The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-11-28
FORMER HONOLULU
OFFICER SUICIDES
HIS FRIEND SCULLY, PATROL
DRIVER, INCLINED To BELIEVE
THE REPORT IS NOT CORRECT.

The san Francisco Examiner Of No
vember Is contains the following item:
Charles Gault, thirty-two years OF
age, unmarried and an invalid, COM
mitted suicide yesterday morning by
shooting himself through the heart, i'm
his room at 1865 Ellis street. Lately
he arrived from Honolulu with his
brother w ]. Gault and the two took
a room together. Yesterday while the
brother went out for some coffee for
him, he killed himself"
Martin j. Scully patrol wagon driv-
err, an intimate friend of the Charles
Gault who was in Honolulu for about
years, is inclined to believe that there
Is some mistake in the report and that
identities have been mixed. He does
not think Gault, the Honolulu Gault,
has killed himself. Mr. Scully says his
friend had no brother here, SO that
portion of the Examiner item, which
speaks of his brother accompanying
him to the Coast is incorrect.
Gault for some time drove the patrol
wagon here and for a time he was a
policeman at Eva.
proceedings today were for the purpose
of ascertaining whether there had been
any definite information upon the part
| of the petitioner for instituting the
/ proceedings. That had been the ruling
| of the court yesterday.
| Continuing the witness stated that
! jackson had informed him of the
charges and had been so positive that
! he, Jackson, had been willing to make
affidavit to them. Witness had inquired
| of jackson where the Republican
watchers had been while these votes
were counted and had been told that
none were present. He had asked
Jackson where Charlie Costa who was
supposed to have charge of the party S
interests there, was and had been TOLD
that he was not present. Mr.. Ludlofi
the Republican inspector had, so the
witness had been informed made pro-
test against the counting of the bal.
lots for Iaukea, Kinney tried to have
the affidavit produced in court but il
was ruled that the purpose of the
court was not to allow the present
proceedings to extent to that extent
the purpose was to ascertain just wha
information the petitioner had receiV'
ed upon which he had based his petit
ton. Brown admitted that he haC
not received any definite information
as to whether there had been any lille
gal votes counted in the Pauoa precinc
other than that the inspectors had rul
ed that the intent of the voter should
guide them and he had been informed
that there had been some irregularie'
in the counting of votes, that there hac
been erasures upon some and too man!
marks on others, having been counted
He was unable to state whether he o
Iaukea would be the gamer by re
count of those ballots.
Brown had stated on direct eXamina
ton that he had also received informa
ton of several Irregularities in voting
an Iaukea ballot in a Kalihi precinct
the old eleventh precinct. He did no
know which precinct. These ire
gularities of voting had consisted il
there being marks underneath the nam,
space on the ballot. There had beer
several such ballots counted for Tau
kea The witness also said that h,
had not received any information
whatever, relative to any votes having
been Improperly cast for himself.
At the conclusion of the very search
ing cross examination of the witness
Gear announced that unless the cour
desired to hear the additional witness
es, he had no evidence to present. Tn,
justices held a discussion for fully L
minutes, and when everybody was
keyed up expecting to receive the an
nouncement of ruling either for OF
against the petitioner, Chief Justice
Frear announce dthat the court would
take a recess until 2 o'clock this after
noon thus postponing the case.
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