The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-13

Tor niBner wages prior 10 the Gay Oh the
shooting?"
Il never heard of such a thing"
You heard nothing of some slight
privileges which were to be asked for
by the Japanese?"
NO"
Then Kinney held aloft one OF the
hOop-iron cutlasses.
How do you fish with these things?"
he asked.
Il don't know; 1 never went fishing"
| How did the other Japanese use
them?"
Sometimes they went fishing by
moonlight. and used the swords to hit
! the fish over the back with"
They fished this way frequently dur
| ing several months?"
| Yes"
You testified yesterday on direct ex-
animation that Spencer said four or five
of you could come on the platform that |
j Saturday night to talk over the mat |
ter Of rice, did you not?'
Yes"
You selected FIVE to go on the plat
form?''
Yes. five because they were in
front"
Was Higuchi in front?"
Yes"
"He was present when Spencer said
you could come on the PLATFORM"
"Tanaka, the luna, tod us what the
boss said about coming on the plat
form"
dow many Japanese were on the
platform or steps when the first shot
was iired?"
Five went up on the platform. Half
II the others, about, were starting up
the steps to the PLATFORM
Where was Higuchi?"
on the platform, three or four feet
in front of me, and four or five feet to
my left"
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the men killed.
"Goto went on the platform with US.
. / don't know where he stood"
; what were the japanese starting
, tonto the platform for?"
They wanted to ask Tanaka IL it was
part of the contract for the white men
To point guns at them"
i How far were these Japanese from
the platform when the white men rails
o ed their guns?
About eighteen feet" indicated.
> And they started TO cover this space
while being covered with revolvers?"
THE white men pointed pistols. so
S they came up to see what the matter
was"
did the white men hold the pistols
long time before they fired?''
e Hardly any time. We five on the
k platform asked for rice. and the boss
S said, Go ahead. Go ahead!! then they
fred
!, show us how Captain Spencer act
ed
The witness stood up, made motion
e TO his hip-pocket with his right hand
& brought his hand up in front of him
as If about to level a pistol. waved his
Il left hand and said, Go ahead! GC
a aheadii' when the boss said 'GC
= ahead, Go aheadi!'" said the witness
u his son fired, and then the other.
% fred
.sXKybo Ga c.. ,,.Lox a. - "a
I Go aheadv?"
n The captains son..
Then there are two men to be pun
= ished-the captain and his SOM"
IL Il don't know even IT, this man sho
De or not" The witness pointed to Cap
tain Spencer.
= THE THIRD WITNESS.
IN Kinoshita, one of the men wounded Ii
- the shooting affair, was the third wit
ness. High Sheriff Brown examined tn
le witness thoroughly He told much tn
Ie examination.
We When the captain said Go ahead
ID l wasshot in the side" said Kinoshita
who shot your asked the Hig
Sheriff..
On Il don't know"
DO you know II the boss fred?"
Il didn't see him"
m Attorney Kinney, on cross-examina
n ton, questioned the witness first con
corning the hoop-iron swords. Their
We're eight of the swords in the court
room. Kinney picked up each in turI
en- Most Of them had cloth wrapped tight
~ around one end to serve as handl,
Only one of the lot appeared to hav
on had the cloth handles on any length
time. The others showed no iron rus
at all on the inside of the cloth wrar
pings. Kinoshita swore the swords ha
ne been in use long time for fishing pun
poses; that in fishing they were We
with salt water sometimes for hour
TO and that they were generally throw
around anywhere indoors and out
N doors. after fishing.
The cloth must have been put {
- very recently" said the witness, If,
ne there is no rust on the inside of IL
Ter cloth, The swords were offered in ev
dence.
''Did the captain tell the japanese n
~ TO come on the platform on the nigl
mr. OF the shooting?' asked Kinney.
The boss said, IF you come on Il
platform l viii shoot you - said Il
witness.
it What did you do?''
Il stopped there
-ot '.Where?"
ION the PLATFORM
., Did the captain say. Don't come
on I'll shoot?"
Il didn't understand that, but Il
her men around me told me that was VIII
he said"
lay How far were you on the platform
About one step from the steps"
Were you the foremost?"
got After Won hoard IN conteir, nc :.
Don't come on the platform or 1 W
her shoot did you go farther on?"
went about two steps towards T
get naka to talk about the rice. 1 didr
ON N'i ..pas tiIa' tney woulo shoot.
-. forward had you made?"
Two steps"
The case will be continued this NOR
m ing.