Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-31
WITNESSES TELL TALE
C0R0NER'S JURY HEARS
ABOUT FIRE OF VALLEY
WATSON STATES WHERE FIRE
BEGAN AND RELATES ExPE.
RiENcE WITH MRS FRIEL
AND HER DAUGHTER.

Last evening two Coroners juries
heard evidence in the cases of the
death of Mrs. T.. u. Friel, Miss Eta
Friel and Mrs. Mamie Friel Jackson.
| The jurors in the case of the first two
are as follows J. S. Walker, Olaf So
renson, Percy Benson, Arthur Mack
intosh. G. X. Hewitt Jr. and Gerrit =.
Wilder. The jurors in the case of the
death of Mrs. Jackson are as follows:
j. S. Walker. Olaf Sorenson, Percy
Benson. Arthur Macintosh. \. p. Tay-
lor and VIII Lucas.
The frs WITNESS on the stand was
Or. j. S. d. Pratt. who spoke princi-
pally on the subject of the finding of
the body of Mrs. Jackson on the
ground near the building. He remain
ed with Mrs. Jackson at the Sorenson
home until she died between and
o'clock. Besides her burns she had
also suffered broken leg. She was
conscious up to the time opiates were
given her but would say nothing about
1 the fire or its origin. She begged to be
, put out of her agony. The witness
stated that when he first saw the fire
1t was on the lower floor at the rear
Of the building.
Patrolman Mccormack testified to
what he had seen which was exactly
what appeared in the Bulletin yester-
day afternoon.
John Bradford Watson. one of the in
mates of the Friel home, said that he
and his wife were boarders living on
the first floor of the house. He had
/ been awakened by shouts of Fire"
and rushing out the back way, had seen
, Mr.. Friel with u small hose The fire
seemed to be on the outside wall Of the
kitchen. He returned to his wife's
assistance and helped to get their val
uables out. At about this time, he
saw Mrs. Friel and Eta. Mrs. Friel
seemed to think that her youngest
child had not come out of the burning
building and so started up to the sec
ond floor again. He grabbed hold of
her, threw her aside and then Eta
tried to mount the stairs. He took her
outside and then saw Mrs. Friel dash
ing up the stairs through the smoke
and flames. He made an attempt to
follow but was overcome. In the rush
and excitement. he returned to his wife
and then found that Eta too had brok-
en- away and followed her mother into
the burning building. He was driven
from the building by the flames and
saw no more Of the women.
Witness stated that on Wednesday
afternoon a charred, oil saturated rag
was found in the pantry. He stated
that Mr. and Mrs. Friel and Mrs. Jack
son were cogniZant of the fact that an
attempt had been made to burn the
building. This had only come to his
knowledge yesterday morning after the
fire. Had he known 1t on the night
before the fire he would have patrolled
the premises with gun.
Witness stated that Leon Torbiner
arrived home at about o'clock In the
morning In Paines hack. He went to
his room and directly to bed. He was
awakened by Mrs. Watson beating on
the door He also stated that he was
In the kitchen at about 9 o'clock and
that the stove was then cold.
A. ID. Larnach of Whitman & Co.
stated that Jackson had been In the
store to buy cartridges. He only want
cd four and inquired Of him II he knew
the best way to shoot a man. Would
a place under the arm prove fatal.
A. p. Taylor stated that several Sun
days ago Jackson showed him letter
to the editor of the Advertiser signed
by himself, in which he announced his
intention to commit suicide at o'clock.
lie would infllct the wound in such a
way that 1t would not be fatal at once,
He wanted to allow the paper to get
his death-bed statement. Reference
was made TO his troubles and he stated
in the letter that before he went into
the next world, he would '.get even"
Later in the day, Jackson decided that
he would not commit suicide Just then.
George w. Hayseden told of num-
Der of visits of Jackson to his store
and the statements made by him that
he would kill himself. At one time, he
said he would kill either his wife or
himself, He was under the impression
that the man was crazy and had tele-
phoned to the deputy sheriff.
Mrs. Julian Peahu, a Hawaiian wo-
man, in whose house Jackson was
found by the police after the fire, stat
ed that she did not know the exact
hour the suspect had returned home.
When he went through her room she
awOke owing to the fact that Jackson
kept walking up and down. About !
half hour later he suddenly shouted
out; Oscar fire The deputy sheriff
here stated that he had questioned