Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-04
JOHNSON CONFESSED.
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fer him any inducement to confess.
John Avail, also guard, testified In
about the same manner.
Sheriff Brown said that he saw John.
son In the jail twice on Thursday. lie
was with Doyle at the time. They had
a iiye.minute talk with the defendant.
He did not think II possible that Doyle
could have seen the prisoner alone. No
promise of reward was offered John
son; neither was he manhandlel. No
electric batteries were used.
johnson was asked several times to
tell the truth about the matter. He
kept repeating that he did not do Il.
No inducements were offered. lilo
made no confession to Brown until at
ter the time when he had confessed to
Oscar Cox.
Harrison asked to have Doyle called.
but the prosecution informed him that
Doyle was at Kahuku.
At this point the jury was called
back into court again and Harrison
made his objection to the introduction
OF the confession on the grounds that
Doyle's testimony in regard to II had
not been heard. The objection was
overruled.
Cox then went on to testify about
the confession Johnson made TO him
about as follows:
johnson was on the floor. | was
standing. johnson was praying: oh.
God, help me; Oh: God, help me" 1
asked him what was the matter with
him. He said he had something In his
mind. After warning him about his
rights, | said: Now, what Is the mat
ter?'
johnson said: I killed the boy
II asked: How did you kill the boy!
"He said he did II with his pocket
knife.
81 asked him: why did you kin
him?
"Ho said: I don't know; God knows.
II said: What time did you kill
hlm?'
HE answered: Between ten and
eleven o'clock
Cox went on to tell about the full
confession which Johnson made e
Sheriff Brown and Chester Doyle on
the same day. Doyle sat ut tablt
writing. Brown did the questioning
Brown asked Johnson: what dix
you tell the Deputy Sheriff."
Johnson answered: ~ told him tina
! killed the boy"
Cox then testified that the converse
ton between Brown and the defendan
was reduced to writing ut the time b.
Chester Doyle. II was read aloud I,
the defendant. who said II was correct
Both Brown and Doyle signed the pa
per.
Prosser handed the written comics
sion to Cox, who identified II. He the
testified from memory with regard 4
Johnson's confession, which was pub
llshed verbatim In the Bulletin las
Wednesday when Attorney Genera
Peters read It to the jury in his oper
ing statement.
Cox also stated that after Johnso
had made his confession, the knit,
which had been found in his posse!
sion. was shown to him. Johnson sal
that the knife was his. The hole 4
the child's head had been made wit
the butt end OF the knife. He took tn
knife and showed the officers how h
had done II. The blood-stained clotf
Ing had also been shown to johnson
and he identified them as his own.
After the inquest Johnson was take
TO the Wharton premises by Doyl'
Brown and the witness. He led theI
along the path by which he had lie
the child TO its death. He also gave
Detailed demonstration of how he XII
ed the boy. also illustrating the mai
ner in which he had cut up the bod
, and how he had buried the remains.
SEeriff Brown was called and test
fed to the same facts as Cox. He ais
identified the written copy whic
/ Doyle had made OF the confession
} Prosser asked permission TO file tn
] document in evidence, which was don't
Harrison declining to offer any obje'
tion.
. The document, besides the par
which was read by Peters to the jur!