The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-31
SAMUEL BARNEY, ACCUSED OF MURDER.


didn't push him in the face. Barney
stepped off and there were some blows
exchanged. / stepped off to stop the
train, because there was danger of
their being pinched between the
cars. Then I stepped back and saw
Lorbeer about five feet away from Bar
ney. He had his back toward Barney"
WHAT BARNEY SAID.
Then what did you see?"
Il seen Barney pull a revolver. lie
throwed it up at Lorbeer and fred
What did you dothen?'
II thought it was pointed at me and
made up my mind that L had business
on the other side of the car
Did you hear anything said?''
Barney said just as he pulled the
gum, You - OF a - I'll Tx you,
now. Lorbeer half turned around at
that, and he got the shot right in his
stomach. / saw him grab himself and
he said I'm shot. 1 didn't see any
thing more because / thought the gun
was pointed at me, and L rum"
Under cross-examination Kapple
said that his home was at Eureka, Cal,
and that he came to the Islands about
six months ago, spending five months
near Hilo, and then coming to Homo
lulu.
Mr.. Andrews went carefully through
TIE utldllS Oh barney alleIDpI TO get
on the platform, and Lorbeer's pushing
away.
What happened when Lorbeer
jumped off the carr" he asked.
They was blows exchanged"
Now, who struck the first blow?" Mr..
Andrews asked, shaking his pencil inn
pressively at Kapple.
The defendant"
You're sure of that?"
Yes"
Did Lorbeer strike Barney?"
II didn't see him strike, but he had
his hands up" -
Then by an exchange of blows, you
mean the one blow Barney struck. and
is that all?"
Well. there may have been others.
but I did not see them"
HAD NOT TALKED.
Gong on to the shooting, Kapple went
carefully into a description of the rela-
tive positions of Barney, Lorbeer and
himself at the time of the shooting.
Have you talked over this case with
anyone since the shooting?" asked Mr
Andrews. taking a new tack.
Not that l remember"
You didn't say to men in the yard
/ that Barney ought to be hanged, and
going to tell on the stand that would
hang him.
II have not ( may have said / knew
some damaging evidence, but that's
about ALL
! Ben Hoopii, a car washer at the rail-
way yards, was at the yards the morn
| ing of the shooting.
What did you see first In connection
with this affair?'
II saw Barney jumping on Portu-
guese boy"
What them"
THE Portuguese boy went and told
John Lorbeer, who was on a car back
ing down the track. Lorbeer Jumped
off and struck Barney"
"Hereat Mr.. Andrews suuirmed
slightly in his chair with glee. for II
was a favorable point for the defense
SAW BARNEY SHOOT.
What happened them"
II saw Barney shoot Lorbeer, and
then l went to the roundhouse for as.
sistance. When 1 came out I saw Bar.
ney on the ground, and Lorbeer on tor
Of him.
Hoopii clambered down from the
stand. and on his hands and knees OF
the courtroom floor, illustrated the po
sition of the two men.
Did you hear anything said by eth
er of them before the shooting?f
II heard their voices, but I could no
understand what was said"
J He told OF summoning Yates, and
that the two of them disarmed Barney
; Did Lorbeer jump off the car befor'
he struck Barney?" asked Mr.. An
drews I'm cross-examination.
: Yes" the witness replied. This wa.
n direct contradiction OF the testimon.
of Kapple. He jumped Off the car an,
then struck Barney. Then Barney sho
him"
When the shot was fired was Bar
ney backing and .Lorbeer following
him?''s
Barney was retreating and Lorbee
: following him." This again was con
. trary to Kapple's testimony.
WAS there any time while you wer
watching them that Barney assaults
J Lorbeet?"
Il did not see any"