The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-10-31
THE LATE MRS. NIGEL FRlEL JACKSON,
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Georgia who jumped into his arms,
testified to practically what was stated
OF his work in yesterdays Advertiser.
During his testimony Juror Sorenson
stated that Mrs. jackson jumped from
"A window facing Nuuanu street and not
from the mauka side.
John Bradford Watson testified that
he and his wife were boarders living
on the first floor of the house. He
was awakened by shouts of fire and
rushing out the back way saw Mr.. Friel
with Il small hose. He was yelling
Fire The fire seemed to be ON the
outside wall Of the kitchen. He re-
turned to his wife's assistance and
helped to get their Valuables out. He
saw Mrs. Frel and Eta about that
time and Mrs. Friel seemed to think
that her youngest child had not come
down from upstairs and started to go
up the staircase. He grabbed her,
threw her away and then Eta tried to
mount. He took her outside and then
saw Mrs Frie dashing up through the
smoke and flames. He tried to follow
but was overcome. In the excitement
he returned to his wife and then found
that Eta too had gone upstairs. He
was driven from the building by the
flames and saw nothing more of the
women.
He stated that on Wednesday after
noon a charred, oil saturated rag was
found in the pantry where it had been
left sometime before. He said Mr..
Friel, his wife and Mrs. Friel had con-
siderable knowledge of this and knew IL
to have been an attempt to burn the
house the night before He only heard
Of this yesterday morning, but had he
known it the night before he would not
have slept but would have patrolled the
place with a gun. Mr.. TObriner came
home about / o'clock with hackman
Paine, entered his room and went d!
rectly to sleep. He was aroused by
Mrs. Watson beating on his door, the
first he knew of the fire. Mr.. Watson
also said that the stove in the kitchen
was cold at . o'clock as he was in The
kitchen and knew this to be fact.
A. d. Larnach, the King street mer-
chant stated that Jackson had been at
his store to buy cartridges, only four,
and asked the best way to shoot man,
inquiring whether a place under the
arm would prove fatal. A. =. Taylor
stated that several Sundays since
Jackson showed him letter addressed
to the Editor of the Advertiser signed
! by Jackson, in which he announced mis-
intention OF committing suicide at :
O'Clock and that he would inhict the
wound in such a way that il would not
be fatal at once, in order to give the
paper chance to get his death-b bed
| statement. The letter spoke of several
persons whom Jackson said had wreck
ed his life and estranged him from his
! wife, and that before he went to the
next world, he would get even" with
| them. Jackson later in the day decided
| that the suicide proposition was off.
| Geo. w. Hayselden told of Jackson's
/ visits to his store and of statements
! he has made about killing himself. say
| ing at one time, referring to his wife
| that he would either kill her or kill
myself" He thought the man was
crazy and had telephoned TO Deputy
Sheriff Chillingworth.
Mrs. Julia Peahu. in whose house
Jackson was found, stated she knew
Jackson She did not know the exact
hour he came in yesterday morning but
it was late When he went through her
| room she awoke and remained awake
owing to Jackson walking up and down.
About half an hour later he suddenly
shouted oscar, Fire" Deputy Sheriff
| Chillngworth here stated that he had
questioned Jackson In the evening,
notes being taken by Chester Doyle,
In this he said he had been at Friel's
I to see his wife and that he left there
at ll;4O arriving at the native house at
1910, and did not leave afterwards
Chillingworth stated It was not five
minutes walk between Frlers and the
native house by a lane through the
gulch,
The inquest was continued until 1880
! tonight.