The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-26


the Sunday before the races, between
and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Cum
ningham met him and asked about
Weller. McAuliffe told him the animal
was all right.
He says to me, remarked McAu-
life, well, l don't think you will win
tomorrow; l think McCloskey Will beat
you sure L told him the horse ran
in 1:43. l told him if l lost | would
not be worth cent, and that if | did,
I would have to come to him to get my
fare back to Australia Cunningham
said, sure He said further, / don't
think you will ride, as / hear you're
going to pull the horse. | told him if
he thought / was going to pull the
horse | would not ride al all, and said
l would see David about it
Morgan came TO me on the day of
the race and asked about Weller. L
told him he would not eat his oats;
told him | thought something was
wrong with him. He asked me what ]
thought was the matter with him. |
told him the horse was not sweating at
all. and was. off his feed Morgan turn
ed away with d sort of s9nLc on his
face | had a suspicion about some
thing being wrong, and told Morgan
that. although the horse WAS in fine
condition. l suspected something would
happen a week before the race, and
not from what LeSper had told him
the night before.
ION Monday Cunningham told me he
thought there was job up, and
told him | thought there was | told
David to get pair Of field glasses and
watch me all around the track SO that
if l didn't happen to win the race he
could not blame me for it,
DR.. Shorey, the government chemist,
was examined as to the contents of the
pill or carthartic alleged TO have been
given the boy Leeper to place in Wei
ler's mouth, but which he handed to
Prince David Instead. Dr. Shorey pro-
duced the capsule, which was about
three inches long. He said il had con-
tanned 2TI grains OF black powder
which, upon analysis proved to be
powdered aloes. He said 1t was pow
erful carthartic, the maximum dose
for human being being twenty
grains. He had made his report in
writing He could not say what effect
277 grains would have on d horse, not
being a veterinary. He thought "a
small dose Of aloes would act in about
twelve or fifteen hours on human be
ing.
Veterinarian DR.. Shaw said it would
take from eighteen TO twenty hours to
weakened a horse. He said that sew
en- or eight drachms would affect Il
horse. The entire court then computed
what eight drachms would be reduced
to grains, the solution being about 4S0
grains. or much more than the capsule
in question had contained John Cor
burn testified 70 having received the
capsule from Prince David the night
before the races, and giving it to DR.
on ha inc of 10
Defendant William cunningham said
the charge against him was not true
He claims Leeper did not see him in
the Fayorite saloon the night before
the races, as testified; that he was not
in his saloon all that evening. He had
been at the poolroomS and went home
about midnight. He had seen Leeper
at the track during the afternoon. He
did not give Morgan a capsule con-
tanning the powdered aloes, and did not
give Morgan 5000 to be given to Leeper
He told of his conversations with Nc
Auliffe and the Prince, practically as
testified to by those witnesses. He tes-
titled that he had told David that If
the latter had any evidence that he
was party to giving the pill to We'll
Ter he could go ahead and investigate.
Cunningham then told of various
persons he had seen when he arrived
at the poolrooms, several of whom are
to be subpoenaed and examined this
morning. Il saw Will Vida, Bob Bal
lentyne. George Lucas, Prince David
Billy Cornwall Harry Murray, George
Rodeik, Frank Turk, Johnnie Wright
and a number of others / bought
three pools for myself, for about 81
each, and Pacheco bought four for US
together, amounting in all to about $40
1 took second choice in the Weller race,
while Pacheco bought the field.
Harry Murray and G. H. Brown tes-
titled to having seen Cunningham at
the poolroom about s O'Clock.
You say Mr.. Brown did some
plumbing work for you. Mr.. Cunning
ham," inquired Judge Wilcox
Yes, sir
And you still had money to bet"
and the judge shook his head dubious
ly.
ton would like to decide is what hack
ham from the Bethel street stand to
the poo.room on the night when he
bought second choice on the race which
Weller eventually Won? Cunningham
said on the stand that he did not
know, but gave it as his dim recollec-
ton that it was a Hawaiian driver.
Lawyer Kinney, for the prosecution.
prodded the defendant on this question
for about half an hour, but rack his
brain as he would, Cunningham did not
seem to be able to remember who took
him to the famous poolroom site
Throat sore? There's no telling what