Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-05
E.O. Hall & Son, Ltd.

the mans wrists, and we placed the soil
in an envelope and sealed IL, attestins
tine contents with our signatures on the
envelope. This we will take to Homo
lulu.
Bringing in Prisoner.
we will take the prisoner to Homo
lulu on tomorrow afternoons train,
am as positive as a man can be, when
think II all over. that this Frank
johnson is guilty of the awful crime
mo, we heard no talk Of lynching o,
anything like that and | have not con
sidered 1t necessary to put special
guard at the Jail We were compelled
to put on a new Tailor, as Joseph Nau.
kama. the Territorial jailer, was yery
UrunR and is still drunk.
The doctor, DIR. Wood has some ties
timony that he will give at the trial
which think will be almost conclus
i've. OF course he cannot speak OF al
he has observed, just at this time.
Johnson Can't Be Seen.
Il would rather that you not see the
prisoner. do not want anybody u
see him. have my reasons. No, can
lot give you permission to see the pris
oner.
I'VE have heard all kinds OF wild
rumors and theories and several Of
them we have run to earth and proved
them groundless.
"0ne story was that the deed might
be the vengeance of japanese whose
little child is said to have been slapped
by the mother of the murdered child.
,Gere was nothing in this. The woman
who slapped the japanese child was a
close neighbor OF Mrs. Wharton, not
Mrs. Wharton.
Following Rumors.
Another yarn was that Mrs. Wbar.
ton had struck a japanese child with
O pair OF scissors and the father wanted
damages. We looked this up. II seema
that the Jap's 'child had some quarrel
with the murdered child and a police.
man went to the scene at the request
of the Jap, who wanted Mrs. Wharton
to pay him SO. Mrs. Wharton sent the
money by the policeman TO the Japan
ese and the incident closed.
Wound In the Skull.
I'm regard to the hole In the skull
of the murdered child 1t Is my opinion
that II was made with a penknife. one
that we found on Johnson when he was
searched. The hole was larger than
the blade OF the |. Y. l.. knife. but that
could be explained by the probable
force of the blow and the driving OF
the hilt through the tender skull.
Il do not think there is any need OF
looking further. | believe we have the
murderer OF Baby Wharton"
Detective Doyle Talks.
d Criminalogist Chester A. Doyle, who
= accompanied the Shcrin to Waialua
was seen by the Bulletin man at the
Halelwa hotel last evening. Briefly, he
had the following TO say: IL believe
we have secured the man who butch.
cred the little Wharton child. Circum.
stantial evidence is all against Frank
: johnson. His shirt and underdrawers
, clearly show blood stains. He will not
explain how they came there. Indeed
he says II Is red dirt. He had on dark
trousers when he was last seen before
the crime. There is no dirt, nor is there
any blood on the trousers. A bloody
|. X l.. pocket knife was found on the
man. His soiled clothes were removed
Admits His Clothes.
! He admitted that they were his
clothes. He admitted the knife was
his. We saw what looked like blood on
and under his finger nails. We cleaned
this OF, put II in an envelope and will
take II to town. | believe an examine
ton will reveal blood, No. we have oh
tanned no confession. We have moi
tried. A confession does not seem "a
count for much here nowadays before
tmrU flhaN mia . h.
lie nearly out Of him to obtain II. We
had to put In a new Jailor to guard
Johnson.
Tailor Was Drunk.
ihe Territorial Jailor was exceeding
ly drunk, He ought to be fired. John
son had little TO say except to declare
that he was innocent and to ask what
would be done with him when he wa.
taken TO Honolulu. When he was az
rested at the Wharton house his coal
was buttoned up. Deputy Sheriff Co,
forced him TO remove his coat and dis
covered the blood stains on his shirt
He at once placed him under arrest
The shallow apology for grave wher,
J the mutilated remains OF the boy wer,
; found was only about six inches deep
Possibly the murderer cut up his vic
tim to stow the remains In q small
space as has been done In one or tw,
celebrated cases where fiends wished
to carry of body in dress-suit cas-,
or something of the kind. I'm In
clined to think. however. that the mu
tilatlon was accomplished with the ide;
of making the body unacceptable.
Long at the Job.
The murderer must have worked
! long over his gruesome job.
Il am Of the opinion that he first al
tempted an unnatural crime, that tn
child made an cutlery and that John
: son, fearing that someone would heai
struck the child a blow and then kllle
! him. ] do not think there was an,
idea OF vengeance, The man does no
seem like one insane. lie may be weak
minded, He is illiterate and somewha