The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-10-07

vas before stabbed him. never saw
itAt nen before hal ~ enmity
aai inst him. was not nnfty but 7
srs tiiiie intoxicated. hal taken n
good deal ~ wine. dld NJ. know that
billed him ava not knov that I
wounded him.
woman. bat since she u trying ~ send
me- 10 prison ! will toll the truth about
her That was her knife. took her
to live with inc NJ tilihn street. She
told me that was her knife. she told
me to leave Il there. that might
want II. That morning wanted to
go TO Waitlua. told Chtn 90 make
some coffee Autouln did not want to
drink the coffee Antonio cried aud did
not want mo To GO 20 Wuialua. | told
her | had tn go because they wanted
To arrest me. | went to Monnalua on
the electric ear. Autonia went to town
and brought food to me. ! took the
knife to open a can of meat: Antonio
opened the can Of meat with the knife;
| put the knife In my trousers.
Antonio took rock to kill China
man; II she says / told her to do so
Cthe day before the killing in the
evening; drank about gallon of wine;
the woman did not drink any of II.
Cross-examined by Attorney General
Andrews-Witness admitted having
been convicted of various offenses three
or four times since coming to Hawaii:
the first time was after he had been
working on the plantation for eleven
months; was out of Jail ten days after
serving a sentence of two years for
burglary in the first degree before stab
bling Damon: knew the police were aft
err him: because Antonio told him: 1t
was for breaking open a trunk belong
ing to a Porto Rican woman. GA ques-
ton as to whether he had not been
convicted In Porto Rico of stabbing a
woman and escaped was overruled first
on objection to the escaping and then
on objection to the stabbing.)
Did not sit down on the pile of dirt
to take the thorn out the woman did
not tell him then that she had a thorn
in her foot; they had already passed
the lantern before she told him about
the thorn, about $50 feet; they ran back
and sat down. not at the pile of dirt
for the thorn the buggy came up; did
not throw the lantern down until the
man came in the buggy; was sitting
down by the road when the man came
along; he didn't hit me right away but
told me to put the lantern back.
/ was sitting down with the woman's
foot in my lap when the buggy came
up he hit me when / was sitting
down; he did not strike me because /
lodged. (Witness here described the
striking motion of Mr.. Damon, which
was a high swing at the level of the
strikers shoulder.) He struck me
second time when | was sitting down;
then l sat UP and as l sat up he showed
me. and then l struck at him with
my fist; did not pull out my knife then:
the woman told me l had an iron; we
We're right close together when / drew
the knife; he tried to prevent me from
drawing the knife, he had hold of me.
(Witness illustrated how he struck
Damon with the knife, giving an under
thrust. He showed how the handle OF
the knife came off when the blow was
struck.)
/ struck him so gently that I did not
know l wounded him; it is not fact
that my thumb went into the wound.
He went to his buggy and then we
walked on; we We're walking slowly;
did not run till the woman told me to
run: don't know where / threw the
knife, somewhere on the right of the
road; ran because the woman told me
wounded the man; she told me the
word the American said. / ran for a
while till I came to the railroad, then
did not run any more; the woman told
me we had better take the track.
when you approached the haole
with the knife We're you angry?"
mo, l was drunk"
Question If he was perfectly calm
and cool allowed against obiection) I
got angry: bad thoughts came into my
head; in consequence of the bad
thoughts 1 stabbed Mr.. Damon the
thoughts We're from the time he swore
at me and showed me- at the time i
punched Damon with my hands the bad
thoughts came into my mind. l had
been drunk at Moanalua; bought the
wine in Honolulu; drank from the gall
Ion until / got to Moanalua: did not
drink it all up; was carrying the demi- |
john in my hands; finished it about IL
O'Clock midday had nothing to drink
from II noon until night.
Witness Identifies officer McDume |
across the courtroom and proceeds
Told him NIcD.) in prison had bought |
this knife for ten cents from a Porto |
Rican; told him so that the woman |
would not be arrested; told lie that |
time.
Il would not tell lie to save any
body from arrest" would try to save
a woman from arrest knew she was
at that time. 1t was true that
the woman picked up a rock 1t was
not true that ! told them (Chito and |
Antonla) to pick up rocks so as to
knock a Pake senseless; 1t was the |
woman who said that; Pake passed |
and she threw two rocks at him
At ~ noon Mr.. Andrews had CON
cluded his REORGANIZATION.
THE WOMAN CALLED.
Mr.. Davis wanted To have the woman
recalled, which was done.
Marie Antonio col0nna-fshown The
knife) never saw that knife before