The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-03

/ Here Peterson and Lewis were
brought in, and witness was asked if
! either of them was the man who was
with his father at the DrilIshed. Wit
ness could not identify them.
Witness said that his father was
! looking at the preparations being made
/ for the church fair at the Drillshed.
/ He gave him a quarter and told him 10
F., give it to his mother and tell her that
he had got it for her He and his
companion then walked down Hotel
street toward town. This was the last.
witness saw of him.
ALFRED LUBBOCK.
Alfred Lubbock said that he last saw
his father alive at the dinner table on
Thanksgiving day. One day last week
his father told him that some day
some one would do him up. and that
his mother would know who it was.
ERNEST HEINE
Ernest Heine testified that he has
charge of the 319 hack stand from
p. m. to l a. m. One night last week
Rooney came TO the stand with lady
in his hack and asked witness to go
with him and drive the rig home. They
drove to the Stock Yards Stables and
thence TO the Wela ka Hao saloon.
They then went to Rooney'S house
where Rooney jumped off and Mrs.
Lubbock followed him into the house
Witness picked up the lines ind drove
back to the Kukui street street stables.
Rooney was pretty full at the time. He
told witness to call for him with the
rig at a. m.
A L. LoNGRIN.
A. L. Longrin said that an Monday
night at about u o'clock Lubbock came
into the Star Oyster House and want
ed to know the number OF Rooney's
hack. He said he was going to do
some one up. Later on he came back
and said he had found the number he
wanted. Witness asked him what was
the matter, and Lubbock said that his
wife had told him that that night
Lewis and Rooney had taken her for
a drive and had used her badly. He
said that Lubbock said he would have
Lewis arrested.
HARRY KLEMAIE
Harry KIemme swore' that Lubbock
came to the Aloha saloon on Friday
afternoon. He bought some beer and
borrowed 20 cents promising to repay
it on Saturday night. After that he
had another small beer and went
away. That was the last witness saw
of him. He gave Klemme TO unie'-
stand that he had some wages coming
to him Saturday night. He was
quite sober when he left the, Aloha !
saloon He seemed to be happy
2. II. BURNETTE.
p H Brunette stated that Lubbock |
had been in the habit of borrowing |
from him for several weeks J
past Witness had loaned him money |
for several years and he had always
been punctual in his payments. Lately
he had borrowed more frequently than
ever before on the 18th he talked to /
Brunette about life insurance, and said
that he was thinking of taking some
insurance out. When he last applied
for a loan he said he wanted the mon
ey to buy stove with. Witness did
not know if Lubbock had any insurance
on his life.
A BECKER
A Becker stated that he could not j
say positively whether he knew Lubbock
or not He did not know if he had
ever been in the Germania saloon, in
which concern witness is a partner.
There was no fight in the Germania
saloon on Friday night. Peterson did
not have fight in the saloon on FRI
day to his knowledge. He had heard
from somebody that Peterson had had
a scrap in the saloon on Friday after
noon.
VIM PETERSON.
William Peterson testified that up to
Friday night he had worked in the
Termania saloon. He had known Luz
beck since 1894. On Friday afternoon
ne had a fight in the saloon with a
German named Gust. He left the sa-
Don and went home about O'Clock.
Two friends of witness went home with
him. He tried to ship on Saturday
as he had had words with
ais wife, and wanted to get back to
lis old home in the States for a visit.
WIN. LEIGHMANN
William Leighmann, whose eyes We're ]
.ncircled with black, stated that he .
saw Lubbock one day last week They
we're not on bad terms. He was on {
luty watching at Governor Doie's resi-
lence on Friday night. He tried TO
hip on Saturday morning because he
bought that his black eyes would lose ,
aim his job. He also thought that he s
'ould do better for himself elsewhere. :
He had been in the country since 1896. ]
He got his black eyes in a fight with {
brother-in-law on Thursday
afternoon. He and Peterson did not
lttack Lubbock I
CAPTAIN WEIR. I
Captain Weir said that he came to
honolulu from Hilo last week. He did
lot know Lubbock and had never seen
lin. Friday night ne spent in the rear .
# the Lighthouse saloon talking over
Id times with two friends. He stayed
n the saloon from 1880 D. m to a. m.1
He did no fighting a all in the saloon
hat night He did not accuse a sailor I
famed jacobson of having killed Lu-
eek. on Sunday witness met Jacobson
u RUSSIAN FRANK $ Tie ulu not
threaten to have Jacobson arrested for
filling Lubbock, nor did Jacobson
hreaten to have a warrant sworn out |
or him.
OTHER TESTIMONY.
Charles Vessels, part proprietor of s
he Germania saloon, said that to his
Lubbock was in no fight at
lis saloon on Thursday or Friday at
eTnoon.
Seaman Jacobson, of the roquois.
enied that he killed Lubbock. He said
hat he did not even know the de-
eased
THE JIFRY'S VERDICT.
The jury retired at 11:z0, and short
Y before midnight returned the fol-
owing verdict:
That the said Harry Lubbock came to
is death in Honolulu, Oahu, on or
bout the 29th day of November, 1901,