
and Mrs Macdonald, DR.. ]. T. Wayson,
Dr. w. Hoffman,, DR.. S. A. Yule, DR..
Wetzel of the Engineer battalion and
G.. S. Tator, who was the nurse in
charge of Wardell at the time the pois-
oning took place. Major Sague, who
has been promoted by Hilo to be a
major general, was present as the rep
resentative of the military authorities.
AS Major Sague came out of the act
ing marshal's office after the verdict
Of Tator From this circumstance, if
from nothing else, it is concluded that
Tator is exonerated by the military as
we'll as the civil arm.
The testimony of Mrs Macdonald,
who was the first witness, was rather
unfavorable to Tator. Comparing the
statement of the lady with that of the
soldier, it was found that there was
difference OF opinion concerning the
time TatOr too. his breakfast and con-
cerning the appearance of the patient
in the early morning. Mrs. Macdonald
thought Tator had his morning meal
half an hour later than the young man
states and she said she looked into the
room and saw Wardell before breakfast
in the position that Tator tells of find
ing his charge after breakfast. Mr..
and Mrs Macdonald corroborated the
statement of Tator that he was talk
ing to Wardell about 1:30 a. m. or 2.
Tator says he then gave Wardell a
drink of water and turned out the elec-
tric light.
Tators evidence was that Mrs. Mac
Donald was greatly excited and that
when he learned there was something
wrong with his charge, he had not per-
mitted her to enter the room.
But one fact not heretofore given in
the Advertiser was brought out in the
evidence by the various doctors. This
as an extremely important addition
to the facts and was conclusive IN
snowing that Tator did not give the
fatal drink at all. Each one OF
the medical men testified that had
Wardeu received the acid at L or a.
m. the rigor mortis would have been
decidedly apparent when they saw the
body. when actually it was just begin
ming to set IL when they arrived. Or
Wetzel was especially positive on TINS
line DR.. WaysOn said that Tator had
been as good in every way in the case
as a professional nurse. Each doctor
was asked by the jurors if having the
bottle of acid in the room. could be
called carelessness on the part OF the
nurse. The response was in the mega
tive. This might be said to be the gen
eral practice The suicide was one or
those things that will happen at GER
tam times no matter what the precau-
tionS or how attentive the watchful-
ness. There was again mentlo2 OF the
remarks of War6e1i indicating, when
thought of afterwards, that he meant
to kill himself if the opportunity was
afforded.
Tator, though completely cleared OF
any charge or suspicion of carelessness