The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-15
.SPENCER'S
"FR|END."
Spinner On the Witness
Stand.
SAYS He SHOT IN AIR
With No Animus towards Spencer
He Condemns Him in Black
and White.

Tanaka. the Japanese Lunar and Cap
tain Spinner were on the witness stand
yesterday In the police court in the
preliminary examination Of the Spen-
Ger case. The case went on all day
and will probably occupy the court un-
til the middle Of next week.
Tanaka didn't seem to know very
well what position he occupied on lay
san Island at the time of Spencer's ar
rival on the Ceylon. Before Captain
Spencer returned Spinner was boss and
Tanaka was luna: on Spencer's arrival
Spinner became luna since Spencer was
the boss and Tanaka didn't know
where he was-at least he testified 70
that effect yesterday. 1t took twenty
or thirty pretty sharp questions by At
torney Kinney. on cross examination.
20 get the witness to admit that after
Spencer arrived. for the two or three
days before the shooting affair. he was
acting as a common laborer
FORGOT LITTLE THINGS.
"On Saturday. August II. the day of
the shooting. did you go to Captain
Spencer's house and tell the house-boy
that he must not Work any more: that
he must come with you?'
Il don't know IL did. don't re-
member little things like that"
Did Spinner shoot from the platform
on Saturday night?"
II don't remember. I think all the
white men shot"
Did Spinner have a gum"
Yes"
"Then he shot. too?"
Yes"
You and Spinner were good friends %
Yes"
Didn't you ask him after all the
shooting was over. the next day. why
he shot at the Japanese?"
mo"
did Spencer's son fire."
He fred the first shot"
Didn't you want to be very friendly
with the white men after the shooting ?
Were you not afraid OF the other Jap
anese7"
mo such thing"
rs II not a fact that Captain Spencer
went 10 your house and drove away
some japanese who were with you.
wanting to protect you against them2''
| mo"
"He didn't go there to fulfill a pledge
he had made to you To protect you
against the rest Of the Japanese"
Il don't know"
Were you friendly with the Captain
on Saturday,"
II only went 70 see him about rice
for the japanese"
Didn't you warn him that the Jap
anese were going 10 tear down his
house and make him. Captain Spencer
sore?"
NO"
Did you speak to Mrs. Spencer .
that Saturday in the morning."
You didn't tell her about any trou-
bic that might be expected"
NO"
Did the japanese who had beer
working afioat finally abandon theil
claims for extra pay?"
Il don't know"
rs II not a fact that Spinner ant
yourself put your heads together 4
raise rumpus upon Captain Spencer
ARRIVAL"
NO such n thing"
!. Chillingworth then questioned tn,
witness for a few moments on two o.
three important points. ,
How many japanese were there OF
the steps Of the platform just benin,
= the five who went up on the platform
, on Saturday night?"
About half the gang"
Before the shooting2"
when the guns were pointed Their,
were seven Of eight japanese on tn
platform, the rest were on the step
and on the ground"
How many were there on tn
; ground?"
~ quarter OF them were on tn
ground, the rest on the steps and tn
platform"
Spinner on THE STAND. =
Captain Spinner was the next witnes
for the prosecution. In answer to Higl
Sheriff Browns questions, on direc
examination he testified that he ha,
; left Honolulu. on April q for Laysai
Island on the Inflated bark McNear
There were nineteen japanese labor
ers aboard for Laysan Island. Spine
went on TO tell of the wreck of the Nc
Near on Dowsett reef, Of the taking Z
!, the boats. and finally arriving at Law
san Island and other matters inNthi
: connection.
MIGHT CONVICT HIMSELF.
Here Attorney Kinney jumped to hi