Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-21
SIAItMthT 70 CONSUL
HENRY GIVES DETAIL
Of TOEPPELMANN CASE
FRIENDS ADMIT THAT UNFoRTu
NATE MAN lMBiBED HEAVILY
ON THE NIGHT OF HIS
ACCIDENT.

berg detailed report OF the lOeppel
man affair. This report contains In
addition to the statements printed in
The Bulletin on Friday, the following
statement of q friend who was with
Toeppelman during the evening OF the
accident:
know Mr.. Toeppelman. Went out
to his house after work, about 6 p. m.
Went out with another friend. Out
there we had two drinks of gin each.
We came to town after that. When
we got i'm town We went into the I'm.
ion saloon (Cunha's): in there he, Mr..
Toeppelman. took a drink of whiskey.
From there We went to the Union Grill
and had dinner; at dinner we had a
quart bottle of Rhine wine between
us. From there we went up to Hol.
listers drug store to see Henry Pnu.
ger. and not finding him there. we
went on TO the Criterion saloon and
there we had a cream de mint;
think he had the same, too. know
be took some kind OF liquor. After
We had our drinks at the Criterion sa-
loon, we went over to the Hawaiian
Hotel to have game OF pool. At the
Hawaiian Hotel while we were play.
ing pool we ordered drinks. Mr.. Toep.
pelham first had Tor took a pint bot.
tie OF porter lEngllshl, then again had
drink of whiskey. and after that he
had two drinks of absinthe. When
we were playing pool he looked kind OF
tired and not well. He sat in a chair
tor while and then played a game
Of billiards with the China boy who
works there at the hotel. Afterwards
he went to the toilet and remained
there quite a long time; we felt un.
easy and went to the toilet to see what
was the matter. When we got to
where he was he came out. and we
went out to the gate with intention of
putting him on a hack and send him
home. He can drink lot OF liquor
and would not show 1t. have seen
him take the same amount many
times.
MIR. Toeppelman did not complain OF
having a headache. He works at the
kallhi fertilizer works; working hours
believe are from q. IN. to ID, IN, |,
think Mr. Toeppelman had some
drinks in him before we got out there
with some cadets who were calling on
him.
During all the time was with him
did not see him pull out pocket
book. At the Hawaiian Hotel ! saw
him 20 to the bar and probably wanted
TO borrow some money.
Statement of W. II. VI. Nolet. -
know Mr.. Toeppelman. | was with
him on the evening of the 18th of No
vember, 1904. Met him outside of the
Elite Parlors at IL y. m. Saw Toep'
pelham in front of Elite Parlors,
looking in the window at some ladies'.
He looked intoxicated: he was warb.
ling a little. Had look on his face
which personally | took to be caused
by over Indulgence in liquor. ! ad.
dressed him and he returned the COM
pliments. He said he had been at the
Hawaiian Hotel. | held his arm and
asked him to assist him home. lie
felt indignant and did not want to be
escorted home. He said that ! lived
on Fort street and that he could take
me home. On corner Of Fort street
my car came first. Then ! wanted to
see him on his car. but he insisted on
my boarding the Fort street car. As
| crossed King street, the King street
car came along. boarded my car
the shutters being down ON the Wal
Xxi side, could not see whether he
boarded the car or not.
The reason | did not help him fur.
Their is that | knew him to be irritable
at that moment, and did not see great
danger In letting him board the car
by himself.
Statement of Oda, japanese waiter
at the Union GRILL was on duty on
the evening OF November 16. 1904. II
know Mr.. Ehlers. He and two others
came to dinner. A man working at
HOLSTERS drug store and an elderly
man. that wore glasses. They sat at
the table near the window mauka, up.
stairs. They had quart bottle OF
Rhine wine between them. The cid.
erly man appeared to have been drink.
ing before he came to dinner. The old
gentleman takes his dinner here reg.
ularly, always drinks before he comes
TO dinner. ] can tell he had been
drinking before he came, as he was
quite laxative. He acted as IL he
was intoxicated. The gentleman
working at HOLSTERS paid the bill for
their dinners.
Statement of Tom, Chinese helper
at Hawaiian Hotel bari was on duty |
on the evening of November IS, 1904.
saw three men come in and played
pool. Two young men and an elderly
man, the elderly man having glasses
on, They had drinks, The old or cid.
erly man had pint bottle OF porter
English porter the first time, and
two drinks of absinthe afterwards. |
The younger men both took whiskey |
(Scotch whiskey and Canadian Club
whiskey).
The elderly gentleman. comes here
very often to play pool. He appeared |
10 be all right when | saw him. They |
came in about s or 0 p. m. and stayed |
about couple Of hours.
Statement of NJ. ]. Scully, patrol |
wagon driyer.--I am patrol wagon dri. |
yer. was on duty on the night OF the |
18th day of November, 1904. Had a |
call from box AZ about 1880 pm. Got |
to the place where the report came |
from about 1885 p. m. When got |
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