The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-31
HIS LIFE
IS SAVED
Amimoto Will Not Be
Hanged.
SECOND DEGREE VERDICT
Reports on Estates Of Two Wealthy
Men Filed Other Court
News.
tFrom Wednesdays Daiiy)

timony IN the case against Amlmoto,
charged with killing a fellow laborer o
Kahuku Plantation last March, found
him guilty of murder in the second &C.
gree. Amimoto viii be sentenced at 10
O'Clock. The penal code Of Hawaii pre-
scribes Imprisonment for twenty years
OF life as a punishment for the crime
of which he was found guilty.
The case was hard fought through
out. Messrs. f. w. Hankey and a. l..
c. Atkinson, who defended Amimoto
made hard struggle for their clients
life and the prosecution, with Attorney
General Dole and Deputy Attorney
General Cathcart made mastery pre-
sentation of the case for the Territory
That Amimoto had hand in the MUIR
der was shown beyond question, the
element of doubt being as to whether
he had inflicted the wounds on the muir
dered mans breast that caused death
or had stabbed him in the back, where
wounds less dangerous and not neces-
sarily fatal were found. 1t was this ele-
xnent of doubt that saved Amimoto's
life.
The case for the prosecution occupied
all the morning. most of the witnesses
who were put on the stand being Jap
anese who were engaged In the poker
game at the plantation the night the
murder occurred. Shortly before noon
the prosecution rested and the defense
announced that 1t would introduce no
testimony. There was long discus
sion anent the Instructions to the jury
and the arguments occupied the rest OF
the afternoon. The case went to the
jury at n quarter after five o'clock and
the jury returned at a quarter before
six o'clock with verdict of murder in
tEe second degree.
THE DUNREGGAN INQUIRY.
United States Commissioner W. J. Rob
Jason WAS occupied nearly all day yester-
day In hearing testimony in the libel case
o, the Spreckels Towing Company W.. the
bark Dunreggan. The Spreckels Company
,iheied the Dunreggan for $4,000 for sal
wage in towing her from the reef at Dia-
inond Head, where she went ashore two
weeks ago.
r.ieut Comdr. Chas. T.. Pond of the
United States tug Iroquos was the first
on The stand. He told of going out to the
Daureggan on the lroquois and helping
her off the reef and he located her posi-
zion with reference to the land on the
chart Captain a. l.. Carver of the u. b.
Sutton told of going out to the lighthouse
in a carriage the morning she was re-
ported ashore and noting her position
Charles Peterson, better known as "Dia-
mond Head Charlie" the man who gives
the first word of the coming OF ships from
the Coast described how the Dunreggan
bore down on the shore until she struck
the reef. j. ]. Harvey, a stevedore, told
OF going aboard the Dunreggan the day
OF The accident and described her appear
ance and position.
Tho inquiry VIII continue today.
ESTATE OF u. H. DAVIES.
L Il. Walker and +. NJ. Swanzy have
filed IN the Circuit Court their first and
final report as executors of the estate of
rheo. II. Davies. They charge themselves
with sG7S,9G5.03 and ask to be allowed the
sum of S532. 96+.Ci. leaving a balance In ia
vor OF the estate amounting to Sl45,999.39
The inventory of the estate shows real
property In Kona, Oahu, TO which no val
uation Is given, and the following person.
al property: $50 shares Kahulu planta-
ton. 1850 shares Hamakua Mn Company:
1850 shares Waiakea Mil Company, 5000
shares Laupahoehoe Sugar Company. go
shares Union Min Company. 80 shares GA
hu Sugar Company, half interest in Bee
croft plantation, half interest in Kukaiau
Mill Company, $500 shares in Theo. IL.
Davies d Co.. Ltd, co dcbenture bonds In
r. ii. Davies & Co., Ltd, loan to 8. II, |
Woods 10000, secured by mortgage; bark
in the hands OF T. II. Davies * Co. Ltd |
JAMES CAMPBELL ESTATE.
The report of r. d. Mead as master In
seriics the appraiscment of the |
estate of James Campbell. the deceased
millionaire. 1t was filed In the Circuit !
Court yesterday.
MIR. Mead goes carefully over the ac-
counts OF the executors. Mrs, Abigail
Campbell. J. .. Carter and Cecil Brown,
and finds their appraisement OF the estate
- be practically correct In every respect,
a complete inventory OF the property OF
the estate has already been published In
the Advertiser. 1t Includes personally
valued at Sl0is, 0lL69, interest on person
atty $l5s7l90. income since the death OF
James Campbell s9,3SG.i5. a total of ST.
07s. 22575 The real property is valued ut
s920. $50. rents since death OF the testator
81, 9ss.s0, rents unpaid since July Slst, 3D.
XII. total of 1856. GO9SO This gives
grand total of real and personal property
oaualling s2,o2s,sS5.54.
ASKS FOR ALIMoNY.
Airs. Adelaide Andrade has applied 10
the Circuit Court for 500 per month ALI
mony during the tendency of the divorce
proceedings recently instituted against
her by her husband. John s. Andrade, the
hickman.
Mrs. Andrade, IN her affidavit in support
OF ihe motion, states that her husband
owns a number OF hacks, from each ~
which he receives an income of 81 per
day, ana that he IS besides part owner 81
livery stable She asserts that she II
entirely without means 10 support herself
OF her child and that since she was 'iy-
en- from her home In October, 1889, b., ror
husband she has been dependent for her
support upon her father and brother
LAND WILL NoT BE SOLD.
n was agreed yesterday between the
psrtiea 10 the suit OF W. o. Smith et al.
W W. II. Winchester that the decree re-
eeoily Issued by Judge Humphreys should !
- satisfied without the sale on Saturday |