The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-08-08

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l ~ wat hlnr ffe police. iIls Outlns
shirt undertaking hnnrari. oeeralis
/ ana shoe be- owls had one ON -w.r.
nn covered with dried blood. The
thumb nf hiH right hand was badly ,ut
nud when asked how be- had cut n DE-
said "liEht with captain" lie had
NOT hud wash since the murder 80
uu' can Uuurine huW h. looked Vet
dpspit" his position the Jap's face was
cNptcssiunlpss
When the cook was brought on deck
he came with springy step. his face
Wrcathcd In smiles. his shoes az bright
ms backing could make them, and his
pants and coat pressed to perfection,
while his bosom was covered by "A
shiny. starched. white shirt. lie rails
ed his hat 10 the police officers. Special
officer Doyle. the japanese Interpreter
then overheard the cook speak i'm 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 lam
guage ana then asked OTTO what he
had said To the murderer. The Jap
replied that he had only been asking
about the others health Doyle imme-
diately commenced speaking In Jap
anese and OTTO discovering that he had
been trapped into making damaging
admissions turned to Doyle and taking
of 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 inves-
tigation. More Is held as witness.
The case being one OF murder com
United on the high seas the Federal
authorities must deal with 1t. 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 complaint against the
cabin boy, "G'or 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 j. Wood will be brought
into the harbor today and berthed at
the quarantine wharf where the T.. S.
District Attorney will take statements
of the crew and the doctors of the
quarantine station will hold a post
mortem 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. II. 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
Samuel
Mate Meyer called the sailors one by
one as witnesses and cross examined
each He brought out all the little
knotty points of the tragedy; took his
deputies to look over blood-stains on
the deck load, tarpaulins, canvas and
donkey room floor He took down
written descriptions OF the blood-spots.
Il statement from every man that knew
anything of the tragedy, got all the
bloody clothes together and finally
brought up the Jap murderer and cross
examined him. OTTO was also carefully
questioned. The captains wife was
permitted to tell the whole story OF the
voyage and of events leading up to the
murder, while every man on the ship
except the two Japs spoke in the most
aifcCtionate terms OF their dead mas
ter ltafutntb ShllOlS WHO mad NFaNeu
many a disaster brought about by the
elements while sailing on the high seas
cried like babies After all this had
been written in the ships log book the
eight men signed their names to the
following verdict:
We, the undersigned, find the cabin
boy, Tanbara, guilty OF the murder of
Captain j. j. jacobson, and consider the
cook, 5, OTTO, his accomplish"
(Signpl nv mate and second matp and
six sailors.)
Such verdict. And delivered in such
a matter of fact way! 1t is a wonder
that Judge" Mate Meyer did not turn
to the prisoners and say: prisoners
at the bar, the jury finds you guilty
and l sentence you to be hanged by the
neck from the fore yard until dead"
But instead Mate Meyer went on the
decN-load and watched night ana day
To prevent the maddened sailors from
making away with the pair OF Japs.
And he also worked hard in navigating
the snip, go that he brought her to Ho-
rolulu in fast time.
He deserves "A medal, and no doubt
his conduct will meet with ample re-
ward" said Mr. Breckons last night.
Hes "A lawyer from the backbone and
If he had lawyers education would
be nvincible." ..-
NURSE SENT OUT.
No woman has ever gone through a
worse tragedy Than Mrs. Jacobson.
None have come out OF IL as sane and
brave as she is and her display of nerve
has been something remarkable.
When an Advertiser reporter called
upon her yesterday on board the
schooner at the anchorage he found her
seated on "A couch caressing her two
children. Her sorrow was intense,
When reporter suggested that somel
body might be secured ashore who
would be willing to go out and spend
the night with her she heartily well
coined the proposal and upon the mat
ter being preached to Deputy Sheriff
Chillingworth and Special officer Doyle
they promised to try to make arrange
ments for a nurse. They were finally
recommended one by Supt. Eckhardt of
the Queens Hospital, and early last