The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-06
SCHOONER'S
MASTER
BUTCHEREO
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whom she claims is partly responsible
for the crime, be relieved of his duties
She gave instructions for the taking OF
any remaining blood from the Cap
tain's body and for crude method OF
embalming it Alcohol was poured
down the dead mans throat and other
methods OF preservation We're used
Then the remains were placed IN
a hole in the lumber and canvas put
over it.
The mate brought all hands to the
cabin and put the statements of all
who knew anything OF the tragedy IN
the schooner's log.
Then a haunted voyage Of eight days
to Honolulu ensued-
THE WIDOW BEARS UP.
Mrs Jacobson is a brave woman and
has kept up wonderfully well during
the affair On board yesterday one
would have to cry il he remained long
in the family's quarters. Everything
was fixed up so nice, costly, and SO
spotIessly clean that it seemed hard to
associate the place with the SHADOW
of a homicide. The third anniversary
ding took place on August 3. And
sadder one it could not have been
During the eight day trip after the
murder Mat Meyer took every care
that the Jap assassin was not inter
fered with The fellow was well fed
but spent all his time lying sulleniy
in the lumber-surrounded hole. He e1-
pressed not the slightest sorrow or re-
greet for his crime. The Jap cook was
also sullen and did not seem to feel
any sorrow for the loss of the Captain
but the mate did not have him locked
up until the ship reached the anchor
age.
THE POLICE ACT.
Late in the afternoon party con-
sisting of Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth,
Capt Harry Flint of the waterfront
police, Special officer Doyle, and Board
ing officer Ravens of the Customs,
went aboard the ship and after hear
ing the stories decided to take the
Jap murderer, who gave the name of T.
Yam Barra, the Jap cook, s. OTTO, and
the French sailor, More, who witnessed
the murder, in one OF Young Bros.
launches TO bring them to the Homo
lulu jail.
The scene in the cabin pitiful
one when Mrs. Jacobson told her story
to the officers.
THE ACCOMPLICE TRAPPED.
On deck the Jap murderer lay stolid-
ly watching the police. His outing
shirt, underclothing, dungarie overalls,
and shoe-he only had one on-were
all covered with dried blood. The
thumb of his right hand was badly cut
and when asked how he had cut it he
said Fight with Captain. He had
not had wash since the mIfrder, so
one can imag CINE now he looked. Yet
despite his position the Jap's face was
expressionless.
When the cook was brought on deck
he came with springy step his face
wrea thed in smiles, his shoes as bright
as backing could make them, and his
pants and coat pressed TO perfection,
while his bosom was covered by
shiny. starched, white shirt. He rails
ed his hat to the police officers. Special
Officer Doyle, the Japanese interpreter
then overheard the cook speak in Jap
anese to the murderer saying: Don't
give me away; don't tell them about
me-" Doyle permitted the Japs to do
all kinds of talking in their own Ian
guage and then asked Otto what he
had said to the murderer. The Jap
replied that he had only been asking
=
diately commenced speaking in Jap
anese and Otto discovering that he had
been trapped into making damaging
admissions turned to Doyle and taking
off his hat made a low bow, indicating
that he wished to acknowledge that he
had met more than his match.
The pair We're brought to the police
station where they are held for inyes-
tigation. More is held as a witness.
The case being one of murder COM
mitted on the high seas the Federal
authorities must deal with it. Late
last night United States District At
torney Breckons and United states
Deputy Marshal Hendry went out to the
schooner and after an investigation de-
cided to issue a complaint against the
cabin boy Cor j. Tonbara, charging
him with murder on the high seas
For the present Otto will only be held
as a witness. More, the sailor, who
was an eye witness of the murder, is
also to be held as a witness. The Jap
will probably be brought before the
u. S. Commissioner on Thursday.
The Fred ]. Wood will be brought
into the harbor today and berthed at
the quarantine wharf where the u. s
District Attorney will take statements
of the crew and the doctors of the
Quarantine station will hold a post
1nortem examination on the Captains
body for the purposes of the trial that
is to follow.
A SAILORS COURT.
{ OF all the courts that ever assembled
perhaps the one that met on the
schooner Fred j. Wood on the day of
the murder was the strangest. The
mate. H Meyer. was the judge; the
second mate. John Nelson. his associ-
ate: and the following sailors made up
the remainder of the court: John
Bark. Harry Fortune. Jean Kerrien,
Louis Burban, Claude More and Louis