The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-10-06
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By TIE xnIlnI
Three Sailors Held for
Murder of g China
man.
the EVIDENCE CONSIDERED WEAK
PREPARING TO RECEIVE AND
WELCOME THE IsLAN
TEMPLE sHRIHKRs.
Great Eonors Being Paid to Prince
David On His Campaigning
Tour-Social and Poiiti-
cal News.
the EVIDENCE CONSIDERED WEAK

6narleS Johnson, the three sailors ar
rtsteo on suspicion OF numbering All
Che, were given preliminary hearing
before Judge Hapai on Monday last,
says the Hilo Herald Ex-Judge Smith
appeared for the prosecution and W. S.
Wise for the defense a number OF
witnesses were called 10 prove that the
r.en might have been in the vicinity
when IN reality they were somewhere
| else when the murder was committed.
The judge reserved his decision until
Wednesday, when he committed them
TO appear before the grand jury. Tue
position of these sailors is distressing;
being strangers here they do not know
| TO whom 10 look as their witnesses
They admit being under the influence
o. liquor on the night of the murder
and 10 going in hack out Wainakd
way. but they do not know the hour
The Chinese driver of the hack fixed
one time two days after the murder but
has since changed it. The driver and the
men say that as they were getting into
the hack another driver standing in
front of the Volcano stables called 10
them TO get into his hack. This man
has not been found and if he would
come forward il might be possible 10
fix the hour. The police seem to he
resting upon their oars as to searching
for anyone else who may have had a
hand in the murder
Editorially. the Herald made the fol-
lowing comment: The anxiety OF
some of the witnesses to convict the
WAS almost painful. There was a lot
OF tall swearing at the preliminary
hearing and one witness contradicted
another with laughable frankness. Il
is doubtful if any jury would con-
slider the evidence of sufficient impo--
tance to hold the men"
The Shriners will be here next
Thursday and arrangements are being
made by the citizens for a suitable
eIteI tainment. says the Herald. Man
ager McDonough of the Hilo Herald
has made an offer to erect pavilion
70xS5 feet as place where a luau
afterwards for dancing. He also offers
the use of his servants and crockery
without charge, the committee to fur
nish the edibles for the luau and the
Hawaiians to cook it. Having the en-
tertainment in the city would be a
great convenience and the proposition
should have some consideration. There
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all strangers to HilO. and it will depend
much upon the evidence Of hospitality
whether or not they carry away pleas
an. recollections of Hilo.
Prince David, the democratic stan
dard bearer, accompanied by John
Wise, VIM. Nilikalani, Tommy Clark,
William Wise and Harry Richard, ar
rived overland yesterday. searching
for the democrats on this island. Tho
gentlemen were met by the party at
Honolii Gulch and escorted into town,
the democrats Of Hilo resolving them
selves into committe of the whole and
hiring a hack for the purpose. C. W.
Eccles. G. K Wilder and DR.. Philip
Rice. the only members of the party
now in Hilo. gave the royal party an
enthusiastic welcome, that is, just az
enthusiastic as could be expected.
On arrival in Hilo the distinguished
candidate for congressional honors
learned that he had neglected to regis
ter IN Honolulu and that the Waialeale
had been sent for him to take him
home. His triumphal march was thus
rrdely ended. 1t is the belief in Hilo
that the nomination of Prince David
will cause a violent rent in the fabric
of which the independent party is con-
silucted and that the vote for Sam
Parker will be larger for it.
At the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
Mailima last night an elaborate poi
supper was rendered Prince David AMI
his party in honor OF his visit to Hilo.
The affair was almost exclusively Ha-
waiians as to guests and entirely so as
to edibles- Besides the campaign par
ty there were present Mr. and Mrs.
John T. Brown. Mrs ]. L. Richardson.
Miss Elvira Richardson, Mr. and Ms.
Henry West, Mr.. and Mrs James
Lewis. Mrs. Nawahi. Mrs. Al. Mrs.
Akana, Mr.. and Mrs. Edaliko and Maj.
W. A. Purdy