The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-11-23

,..r Ioftip u which wuH some hpulH fihu'
turIrr the uj4ht The ola man hhu ,"u.'
,d 70 d.s alulti Hun. AZ o'clock w,
sba f. fu.I noe ho WIS hhud nm"
guUIlH thing . ,.,,,,
l. .u t.I amy "uc ~ iH'H ''"nl
how tho II mnH Hu acted BEFORE h'
,nb. yo Told everybody Who was
th.rv that day ,,.,
"Just as you have testified today biI
you tell consul CanaNarro De was '""n'
eyes. / think | did.
consul Cauavarro shook his head IN "a
negative manner and the coroner l'"keu
the witness sharply In the face
"Dd sou tell me the old man could
not see the lights
40, sir
wen. why didn't your why didn't ysu
tell me about the lghts?'
81 don't know. You didn't ASK me
about them"
"Why didn't you tell me about them
this morning when you were talking with
me about this case?''
Il don't know"
Has any one else been talking to you
about this case since you talked with me
this morning.
NO, sir.
ON sunday before Sllvas death Xavier
..as with him but did not drink prof
fared glass of liquor. Xaviers wife ana
mother-in-law went to Siva's house ana
the mother-ln-lnw had about three
fourths OF a glassful of liquor. HIS Wife
took about a spoonful The mother-in-law
said II made her sick and she vomited. On
tuesday the witness testified that wheh
Joe silva and others were drinking In the
dead mans house, his mother-in-laW
went In and, seeing them drinking the
p.cullar-color liquor, took Policeman
Silva to one side and told MIN that II
he didn't want to get sick he should not
drink of it, She Ia reported to have SAID
on this occasion, "If you know what that
stuff Is, you will not drink 1t. ! did ana
/ almost died, and / believe that Is what
he (thc old man Silva died Of
when did you hear that these other
people who died were blind before they
died." asked the coroner
Mrs. Mederos told me about her nus
band and when / heard that ! said to
myself, That is how the old man died
'Why didn't you tell Or. Pratt about
this?"
''He didn't ask me about that. ] told
him silva had been sick long time ana
had had the rheumatism. | did not kno"
ANYTHING then about the liquor. | be-
licvc told him that Silva had vomited."
"Dld you tell him he could not see?'
NO sir
We'll, now l want you to recollect
whether or not you told DIR. Pratt wheth-
er Silva could not see before ne dled
asked the coroner sternly.
Witness went into n brown study ana
emerged shortly after with the words.
NO. sir: 1 don't think So"
"Did you find any liquor there
Yes. In the Kitchen
Did you tell Mr.. Canavarro about it?'
''Oh. yes; think So"
, After Mr.. Canavarro went away on
Tuesday morning Hotel joe took n bot
tie of the tea colorcd liquid and hid 1t.
This was the bottle he drank from. He
had never bought any wine from old Sill
va. The latter gave 1t to him as IA
vor" although he got the old man to take
s. as a favor" also.
THE blacksmith at the Oahu depot told
me that silva had bought some stun on
Friday and made the liquor on Satur-
day"
.'How did the blacksmith know it?''
SILVA told him He told me the old
man and no had a couple OF drinks last
week Sunday and that the old man had
but one bottle of the stuff then. The 9th
tr people who drank the stuff said that
which came out of the first bottle they
LUt hold of was all right but the second
was rough, although 1t was the same col
or"
Antoine joaquin testified to having
drank some Of the deadly liquor with 10,
silva. Medciros and Cabral He t"sthet
nous. u week before his death. The lat
ter called him I'm to have a drink and HI
cook "a "drInk and a half" Did not fee
any effects from the stun.
On tho second occasion Hotel Joe" hat
ssi,od him TO drink out of the bottle hC
rid which was the same colored liquit
MS that which rested on the coroner's ia
nr,. NadrIros had told him it was "cof
fee unuor'' 1t had the taste OF pepper
mini nnI did not burn his throat
/ Gnspar saw Joe Silva C'IIotol Joe
., ola man Silva's residence. He helped
Ir.ss tho body. In the kitchen he ant
M others found four gin TASKS of ,iquit
ana after tnsting OF the contents, com
u,rnccd drinking. Joe said the stuff wa
rooh NedeIros and Silva became drunk
: Witness drank half n glassful. 1t did no
nurn his throat or have any bad effect oil
. him The STUFF tasted very much lik
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