The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-01-20
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WITNESS

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charges him with having gone forth to
kill Amos Kennard and in the quest
of blood. on June 80 last, shot Harris
instead of his intended victim with re-
suit that Harris died on July rs,
After Attorney General Andrews hao
challenged six. and E. A. Douthitt TOT
the defense eleven jurors peremptoriiy'
the following jury was obtained: Ger
rit p. Wilder, Benjamin ]. Wright
Joseph C. Denney, William A. Hall'
Chas S. Desky, John w. Rankin, II.
Ingham, T. r. Lucas. F. w. Beardslee'
M. ]. Bissell, NJ Brasch and Chas.
Lambert.
e. NJ. watson is assisting the defense.
DIR Frank Sawyer of the Queens
Hospital was the first witness for the
prosecution. testifying to the circum-
stances of Harris's death.
Amos Kennard, a navy landsman,
was next called. His cross-examina-
ton was not concluded when the court
rose at 4 o'clock. Kennard's evidence
was in several ways picturesque. It's
burden was that bad blood existed be-
tween Geneau, master of arms on
board the U. s. gunboat Wheeling, and
himself from the time he (Kennard)
Joined that vessel in Samoa until the
ime of the shooting of Harris In Ho-
>-alulu.
According to Kennard he was In
trouble often and Geneau always the
cause. There was considerable OF OBJ
vious probability about this, for Ge-
neau's Office made him the policeman
&C the ship. When asked on cross-ex-
animation II he was put in the brig, at
Samoa for five days on conviction OF
being "a common liar" he admitted
the Imprisonment, but said 1t was for
lies told by Geneau. Geneau said that
he said that the chief yeoman was SELL
ing grub from the commissary ashore.
That is the first version he gave, but
under further cross-fire he put 1t that
Geneau charged himself with being the
robber.
Kennard swore that he never knew
Harris until he met him when he came
ashore on June &c. and denied that he
tried to hire Harris as a prize fighter
to do up Geneau. Questions prompted
by the defendant to his counsel indi-
Gated that Kennard was known or sus-
pected to have been acquainted with
Harris at Samoa.
Witness Joined the Wheeling at Sa-
moa as a landsman, but was put to
work as a baker He was very soon
relieved of the latter job and put on
the lookout. 1t was denied by him that
he was discharged from the galley be-
cause he allowed his perspiration to
t,,tD tIa nIg hnt 10 la1
the degrading office of captain of the
head"
Bringing matters to Honolulu. Ken
Tlard told of his knocking Geneau down
at Hotel and Nuuanu streets. Though
he represented Geneau as the aggres-
sor. he admitted that Geneau had in
terfered with his beating of an ap-
prentice boy. Further. he said Geneau
was under the influence of liquor, in a
stage where he owned half the town."
as witness put it. and acknowledged
that when Geneau was lying on the
ground he tried to kick him in the
mouth.
Kennard said he would like to see
the defendant hanged. A little later
he was right now man." who took
never kept anything against one.
Then a question was shot at him about
his previously declared wish to have
Geneau brought to the gallows, when
he repeated it with the addition that
he would do anything to procure that
result.
The witness was never reserved in
his language and many of his express
sions were unprintable.
Kennard. like the man whose death
was associated with his comradeship,
is a stalwart negro.
THE JONES CASE.
Up to the close of yesterdays pro-
ceedings in Judge Robinsons court,
nine jurors had been passed for cause
in the process of getting a jury to try
L. M. Jones for the murder of Mrs.
Linda X. Jones. This was just two
jurors for the day. Questions on opin-
ions that might have been formed re-
garding the verdict of acquittal of
Jones on his trial for the murder of
Mrs. Parmenter were ruled out by the
court.
SENTENCE OF ARROYO.
Eugenio Arroyo, convicted of man.
slaughter in the first degree for killing
Adolpho Rivera, was sentenced b,
Judge Robinson to be imprisoned a
hard labor for fifteen years.
CYCLOMERE FORECLOSURE.
In the foreclosure suit of John F
Hackfeld, trustee. VS.. Charles S. Desky
trustee, and w. Wolters, defendan
Wolters has filed an answer. He claim
that his property covered by the mort
gage has been exonerated, freed anC
discharged from the lien of said mort
gage" on account of the release to tn,
California Feed Co. for s1469.22 of IT.
property in the mortgage premises, tn,
Cyclomere tract, which released prop
erty was reasonably worth, at the tim
of release, $4,000, and the release t
Mary f. Betters of her property in tn
same tract for $642.77. which propert
was reasonably worth $1,000. 1t is fur
tier claimed by this respondent VOL
ters. that Desky has sold and convey