The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-25

! In the presence of seven members OF
| the crew of the schooner Wood, who
! had testified against him, and one OF
! the cook ohio, Tanbara Gisaburo this
| morning began statement TO the jury
in the United States Court. Though he
accused the cook of having attempted
the life of Captain Jacobsen, he did not
accuse him of the crime of murder
| Tanbara's story was that the death of
the captain was an accident. He de-
clared that the captain had struck and
kicked him.
Before the defense began it's case, an
other effort was made by Attorney
Thompson to get rid of James II. Ha-
kuole as interpreter. Acting japanese
Consul Okabe, G. Shiozawa and Is. Onn
swOre to aftidavitS that Hakuole had
been guilty of errors in interpre tatiOns
in the case, and Thompson made "A mo-
tion that he be discharged by the
court. The atfidavits contained refer
ences to e number Of alleged errors
and said that Hakuole, in reading the
Indictment to the defendant translaI-
ed a part of it as follows:
The thing 50 called grand jury of
the United States sprung up, on their
oath on the high sea and by
the law of this court and by the law
governing sea of the United States OF
America" that the Interpreter in read
ing Sdlu AlulCllllCill lllltl bltAth llG
words "unawfully, feloniousy, wilful-
ly and of his undue aforethought" as
assault and killing without premedi-
tation."
Judge Estee denied the motion. He
| said that to grant it would be prac-
| tically ordering a new trial and dis
missing the defendant who had been
/ in jeopardy. The court offered to al
! low the japanese Consul to sit by the
. Interpreter and call attention to any
mistakes he noticed, and as a result
the proceedings were frequently inter-
rupted by disputes between the rival
authorities in English and Japanese.
There was no opening statement by
the defense. and Tanbara was called
| to the stand. lie wanted to make a
statement in his own way and began
to do so, but his story became so long
and rambling that the court finally Or
dered his attorney to take him in hand
and ask questions. His story proved
more damaging to himself than the one
he told at the preliminary examination
Tanbara began by telling about bad
water on the schooner, and how the
captains wife had complained to him
about the water. Il said l had not
good water" he continued, but l went
and got good water from the cook. The
wife called the captain and said to him.
This water is very bad The captain
then told me to go and get good water
and | answered that l had not any,
When l said that he was very much
angry with me and struck me once
here Indicating the faCe). l was at
that time returning to the galley fol-
lowed by the captain. l turned to the
cook and explained to the cook that L
would tell the captain / was not satis-
fled with the water. Oto said since
you were by me employed you had
better keep on to China where we shall
make better arrangements 1t was my
duty to give coffee to the sailors at
about a. m, and to the captain (.
about 6 or $3.50, when / had done so
was told to come to the cabin, and l
went to the cabin. That was the morn
ing of the, killing of the captain
The consul here stated that the in-
terpretation was wrong and that the
witness had said death" of the cap
tain and not killing" A new answer
was rendered by Hakuole as "the
morning when the captain was dead. "