The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-01
NIGEL JACKSON TALKS
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she was in her own room Then he
knew nothing more.
He stated that on the afternoon Of
Wednesday his daughter Georgia found
a Turkish towel saturated with oil in
q pantry closet, somewhat charred.
The towel had been hanging on a line
the night before and was missed We'd
nesday morning. Early that morning
he thought he detected the odor of
something burning but could not To-
cate it. In the afternoon the cause was
found.
He suspected who had done this and
his wife and Mrs. Jackson felt as he
did, but Mrs. Jackson said there was
| no direct evidence and they should not
accuse any one until they knew.
Oscar Kreuter said he was awakened
at the native house by Jackson calling
| fire but neither went to see it. kreu-
ter thought it was in Pauoa. Said
1 Jackson had said something about
going over.
| S. F. Chillingworth, attorney for
Mrs. Friel in the divorce case, said
Jackson met him on the street after the
suit was brought, and told him that he
would fix the whole d--n crowd, ire
! ferring to boarders in the house and
| Mrs. Friel
| Nigel Jackson told a story in a man
her which showed he was not excited.
/ II saw Mrs. Jackson on Wednesday
night about twenty minutes past nine
and was with her until twenty-five
minutes to twelve. 1 know the time
because 1 looked at my watch at 11:30
and saw the time The watch keeps
excellent time At 1880 when 1 saw
the time my wife said, oh, my God, I
will get locked out and she returned
to the house at once. I went to the
premises of my wife by going around
on Bates street to the Bishops place
and then through to the back fence,
meeting my wife under the tamarind
tree. l was a little late.
| After reaching the place where
sleep at 1910 I went to sleep. I was
awakened by people running through
the yard and 1 got up, saw the glare
of fire and yelled, Oscar, fire!' This
was about twenty minutes to three.
| have never threatened Mrs. Jackson
life. We have been on good terms since
cry night. I never said I would fix Mrs.
/ Friel After leaving the car at the ter
minus I met Mr.. Bailey of WGiluSu
near Hobron's and spoke to him and
ne asked me how I was. A deaf and
! dumb boy was in the car with me; he
had worked for me few days.
What do you think caused the fire."
was asked.
Il don't know Two or three times I
called attention to the number of
lights they turned on in the house.
There Were two downstairs and one in
Mrs. F'riePs rooms usually. I consid-
cred the most dangerous the one in the
Watson's room. When I saw the fire
from Kreuter's I said to him, It's the
shantfes in Pauoa' I said, Let's dress
and so over but he said it was too
cold. Yes, 1 have threatened to take
my life several times and made an at
tempt"
j Jackson was asked if at one time
when he appeared at the breakfast ia
BILE in his undershirt and was ordered
away by Mrs. Friel he had not threat
ened her saying that she would not be
a mistress of house much longer and
had told her to $50 to h-il' He de-
MED any such occurrence
Louwaialeale who lives at the native
house where Nigel was taken said half
an hour after he came he called out
} 'fre!" He said to Kreuter, "Oh, my
) God, wonder if it's my wife's house,
and said this two or three times, but
he never made any direct move to go
| to the fire.
ETA FRIEL'S HEROISM.
Georgia Friel who is resting well
from her injuries, stated yesterday that
when the flames cut off escape from the
upper floor to the lower part by the
stairway, they went to the mauka
windows and discussed the project of
jumping to the ground Mrs Friel
finally said she could not as she was
too heavy and would kill herself. She
urged Eta and Georgia to jump first
and she would probably follow Geor-
t gia got upon the sill and as she was
t about to jump Mrs. Friel said, mo I
l cannot, I'm too heavy" AS Georgia
f Was about TO jump she heard Eta say,
: wen, I'll stay with you mama,'' and
turned away from the window.