The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-07
OTO THE COOK
GETS MIXED
WITNESS IN MURDER
CASE MAKES CONFLICTING
STATEMENTS.
THE MURDERER TAKES THINGS
COOLL,Y.
Mrs. jacobson Breaks Down on The
Stand-Many Witnesses Detained
Until the October Trials.


stand-Many Witnesses Detained
Until the October Trials.
The examination of the japanese Cook
of the t1ed } Wood was the principal
event this morning Of Commissioner
Gtlls preliminary hearing of the trial
Of cabin boy Danbara for the murder Of
Captain Jacobson on the high seas Dis
trtct Attorney Breckons succeeded in
rirnin" the witness to a few positive
statements with much difficulty dur
ms wnIcn time the cook contradic ed
himself several times.
The murderer Tanbara remained per-
feCtly unaffected throughout the trial
and exhibited no evidence of uncasiness
CT regret. He has not vet had
counsel appointed. Several of the wit
nesses were merely put on the stand for
the purpose of getting sufficient preli-
minary evidence from them to warrant
their being detained for future exam-
nation.
Second mate Nelson is among these
latter. He stated his intention yester-
day of quitting the vessel as "he could
not bear the living on her after the
killing see ii over again all the
time and l wouldn't stay very long on.
board of her. She's haunted"
1t is possible that the schooner will
sail on Saturday for China with Meyer
in command. A new crew Is now being
shipped from this port to supply those
detained for the trial These latter will
be paid off in the commissioner office
by the mate, and will have their clothes
brought ashore to them.
ms. JACOBSON does not expect to
leave for San Francisco on the first
boat leaving here, but win wait unui
word can pass up and back again, She
herself is an orphan but has two mar
ried brothers and a sister in Wisconsin
and younger brother in Alaska. The
latter, she says will be a great comfort
to her. now that she is left without her
natural protector.
Miss Alice Campbell Miss Christal
and Ernest Parker were rowed out to
the schooner yesterday afternoon at
! tVr o'clock and rendered their SYM
parhies and good offices to the bereaved
widow.
! One important fact brought out in
the testimony this morning is that Otto
must have passed the captain and ca
bin boy as they were struggling. The
Frenchman More, is mistaken in his
| testimony that he saw the cook run
ming up the ladder as he slid back the
scuttle. The two were then fighting
and the captain had been slashed across
the forehead. Second mate Nelson and
/
More standing over the two as they
lay on the floor of the donkey room tes-
titled that the cook passed them as they
came down the ladder. In that time
the fatal thrust had been made.
Nelson also identified the cabin boy
as the actual slayer by stating that he
saw the blade of the knife in the cap
| tain's body while the handle was in the
hand of the cabin boy from whom he
afterwards wrested the weapon. This
! point is emphasized to set off any plea
| that might be made of the captain aC-
cidentally falling on the knife.
| This afternoon Tanbara will likely be
asked to make his statement, which he
| Is very anxious to do.
| Commissioner Gill resumed the hear
| ing of the witnesses in the murder
case of Captain jacobson Of the sChQOn-
! er Fred J. Wood, at nine thirty this
/ morning in the Federal court room.
| The wife of the murdered man was
! present with first mate II. Meyer, and
second mate Nelson, the latter bring
! ing ashore the blood stained clothes of
the murdered captain Tanbara the
murderer was brought up handcuffed
| to listen to the depOsitions.
Mrs. Jacobson was first sworn and
! after answering the questions as to her
| name and that OF Captain Jacobson,
giving the latter's name as Jordan or
Jorgen j. Jacobson. When the Japa-
nese cabin boy was brought forward
Mrs. Jacobson completely broke down
and District Attorney Breckons forbore
to ask any questions.
Second mate Nelson was next sworn
! giving his name and occupation as
John Nelson, second mate of the
schooner Fred j. Wood at the time of
! the murder HakuOle translated the
evidence of the witness to TaRbaTa
At the request of Mr.. Breckons the
mate told a straightforward story of
| what he knew of the occurrences of the
morning of July 30. This Coincided
with the statement copied by first mate
Meyer into the log. Louis Salmon a
negro was with Nelson when the two
going into the donkey room for oil, saw
! the Japanese boy under the captain
with the knife in the captains groin
and its handle in the boys hand. More,
! the Frenchman was standing aghast
at the sight. Nelson who had n sail
makers sewing palm in his hand wrest-
ed the knife from the boy, knocking the
latters wrist against a block Of wood
and cutting his thumb in taking the
knife from him. Oto, the cook, had
come up the steps as Nelson jumped
down.
The mate described the taking of the
clothes from the captains body anC
guaranteed those brought ashore by
MIN 10 ne IN the same cOnulIlOE "a
when taken from the body, untouched
The exhibit, brought ashore by Nelson
i'm bandbOX showed pair OF slippers
a soft cap with the VISOR cut, where the
glanciuE blow had struck it, suspenderi
a vest and handkerchief, bloodstained
the trousers and undeTshirt saturated
with blood showing the cut where tn,
knife had entered underdrawers, stiff
with blood showing a corresponding Gu
and an outer shirt less stained, The
evidence was marked and handed L,
the marshal
Tanbara here wished to make state