The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1902-01-15
JOE ROSA DIES
FROM THE WOUND
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7eE but that If there we're any in
giczti1ns 81 there having been foul
play the death certificate should BE-
zithheid
After the Interview with Dr. slog-
zett Dr. Alvarez decided 70 see the
body before giving the ath Ger
ufcste
Examines the Body.
About noon on Monday Dr. Alvarez
vent again 90 the Rosa house and
examined the body Of Joseph Rosa
The body had been laid out The
doctor said that be carefully eXamiu-
a Ell the various scratches on tae
body. noticing the cut over the left
temple. hut finding nothing which led
sim 20 suppose that any wound was
sufficient 10 have resulted in death.
The doctor said that he only looked
AZ the cut on the forehead. He did
not probe the wound, nor did he feel
X with MS fingers.
The doctor testified that be then
FELT that be was between two respon-
sibiIities. He had either to give the
cause II death as nearly as be could
ascertain Il and possibly. by SO DO
ing. allow a crime TO be hidden. or
had 10 accuse persons FOR no good
reason Of having committed a crime.
As the scratches did not seem to
point 90 any possible cause OF death
he made a diagnosis by exclusion. ar
irving az the conclusion that the man
rad died as the result OF alcoholic
poisoning
Questions Mrs. Rosa.
Or AlYarez testified that he took
Nrs. Joseph Rosa aside and question
% her as 20 what she knew in re
gard TO the death of ner husband.
yIrs. Rosa did not seem TO be very
much overcome with grief. She said
tina; she was afraid her husband
would attack her and for that reason
had run away when there was trou-
Bile between the two brothers.
After questioning the woman Dr..
Alvarez returned 10 his Office and
signed the death certificate. giving
alcoholism as the cause of death.
While examining the body the doctor
lad noticed a bottle of witch hazel
near the bed. He saw nothing OF
The compass or putty knife.
Dr. Alvarez was asked if it was
possible to determine a death from
alcoholism without holding a post
mortam examination The answer
Vas that he had arrived at this dag
nosis by exclusion. by reasoning by
the symptoms that the cause was
nothing else and therefore must be
alcoholism.
Dr. Alvarez had never attended
any member OF the RNosa family be-
fore when he first visited the pa
deut the latter did not leak at any
ume lie could not be aroused.
Dead Mans Son Speaks.
Louis Richard Rosa. the young son
OF the dead man. next gave his ties
timony h said that on Saturday
night his father had wanted to beat
his mother tie became frightened
and ran away 10 his grandmother
who was staring with a neighbor and
spent the night there. returning to
ihe house about O'Clock on sunday
morning When the trouble started
Saturday night everybody was more
or less under the influence OF liquor
He said he didn't see George strike
his father When he came back home
on sunday morning his father was in
bed. He saw no blood He was
afraid his father would get up and
raise a row so he went away to PLAY.
coming back at / O'Clock for dinner
His father was still on the bed
The boy went TO church that night
Lated he went with George TO get
the doctor He heard the doctor ask
his mother where the blood on the
pillow came from. Ga Saturday night
ne, had heard his tstaer say tina; he
would FIX" George. He did not
Know the reason OF the trouble be
tween his father and uncle He did
not know why his father wanted TO
beat his mother.
The Widow Tells Her Story.
Mrs. Joseph Rosa was next called
and sworn She ami deceased had
been married over thirteen years.
There was trouble at the house on
Saturday night, Joe ordered aer
mother and the children out OF ths
house. They went Joe tried 10 hit
his wife without evident Cause. bat,
because he generally acted that way
when drunk. George was home He
vas outside George and Joe quar-
relied. The woman. afraid, ran away
She said she did not know what took
place until o'clock sunday morning
Shea she returned 10 the house. She
heard Joe ask Tor her and heard Joe
accuse his brother OF hiding his wife
from him. George called her and
said that Joe wanted 20 see her. The
woman was outside IN the yard. she
would not so in. She was afraid 70
enter. George went out into the yard
70 tell her 20 30 in She would not
As George started back up the steps
he was met By Joe who struck
George. George then struck Joe and
Knocked him dowa. George went in