The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-25
WIDOW On
The STAND
The Government
Closes in Tan
bara Case.
WILL PROBABLY GO
TO JURY TODAY
Mrs. Jacobsen Tells Her Story oil
the Tragsdy-Defsnse Has
Three Witnesses.

The Tanbara murder case is expected
to go to the jury by o'clock this after
Aoon. All the evidence for the gov
eminent was presented before the ad-
journment of court yesterday, and the
defendant announced that he would
require but half day to present his
case. The arguments will be brief,
and it is the expectation that Judge
Estee will instruct the jury immedi-
ately at their close, as they must re-
main in custody in any event
There will not be more than two or
three witnesses for the defense, and
defendant, Tanbara Gisahuro, will him
self take the stand. Chester Doyle,
who claims to have heard admissions
made by S. Otto, the cook, will also
probably be a witness for the defend
ant. No other theory than that the
cook had something to do with the
murder has yet been put forward by
the defense, though upon one occasion
during the examination yesterday
there seemed to have been an attempt
to get at the accident defense. It will
be remembered that Tanbara on one
occasion after his arrest said that the
killing of the captain was an accident,
though he later accused the cook of the
crime.
The evidence of the sailors occupied
the attention of the court and jury for
nearly the entire day. The sailors did
not differ much in their story from
that told at the preliminary hearing,
excepting that Claude More testified
that he had seen the cabin boy strike
the captain. More is the man who
jumped through the opening into the
galley, in an attempt to save the cap
tain, but failed. This aperture was
afterwards measured, and it was the
opinion of everyone that the sailors
story was impossible, but he showed
that it could be done by making the
same leap through the panel.
Mrs. Nettie Jacobsen, the widow of
the murdered captain, was the most in
teresting witness of the day. She tes-
titled that the Fred. J. Wood" left
Astoria on July Goth, and that the cabin
boy was a member of the crew. She
said Captain Jacobsen had had no trou-
BILE with the boy, as far as she could |
see, and she had herself instructed him
about his work on several occasions,
because she thought he liked to learn.
On no occasion had he answered her
back. On the morning of the murder, |
Mrs. Jacobsen said she arose at ten !
minutes before seven, having particu-!
larly noted the time. Some one called |
out to her that the captain was drown
ed and she went below, but couldn
what the trouble was about |
She saw her husband lying on the floor,
and thinking whiskey would revive him, |
started after it. When she returned
she noticed Tanbara underneath him
for the first time. and thought he was
trying to help her husband up. She
didn't understand what the trouble was
until the captain was brought on deck.
Then she called to the cabin boy, tom,
Tom, why did you do this?" The boy
replied, Captain hurt me- 1 said, THE !
captain never hurt you, but l feel like
hurting you, as if could kill you,"
said Mrs. Jacobsen. He said~ Il sup
pose you kill me now" but L didn't
think that remark was directed to me,
as the men were all standing about
me.
Mrs. Jacobsen was not cross-examin-
ed. She seemed to bear up well, and
only broke down once at the beginning,
when she was compelled to repeat her
husbands name.
Following Mrs. Jacobsen, Marshal
Deputy Marshal Handy, Jailor
Henry and John Bard testified as to
the bloody clothing taken from Tan
bara, Identifying the various articles.
Mr.. Breckons announced that he had
closed his case and the defendants
attorney, Mr.. Thompson, asked that the
trial be continued until this morning,
to give him time to prepare his defense.
court will open this morning at nine
clock The jury was taken to the no
tel for the night
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