The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-07
LETTER THAT
DOYLE TOOK
Attorney Harrison has
a Copy That Sets
Him Right.

Features of the johnson murder trial
yesterday were the droll rejoinders of
negro witness named Frank Cope
land the lucid evidence of DR.. Hubert
| by T. NJ. Harrison, attorney for de-
PENDANT. of what the prosecution had
tacitly insinuated was an attempt on
his part to purchase evidence.
Copeland is a stableman at Waialua
plantation, who had various dealings
with Johnson. Once last fall Johnson
was caught Harvesting different pair
Of mules from the pair witness had
pointed out to him when Johnson was
sent to the stable for a team. Then,
on New Years day-two days before
the murder-Johnson was at his house
drinking wine with him, when a Japa-
nese hackman came there and accused
Johnson of having taken his watch.
Johnson admitted it, saying he had
given the watch to a third party. All
three of them went from Copeland's to
the house of the person indicated and
sure enough recovered the watch.
Johnson was then cautioned about a
silver watch upon his own person and
was advised to leave it with Cope
lands wife. He did so, but next day
had forgotten about it and was met by
Copeland, to whom he said he had lost
his watch in the stream. He said he
could see it, but whenever he tried to
reach it the watch disappeared. Cope
land reminded him of where he had
left his watch, and having gone and
got it Johnson came back and thanked
him.
Witness, answering a question, said
he wouldn't say Johnson was drunk on
that occasion, but should say "he was
two sheets in the wind and the other
one shaking AS to his impression of
Johnsons state of mind, he said he re-
garded him as having a screw loose
somewhere when he was drinking, but
as knowing pretty well what he was
doing when not drinking.
Under cross-exa animation by Attor-
ney General Peters he said that by
screw loose he meant that Johnson was
absent minded" Mr.. Harrison tried
on redirect to get him to go further
in his opinion, but the questions were
mostly overruled on objections. After
a warm fussle between counsel a GER
tain question was allowed, but Cope
land stayed mute until hush had
he caused general laugh by asking
the court, il childlike timidity, Am I
allowed to speak?'
Witness 3old the Attorney General
he had rece. led letter from Mr.. Har-
rison offering him a reward for certain
evidence for the defense There was
battle over this evidence of the letter,
Mr.. Harrison being overruled in the
objection that the letter itself was the
best evidence. Mr. Harrison later ac-
cused the attorney General of getting
the letter away from the witness.
which Mr.. Peters Indignantly denied.
Mr.. Harrison, having asked Copeland
if he had the letter with him and been
answered in the negative, ELECTED from
the witness a statement that Chester
Doyle of the Attorney Generals De-
partment had got the letter from him
and never returned it. Witness identi-
fed copy of the letter as correct and
it was admitted as an exhibit and read.
The text of the letter was as follows:
1T has appeared by some of the evil
dence that a Chnaman knew some
thing about where the boy Simeon's
body was before it was found; and, on
account of that, L would like to find if
anyone saw Johnson on the morning
the boy was killed between 8 o'clock,
when he was seen swinging Simeon
Wharton behind Wharton's house, and
II noon, when he came back to Whar-
toms place. Consequently, if you can
find any person who can and will prove
that he was elsewhere than where the
boy was killed, and let me have his
name so that 1 can get his evidence in
at the trial, although l am getting no
pay for this case, will give you five
dollars out of my own pocket"
DR.. Wood told of Johnson's calling at
his private office on the evening of
December q, when after giving him
some treatment he told him to come
next morning to the plantation doctors
office. Johnson's condition was low, he
was suffering from cold and had a
wound in the ear. Witness cautioned
him lest he should be taken with pneu-
monia. Johnson kept the appointment
for the following morning. He was
and had been drinking the witness
said, but he evinced no symptoms of
mania. His low condition was partly
evidenced by drawl in his speech, but
he answered questions about as a plan
tation laborer would.
Mr. Peters asked if he showed signs
of delirium tremens. No" was the
answer, If one has delirium tremens
he has them" Johnsons pulse was
sub-normal and, to the Attorney Gen.
eral, witness said such could not be
the condition in mania. To Mr.. Harri-
son he said it would be possible for
mania to develop between Johnson's
first call on December ~ and when he
saw him the day after The murder On
the latter occasion, he had testified, he
saw Johnson but noticed nothing pc
culiar about him. When johnson con-
suited him, at the times mentioned, the
pupil of one eye was dilated.
Other witnesses called by the de-
Tense yesterday were Manuel Fernan-
dez. Manuel Coelho, Antoine Coelho
Jacintho Texeira, John Nunes, John D.
Holt and Geo. Kentwen Holt display
ed an incoherence of utterance, on the
preliminary questions. which made him
an impossible witness and he was
4 Snap6i1V Tho