The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14
Downing Pleaded
For His Life
In Court.
MURDERED MEN
ATTACKED HIM
Prisoner on the Stand in His own
Behalf and Makes a Good
Impression.

Charles Downing, accused OF killing
George Poai at a resort in Nuuanu val
| ley last March, was on the stand yester-
day in the Circuit Court in his own be-
/ half. Downing made a good appear
ance on the stand and told clear con-
/ else story and was for the most part
frank and open in his answers to the
questions put to him. He Is mtlc-ap-
pearing young man, with blue eyes ana
a sweeping moustache.
Downing's testimony occupied most |
Of yesterday afternoon. On direct ex-
animation he told of going to the Pahu
place in Nuuanu valley with man
named Haskell on the evening of March
10th. He had considerable money on
his person, about $50 or more. as he
had been recently paid off at Kalihi
camp where he had been acting as
guard for two months past. Haskell
and Re accompanied several sailors to
, Pahu's place and there the party par
took freely of swipes. although Down
ing stated that he did not drink much
of the liquor.
Later in the evening a game OF
crap" or "7-11" was begun and most
, Of the evening was passed thus, the
, game breaking up at about o'clock
5 i'm the morning. During the progress of
the game Downing stated that he had
. exhibited his sack OF gold as he had to
, make change on several occasions. Az
!, ter the game was over he went to an
other house with a native woman nam
ed Lahapa, and she gave him some
more swipes. A number of men were
waiting outside the house and Down
ing asked the woman to invite them in
and give them some of the swipes, but
\ this she refused to do. telling him that
!. these men intended TO do him bad" OF
- do him up" He did not believe this
= he said. but when she offered to- show
!, him the way out of the house he ac'
| cepted the suggestion.
'sThe woman went out of the house
= ahead Of me-" the defendant went on
r and az I came out of the door ] saw
. these men standing around the house
q So I reached my hand in my pocket an
opened knife I had there. Before
had taken more than a step or two gu
q of the house / felt "A hard blow on TN
Q hack of the neck and as / turned To Sc
who had hit me something struck m
y on the side OF the head and knocke
me down. Then somebody jumped
ton OF me and began TO choke m
"a with my knife i'm my hand ! tried
u heat the man off who had jumped {
"a ton of me- / pushed him away and a.
= other man grabbed me by the neck. b
= swept my knife through the air al
= struck several of them and then
| jumped up as soon as I could. Ju
| then Haskell came out of the hou
- with a lamp and asked me what W
y the matter. Some one threw piece
Q scantling at the lamp and put 1t o.
shouted to Haskell to look out
I v himself and jumped over into Ia
patch near by"
G Downing went on TO relate how
. had spent the night under hedge m
4 the house and had then gone to
home. He described also the cuts
had received in the ARRAY, as IL fr
knives and the bruises on the back {
side of the head. He stated also {
. when the scuffie was over he could
y q, find his sack of money and that he
IL before the row began.
= Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth told
arresting Downing at his room
that he made no attempt to con-
- what happened simply claiming to
Z that he had been held up by the
- tives and had used his knife in self
y Tense.
8 The cross examination of Dow
- will continue this morning and
G likely that the case will be concl'
today.
OLD CASE REVIVED.
= CO Suit was begun yesterday by the NJ
Sugar Company against Tuck Che
cancel a lease which was made in
This lease has been the subject Of
troversy in the courts for four year,
more and the case mas been once I
,Supreme Court.
SUES FOR PROPERTY.
Mrs. Emma NJ Nakuina brought
yesterday against Fanny Strauch an
oaokaiani to recover certain proper
PaIama which she claims the defen
Ihave wrongfully occupied for some
past She asks restitution OF the pro
and likewise t2.0OO damages.
KAMALO CASE AGAIN.
Judge Humphreys shut down
harshly on an agreement which MAJ
made between the attorneys in TN
-. mnlo case. IL had been decided
ny ~ them that the defendants might ma
nent Of vi L'o,e", ~ rIatn,try,s hin OF com
viduals, which was filed on November 5. l.
insur~s atipuIation TO this effect was ORA
and filed In the Circuit Court.
BUT when the stipulation was pre-
to Judge Humphreys for approval
dorsed the following upon IL:
81 cannot approve this stipulat
ARV do not think that any further OF
IUDiO a TRo sme md to the bin was ,
40 that the allegations might conf
tho proof The opinion OF the Cot
lbe,n rendered though not actual
10 duced to writing
70. SUIT AGAINST DAILY END
r. The suit recently brought by lie
w. Cooke against Margaret Daly ana
RIVED. ,ros brought TO conclusion yes
). Ginger the plaintiffs filing discontlnua a..
Of L ~ Have