The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-26
PRINCE IN
WITNESS BOX
He Tells What Took
Place at the
Track.
CUNNINGHAM SAYS
CHARGE IS UNTRUE
DR.. ShoreysProduces Powdered
AIoes intended for Weller
as Alleged.

ring and poolroom SYSTEM by which
bettors place their money in order to
| be on the safe side of a sure thing
methods of guarding, training, shoeing,
plating and feeding of race horses, to-
gether with an exhibit of the powders
which are commonly reputed to be Civ
en- to racers on the sly to cause them
to weaken at the critical moment and
| throw the race to another horse, We're
all dished up in the police court yes
terday during the hearing of the al
legged conspiracy case brought by
Prince David Kawananakoa against
! William Cunningham and j. a. Morgan.
| All manner of citizens were placed on
the witness stand There were princes
and blacksmiths, veterinary surgeons
and clerks, plumbers and those who
pay their bills, clerks who bet their
money, and Jockeys who ride and win
or lose their simoleons. When it comes
to airing the dirty linen of the race
course scandals, the rank outsiders"
are surprised to learn of the people
from all walks of life who are interest
ed to a more or less extent in what
horsefiesh can do to win or lose for
tunes.
Yesterdays hearing of the case told
of the betting in the poolrooms. where
for several nights previous to the races
on June 18th, dozens of men gathered
to buy pools which the auctioneers Of
fered. Most of the witnesses said the
poolroom was on the waterfront" not
specifying in that broad expanse of
shore just where the center of attrac-
ton was. 1t was revealed, however,
that the poolroom was in Refs boat
house, and there it is believed the
causes leading to the charge of con-
spiracy really originated. Much of the
testimony which the prosecution en-
deavored to work out of the witnesses
for the defense, and principally of De-
PENDANT Cunningham, was to the lat
ter's being there on the night of Mon
day, June 10th. On this grievous point
the case hung yesterday afternoonA
when an adjournment was taken until
this morning, as the prosecution has
summoned several new witnesses to
testify whether or not they saw Cum
ningham alight at the poolrooms at or
about o'clock on the night in question.
Judge Wilcox is as anxious as any one
ter, as he intimated to the attorneys
yesterday afternoon. and expressed his
willingness to continue until the last
stone had been turned as upon him
developed the weight and burden of
rendering a decision.
Prince David Kawananakoa. the
plaintiff, proved to be the star witness
of the day. He stated that on Sunday
fo1Io
races took place. Cunningham had
come to him and asked him if he had
heard anything about the charge that
he had attempted to induce Jockey
McAuliffe, who rode Prince David
Weller, to pull the race. The Prince
replied that he intended to investigate
| the matter but he did not mention
that Cunningham was implicated The
Prince stated that after that remark
Leeper, the boy who acquainted him
with the alleged attempt of Morgan to
dope" Weller. rode by, and Cunning
ham, catching sight of him, remarked
that, using an epithet if Leeper
'squealed' he would make it warm for
him.
At the afternoon session the Prince
was again in the witness box Cum
nlngham came to me and said, l be-
l1eVe, that he wanted to square him
self with me in regard to the doping
business McAuliffe was near by ri
think he put the question to McAuliffe.
asking him if he had at any previous
time been approached by him (Cun-
ningham), to pull the race He did
not mean doping then. McAuliffe
said that Cunningham had not APP
preached him to pull the race Cum
bingham told McAuliffe to ride |
straight for me. l told Cunningham
that [ did not have anything against |
him, and L never have had anything !
against Cunningham.
Il never told him that I had a charge |
against him for tinkering with my |
horse. Cunningham said he had heard |
rumors about it, connecting him with !
the affair. L told him I was going to |
investigate the matter. 1 did not men |
ton to him that he was connected with !
1t, although l knew at the time that
his name was mixed up in it,
Judge Stanley, for the defense, and |
the Prince had a clash as to what con-
stituted telling the truth IN statements
that the Prince might have made TO
Cunningham, but the examination
went along smoothly after a few mo-
ments of parleying.
"Leeper went by just then" contin-
ued the Prince, land Cunningham
said if that soueals
Will make it warm for him. 1 told
Cunningham l did not like the way he
approached my jockey; that he should
have come straight to me before he
went to McAuliffe, to ask whether he
intended to ride for me on the 11th
Weller had a record then of 1:451s:
Aggrayation 1:46. In previous work
out Weller had made 1:43R, but I don't
know what McCloskey's record was"
Jockey McAuliffe was about the
hardest witness the defense had to
contend with thus far His answers
were given with such directness that
the attorneys for the defense were I'M
able to break him down or make him
nervous Even Cunningham, the de-
fendant, admitted that McAuliffe was
as straight as string" and that he
was a man that couldn't be bought to
pun a race.
He told of conversation he had