The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-30

their condition was that his feet per-
spired so much that his shoes and socks
were frequently still wet in the morn
ing. He asked for view of a warrant.
He was promptly taken i'm tow by Chill
lingworth who saw him safely lodged in
cell No 13 and returned to the fire.
Rumors of suicidal intent on the part
of Jackson are not paid much attention
to by the police and the suspect is left
alone in his cell. He attempted sui
eide once before. He has made threats
against his wife, himself and his wifes
relations to many people for the past
few weeks.
Mrs. jackson brought suit for divorce
from Nigel October 8 last alleging
cruelty, and in his answer on file in the
Circuit Court jackson charged that the
filing of the suit was caused by certain
persons referring to those who lived
in the house that was burned last night,
who were trying to cause trouble be-
tween him and his wife. The suit has
never been heard in court Mrs. Jack
sons complaint contained the following
allegations:
THAT in July 1901, at the Nonpareil
hotel in Honolulu aforesaid the de-
PENDANT did cruelty beat and abuse
plaintiff locking her in a room, and at
tempting to cut her throat with sells
sors.
"That in September Is. 1902, at said
Honolulu, defendant attempted to strike
and abuse plaintiff in the presence Of
Mrs. SwintOn and the mother of plain
tiff, and on the night of September 26,
1902 at ten o'clock of said day, he called
the plaintiff out from the house, and
produced a loaded revolver and intimi-
dated the plaintiff with same, and caus-
ed her fear and suffering of mind
That plaintiff has at all times since
the said marriage been a true, dutiful
and devoted wife to defendant
That plaintiff an defendant were
married in Honolulu aforesaid on
the 26th days of October, 1898, by Rev.
r. ID. Girvin of the Christian church,
who then and there had authority in
law to perform such ceremony.
THAT subsequent to said marriage
defendant has treated plaintiff with
extreme cruelty upon many different
occasions.
THAT in the month of February, 1899
in the presence of Mrs. Mary Voeller at
Honolulu aforesaid the defendant
struck and beat the plaintiff, causing
injury and discoloration to her eye and
using violent and indecent language,
and in the month of April, 1899, at Ho-
nolulu, he again choked plaintiff caus-
ing serious injury and disColoration,
Mrs. Nueller being then present
In his answer Jackson declared that
he had always been a dutiful and kind
husband and had always treated his
wife with consideration and kindness"
AS to the striking her in February 1899,
he admitted that he had struck her on
the face, and said that he did so mere
! ly in the heat of passion
! He charged her with disObeyng him
in choice of companions and said that
she had caused him great mental suf-
fering. The divorce suit, said Jackson
was the result of conspiracy on the
! part of certain persons" in the house
/ where his wife lived, who were seeking
to cause u separation between himself
and his wife.
Jackson has been employed from time
to time as special officer ON the police
force. For a long time he was on duty
at the Orpheum and last season was
employed at the baseball grounds. He
added to his income by cleaning clothes
He was of a flighty temperament. otter
/ quarreling with hin superiors and leav.
ing the force for fanCied injuries. II,
was fearless in the execution of hi
duty and in consequence was a promi
nent figure in many fights. He haC
sporting aspirations and INDUCED il
football, baseball and boxing. He ha,
had several quarrels with his wife ant
of late had professed to ba mental.
depressed by his family troubles. 1t H.
generally thought that SHOULD he b,
brought to trial the plea will be in
sanity should the case go against him
Chief Thurston searched the ruin
this morning but the conflagration hdC
been too fierce to leave anything tina
might form a clue. There were sew
eral oil and other cans i'm the neighbor
hood of the kitchen but so burned as t,
render guesses at their contents an,
uses very ague. Several bird cages Ii
in the ashes their feathered occu
pants burned. a cat was unable L
escape the flames also I'VE had lot
of water" said the chief "and plenty o
, power behind it, We could have got tn
engine up the hill had it been needle
but it would have been hard work. Tn
, only way to safely guard any hill
district is to have a fire station on to-
of the hill. You can go quickly enough
down hill and it does not matter hoy
slowly you get back after its all over.
Il think the outbreak was incendiary
1t looks that way. 1t has been suggest
, ed that ashes from the stove may hav
| started it but a smOuldering fire o
! that kind in a frame house would haV
, broken out long before two o'clock.
, is hard to save these houses unless yo
get there on the minute. The flame
ran along the partitions as if they ha
been fuses. We could get our lines al
round the house but it was impossibl
to save it. ] feel sure however tina
: every one could have been saved ha
the women been prevented from goin
upstairs after they were once safel
, down. Even at the last if they ha,
made for the front window and com
= out on the lanai which is still nearly in
tact We could have saved them
! From the rear of the Friel house tn
Kreuter. cottage is easily reached. Re
sidences with big gardens abound an
it would be an easy task for any incen
larry to creep from the rear. apply tn
torch and retreat unobserved one O
, the firemen thinks he saw Jackso
standing amid the crowd looking on a
the fire, None else recognized bim how
ever and it is supposed that the ma
was mistaken.
Mrs. e. b. Friel was a Miss Corn
we'll and a sister of w. II .Cornwel
Mrs Mary Widdiheld and Mrs. Kat
Vida. James Friel, purser of the Mika
hBIa sai1 a1 . ,I