Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-01-28
ADOPTSMOTHER N LAW
MORGAN WOOED WHOLE
FAMILY INCIDENTALLY
SPANISH SPEAKING WITNESS IN
TERPRETS AN INTERPRETERS
INTERPRETATION
MOVES SLOWLY.

An Interpreter was called this morn
ing to translate the testimony of Mrs.
Pecarich, mother of the prosecutrix In
the case unfolding In Judge Robinson's
terminal court in which Jack Morgan
IL charged with seduction.
Mrs. Pecarish can speak English
fairly well but said she would prefer
to talk through an Interpreter
The interpreter proved more Of an
interrupter than anything else.
During his alleged interpi citation a
voice from the jury box arose to dis.
pute the meaning given the Spanish
words of the witness.
IL was the voice Of Il. II. Bivens and
a. soon as counsel discovered that .
juror could listen in the native Ian
guage of the witness, Mr.. Bivens was
asked to change his seat so as to he
near Mrs. Pecarich, the tones of the
ltestiiier being low, too low 10 be gen.
orally heard.
Witness, after giving evidence in
spanish, on several occasions, under
took To interpret, in English, the in
| terpreter's interpretations.
Witness says defendant said he
could not arrange the matter that
how said the interpreter.
Gould not arrange 1t that way. "
corrected the witness.
Finally the witness was asked to
proceed in English. using the interpre-
ter only when she could not express in
English what she thought in Spanish.
Mrs. Pecarich testified to Jack Nor
gan calling at her home to see her
daughter by her first husband, Irene
Luciel Edwards.
He always called me 'mother-in-
law" she said "He asked for my
photograph and once he nearly went
down on his knees to me, begging me
to Civ chin my picture, saying he was
very DESTROYS OF having my portrait.
So gave him my photo and afterwards
he told me that the boys at Camp Nc
Kinley. seeing the picture, asked him
II II was a likeness OF his mother and
answered them and said No. This is
not my mother, 1t is my mothef-in-law
who is TO be- And he asked my young
est daughter. aged fourteen, for her
photograph and told her that he was
going TO be her brother-in-law."
lrene's mothe rtestified that when
she learned Of the alleged wrong. she
visited Morgan at the camp and asked
him what he was going to do about it.
Morgan stated. according to the
witness, that originally he had desired
TO secure Miss Irene Edwards In mar
rage but that he had changed his
mind, stating alleged reasons. IL was
then that Mrs. Pecarich went TO the
police station and swore out a warrant
for Morgan's arrest.
Creighton, for the. defense, wanted
to keep out the testimony in regard to
Morgan asking Mrs. Pecarish for her
photograph as immaterial. saying de-
PENDANT was not there to answer any
allegation of counting lren's mother.
Deputy Attorney General Peters let
down the bars of his eloquence and
drew a glowing word picture of Nor
gan warming up to the family fireside,
calling his sweetheart's mother moth
er-in-law' and other pet names and
ingratiating himself in the hearts of
all the family, begging their photo
graphs and telling the world they were
portraits of his folks-in-law, claiming
that all such evidence was indeed ma
terial as tending to show the young
mans intentions in that home. The
court overruled Creighton's objection
and Mrs. Pecarish told her story.
A young man. Landers by name,
took the stand to say he had had con-
versation with defendant In which the
latter admitted his guilt.
The case proceeds this afternoon.