The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-03-11


report referred to it. The big
pump was entirely submerged.
Diver Herb Young has been working
the last four days at the plantation to
remove the debris from the pump.
There is 30 feet of water in the stump
and pump room covering thepump, and
as vast quantity of water is daily
flowing into the stump the work of re-
pairing the damage and getting the
stump cleared, is accompanied with the
utmost difficulty. one entire wall has
caved in on the pump and is lying
across it. The extent OF the dams ge to
the pump can not now be determined.
The first thing necessary is to stop
the water flowing into the stump. There
are seven wells flowing into the stump
and their daily capacity is about 49,
100000 gallons. In order to accomplish
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to meeting Richardson, the defendant
on the night of February II. The
meeting had taken place in front Of
the Anchor saloon. Richardson had
called him and given him a note to
street The witness delivered the note
to the man-it was Daniel NJ. Wood
ward the assistant clerk of the water
works office and the witness identified
Woodward who was sitting in the
court room, as the man. Woodward
had refused to come down town in
answer to Richardson's note so Gou-
veia had gone ack to the Anchor
saloon and so informed Richardson.
The latter asked the driver to go back
to Woodwards place and get the key
to the safe. Gouveia did so and
brought the key to the saloon and then
drove Richardson to the Capitol build
ing.
Richardson left the hack entered the
Capital building went down stairs into
the water works office to open the safe.
The witness had not however, ac-
companied Richardson into the build
ing but Richardson had stated his pur-
pose to Gouveia Richardson returned
after being gone about % minutes, and
said that he could not open the safe
so they would go up to the native boys
place on Punchbowl street to find out
the combination. GOuveia testified
/
of the yard while Richardson and
Woodward talked. He had not heard
all of the conversation but he had
heard Woodward explaining that the
way to open the combination was TO
! turn it a little further than Richardson
| had turned the knob.
/ Richardson and the witness then re-
turned alone to the Capitol building and
Richardson went into the building,
stating that he was going to the water
works Office to open the safe. He was
gone about ten to fifteen minutes and
then returned. Gouveia testified that
Richardson appeared to have consider
able money after the return from the
Capital building the last time. They
drove to the Anchor saloon. Richard
son paid the witness a dollar for the
hire of the hack, treated him to a
drink, and handed some money to sew
eral people who were playing dice at
table in the Anchor Saloon. Richard
son had exclaimed "Well boys l am in
this game now"
The witness stated that Richardson
showed gold but he, Gouveia, was un-
able to state the amount of money paid
to the men at the gambling table. The
witness had then left the saloon.
Gouveia stated under cross examina-
| ton that he had not left his hack dur
| ing Richardson's visits to presumably
the water works office and that Rich
ardsOn had told him that ne was going
to the Office to open the safe.
Woodward the assistant clerk of the
/ NHrlf TOW plFH Off n.
stantially the same regarding the visits
| of Gouveia and Richardson, as was
stated by the hack driver. Woodward
stated that the key he had given to the
defendant had been to the door to the
inside box in which the money was
kept inside the safe. The outside door
had been opened by the regular COM
bination. Richardson had stated on
the night of February II when he had
visited Woodward that he, Richardson,
was full and had been unable to open
the safe. So far as the witness was
aware there was none but public money
in the safe that night. 1t was GUS
tomary for him and Richardson to
check up the end of every days work,
the money taken in during the day.
44l5A ELSlllL DUN II NGS t4llGu lEBdlh-
! ing certain admissions that Richardson
was alleged to have made to High
Sheriff and Assistant Attorney General
Fleming on the morning of March
at the attorney generals office Rich
ardson had been told by Mr.. Fleming
that he, Fleming, wanted Richardson to
tell the truth about the whole thing"
Richardson had admitted taking 500
from the safe of the water works flee
the night Of February II. He was
asked what he wanted to use the
money for and said he wanted it for
purpose He admitted that the money
was public money but it had been re-
paid the following morning Richard
son also admitted that he was in the
habit of taking money from the Office
toward the end of the month and put
ting in his II. o. u" and repaying it