The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-07
SLAYER
Of CAPT.
JACOBSON
Continued from Page IL

| covered
| plank box was nailed up tightly, all the
cracks caulked, and the whole woua'1
around with canvas sails and placed
on the lumber on the fore part of the
schooner When the box was undone
/ it was found that the captain looked
very natural but strong men WINGED as
| they saw the CHASTITY wounds which had
been inflicted by the Jap.
SHIPPING FLAGS AT HALF MAST.
| In mourning for the murdered SIX p
per almost every vessel in port yester-
day had its flag flying at half mast.
for the captain was well known and
| respected among shipping men and his
good qualities were recounted by
many. A glance over the schooner
Fred j. Wood would show anyone that
| the man now dead had worked very
hard in keeping his vessel in first class
| order.
MRS. JACOBSON FRUSTRATED.
| Nurse Zoffman, the young woman
| who went out to the anchorage on
Tuesday night to care for Mrs. jacob
son. had a very hard night of it.
| knowing that the dead mans body
/ lay on deck and with Mrs. Jacobson
/ wild with grief and almost Frustrated
| by the events of the past eight days il
lis no wonder that she felt the strain.
| Mrs. jacobson had a sleepless night as
| she wished to talk all night long of the
l killing She recounted time and again
4 the features OF the affair and at times
l broke out into hysterical and pitiful
grief Yet despite all her sorrow she
still retains her senses and her nerve
and takes care of the children herself.
| Several ladies visited the schooner yes
terday to extend all the help possible
/ to Mrs. jacobson and she appreciated
their visits very much. 1t is said the
wives of captains in port will especially
| look after her.
THE CABIN BOY ARRAIGNED.
Are you going to take my life
now."
This was the only response made by
the japanese, Tanbara Gisaburo. who
is alleged to have taken the life of
| Captain jacobson. to the reading of the
| complaint and warrant charging him
with the crime. yesterday afternoon.
| These documents were translated 10
! him in the Office of the United States
/ Marshal just prior to the preliminary
hearing, and the only thought of the
Jap appeared to be as to his punish
ment for the crime. He evidently has
no other idea than that his own life
must pay the penalty for the life he
took on the high seas, and from his /
actions. the attitude OF the authorities
in deferring his execution, is the only !
matter of surprise to him.
In the examination of the First Mate |
Heinrich Meyer. the murderer gave the
first indication of intelligence, when in |
response to the suggestion of United .
States Attorney Breckons, he began to
ask questions which indicated that he
felt some justification for his act. The
line of his questioning indicated a. pur-
pose to plead self defense and this will
no doubt be his plea. when the case
comes to trial. This cannot be before
October. the grand jury does not
meet before that month.
The preliminary hearing of Gisaburo
was begun at two o'clock yesterday
before United States Commissioner Gill
in the Federal court room. elsa buro
was brought in in handouts, and was
accompanied also by the Japanese cook
Otto, who rs held as a witness. Otto, by
the way, has been in Hawaii before
Interpreter j. H. Hakuole of the Circuit
Court acted as Japanese interpreter at
the hearing, though he was first taken
by the defendant to be a representa-
tive of the Japanese consul.
United States Attorney BreckOnS
1
was signed by the mate and the war
rant, both of which had previously
been translated to the prisoner. re-
quested that the commissioner first eX-
plain to the defendant the nature of
the proceedings and his rights The
Jap wrote his name on piece of paper
at the request of court. and this
was translated as "Tanbara Gisaburo."
The defendant through the Interpreter
SO tod
amined Immediately and asked that he
be represented by an attorney. 1t wa5
explained to him that none could be
allowed on the preliminary hearing, but
counsel would be appointed at the trial
in October
The first mate. Heinrich Meyer was
then called. and his testimony was in
terpreted to the defendant as given
H testified in substance as follows: l /
an the FIRST mate of the schooner Fred
J. Wood owned b. the f h Wood
Co, "t San Francisco; it is an Ameri-
can vessel and sailed from Astoria.
Oregon. on July Zlst, The defendant
signed tho articles as cabin boy Jor-
dan !. Jacobson was the captain prior
10 July S0th. l noticed no differences
between the captain and cabin boy. I
was asleep below when the difficulty
took place on that day. 1t was some
time between $50 and : o'clock in the
morning on July 3Oth. and We were on
the Pacific Ocean Honolulu was the
first port reached by US after the muir
der. I was awakened by some one call
ing murder" and the captain is
drowned and I ran forward. The sec
end mate was shouting for help. and
the captain was lying on the deck over
the cabin boy. with blood all around |
The mate was holding the boy and
l told him TO come up. but he said
he couldn't let the boy go for fear he
would stab someone else with the
knife I then ordered a sailor to pick
up siedge lying there and if the jap {
boy attempted u move. % knock him
Yer the head with il. The knife was
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