The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-12
togo JACKSON MURDERED
FATALLY STABBED BY WILLIAM
ESTER.
Isaac Cockett Seriously Cut at Same
Time-Slayer of jackson In Oahu
Prison.

Togo Jackson the well known base
ball pitcher, musician, telephone opera
tor, and recently bOokkeeper for Henry
Bertlemann, was stabbed to the heart
late Saturday afternoon at the middle
of the road on King near Nuuanu
street, in front of the Pacific Saloon,
and died a few minutes later. Isaac
Cockett, the well known football player
and athlete, now employed at Counters
JeWelry store, was at the same time
stabbed about four inches. below the
heart. i
William Ester, negro a newcomer, is
in oahu prison, and is charged with
the crime. Ester is rather tall.
black, wears a thin crop of whiskers on
the upper half of each cheek, has a full
round negro face and low forehead, and
is possessed of considerable CAB and a
disposition to be insolent. He left the
Forty-second Infantry here about six
months ago, since when he has done odd
Jobs. The past two weeks he had been
driving delivery wagon for Hall &
Sons under contract with the Union
Express Company.
During Saturday afternoon Cockett
and jackson, who were brothers-in-law
had been together and taken several
drinks. About 6 o'clock they were
standing outside the Pacific Saloon at
Nuuanu and King when approached by
Ester, who asked Jackson to loan him a
dollar. Ester then told Jackson that
the barkeeper, Robert French, would
let him have the money If he, jackson,
would vouch for him. "Oh, I'll tell him
who you are" replied jackson, or in
words to that effect. Cockett followed
the two men into the saloon and near
the counter, advised Jackson not to
Vouch for the negro. Ester then accOst-
ed Cockett and heated words ensued.
Stories as to just what was said diff
fer, but 1t is fact that there came
near being fight right there.
| Ester left the saloon by the alley at
the rear in company with or closely fol-
lowed by Jackson, and Cockett bringing
up in the rear. All the while the heated
quarrel was kept up. Near the edge of
the sidewalk Jackson struck Ester and
knocked him down into the street, A
| second later Ester was up and had
rushed upon his assailant, plunging the
big blade of a knife to his heart. The
! blow was perfectly directed, evidently
intended to kill. The wound was an OBJ
long hole, showing that the weapon was
drawn straight out again without an
effort at slashing.
The cutting of Cockett followed i'm
mediately. 1t is said that Cockett
moved upon Ester as soon as he saw
Jackson stagger back, and himself re-
I ceived the blade of the already bloody
knife. While Withdrawing the knife
from Cockett, Ester was seized by the
police.
There was a large number of wit
nesses to the affair." and the case will
be very big one. AS is usual in such
incidents, stories as to details
differ. Ester claimed self-defense as
his reason for the cutting. A consider
able crowd followed the prisoner to the
station, and all evening there was talk
of lynching.
Jackson and Cockett were removed at
| once in the patrol wagon to the Queens
Hospital. The former hreathed his last
, on the way. Cockett was given sur
gical attention at once. A fever arose
right away, but an hour later the IN
Jured man was permitted to see his
wife and friends. Last night he was
told of Jackson's death, and the fate of
| Ester. Today Cockett's tempera ture is
lower, and his chances of recovery are
considered good He has never been
delirious at all.
Soon after the death of Jackson, Dep.
uty Marshal Chillingworth summoned a
coroner's jury which, about p m,
viewed the body at the Queens Hospi-
tai. The jury is composed of F.. A
McInerny, William Mott, Albert Hoogs,
George Andrews, S. Kubey and E. r.
! Winant.
The inquest was to have been held at
3 o'clock this afternoon. But owing to
the fact that some of the witnesses
were attending the funeral at that hour,
and others were engaged in the Circuit
| Court, postponement was had till 1880
o'clock this evening.
In his statement to the police Ester
gave very vague version of the trou-
bic. He told of an alteration he had
in the saloon with some members of the
| Quintette Club in which ne was knocked
| down several times. After that he re-
membered nothing until he was landed
in the station house. He did not re-
member doing any cutting at all.
Henry Vierra and Togo Jackson
wife happened to be on a King street
car which arrived at the spot just as the
unfortunate young man was struck
down. The woman was Frustrated by
the tragedy, and swOoned in the street
beside her dying husband. Vierra was
one of Jackson's best friends. They
frequently played together on stages
in Chinese washhouse and other scenes
Cocketts story of the affair is sub
stantlally as given above. The saloon
portion of it is corroborated by the
barkeeper In fact, the disposition OF
Cockett seems to be to tell the exact
facts as they occurred to him. His ac-
count is substantiated by the most res
ponsible of the witnesses.
Jackson was quite well known about
town and was universally liked. He
was a man of exceptionally good dis
position, and seldom if ever drank to
excess, Cockett is perhaps even better
known and has always borne an eX-
cellent reputation. This is the first time
so far as can be learned, that he was
ever mixed in a difficulty of any sort
The history of Ester is not known here
About the first thing he did after leav-
ing his transport six months ago, was
to get himself arrested in a street
brawl, since when he has been more OF
less known to the police. His intimates
about town do not speak we'll of him
Ester was brought into the District
Court this morn md charged witt
murder In the gree. He was
brought into urtroom with his
hands manaclef the manacles were
removed while was in the dock, anC
before he was rought before Judge
Wilcox. He was represented by Attor.
ney Strauss. but 1t is understood thai
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