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V|NDICT|VE
WITNESS
Would Like Defendant
Hanged---The Jones
Jury Progress.

! f. Geneau is on trial for the murder
of Ulysses s. Harris. The indictment
charges him with having gone forth to
kill Amos Kennard and in the quest
of blood. on June 80 last, shot Harris
instead of hi. intended victim with re
suit that Harris died on July 26,
After Attorney General Andrews had
challenged six, and z. A. Douthitt for
the defense eleven jurors peremptorily,
the following jury was obtained: Ger
rit P. Wilder, Benjamin ]. Wright
Joseph c. Denney, William A. Hall,
Chas. S. Desky, John w. Rankin, E.
Ingham, r. r. Lucas, F. w. Beardslee,
NJ. J. Bisseu, NJ Brasch and Chas.
Lambert
E. NJ. watson is assisting the defense.
DR. 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-examlna-
ton was not concluded when the court
rose at o'clock. Remarks evidence
was in several ways picturesque. Its
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
time of the shooting of Harris in Ho-
nolulu.
According to Kennard he was in
trouble often and Geneau always the
cause There was considerable of OBJ
yf0us proba biIity about this, for &C.
neau's office made him the policeman
of the ship. When asked on cross-eX-
animation if he was put in the brig at
Samoa for five days on conviction OF
being "a common liar" he admitted
the Imprisonment, but said it 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 it 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 80, 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 landsman, but WAS put to
work as 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
drop into the hash, also that he filled
the degrading Office of captain of the
head
Bringing matters to Honolulu. Ken
nard told of his knocking Geneau down
at Hotel and Nuuanu streets. Though
he represented Geneau as the agrees
sor, he admitted that Geneau had in
terfered with his beating of an APP
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 a right now man." who took
his own part whenever assailed, but
never kept anything against" one
Then a question was shot at him about
his previously declared wish to have
Geneau brought to the gaflows. 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 We're 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 Robinson's court. +,
nine jurors had been passed for cause |
in the process of getting a jury to try |
r. NJ. 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- .
sarding the verdict OF acquittal of
Jones on his trial for the murder of
Mrs. Parmenter We're ruled out by the
court.
SENTENCE OF ARROYO,
Eugenio Arroyo, convicted of man
slaughter in the first degree for killing
Rivera, was sentenced by
Judge Robinson to be imprisoned at
hard labor for fifteen years.
CYCLOMERE FORECLOSURE.
In the foreclosure suit of John F.
trustee, vs.. Charles S. Desky,
trustee, and W. Wolters, defendant
Wolters has fled an answer. He claims
that his property covered by the mort