The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-20

speaking of the actual shooting and
death of her sister and told, with a
little strain in her voice, of how she
and her sister, arm in arm, in the gar
den, by moonlight, had been rudely
disturbed by the husband who persist
ed in asking his wife to return home
to him after her repeated refusals to
have anything more to do with him
and after she had told him that she
wanted to be free of him and the court
had told him not to bother her.
Mabers story was in effect, as fol-
lows:
1T was Saturday evening and Ber-
nard Kelekolio and six or seven other
music boys came to the house. Some
had come about eight O'Clock and had
gone away again. They returned
somewhere about II O'Clock and we
all sat on the veranda and sang ana
played on guitars and enjoyed our
selves. George Kaleikini entered from
the rear of the house about 11:30
sitting on the veranda to go into the
parlor with him as he wished to talk
to her. At first she refused, but
finally they went to the parlor together
where the lamp was burning and he
asked, as he had asked her many
| times before, to return home with him,
but she refused to go with him, say
| ing that he could not support her, that
he had refused her living and that
he treated her shamefully and u at
she preferred to stay at the house of
Mrs. Kaai where she was taken care of
! and was doing we'll, or words to that
effect
Then she again sat on the veranda
and her huband came and talked to
her, while the musicians were playing,
and asked her again to go home with
him, she again refusing.
There was no drinking. There was
no liquor in the house and none OF
the boys took any to the home. There
I was no carousing.
I About $3.50 Sunday morning, some
time after the singing boys had gone
my sister and had occasion to go out
into the yard. On our return from the
small house George appeared behinC
us and | let go my sister and was be
tween my sister and George. He grab
bed her by the arm and demanded tina
, she go home with him and she refused
Before that he had used a vile wore
and she had paid little attention.
told him not to hurt my sister ant
he told her to mind my own business
; Then | saw the flash. He had fired
: My sister stumbled and |, scared, raj
= and hid behind a mango tree. saw
every flash of every shot. | saw m.
: sister fall at the third shot saw he
5 husband bend over her. saw he
body after he had disappeared and sh
was dead.
Bernard Kelekolio testified that h
and numerous other boys had Gale,
lat the house and spent the evening
playing on guitars and singing AM
hulaing. He did not say whether h.
was singing a hula or dancing a hula
In speaking of the murdered woman
Bernard sometimes referred to her a
Mrs. George Kaleikini sometimes a
Mrs. Emily Kaleikini and sometime
as Emily.
He stated that he had very fire
quently called at the Kaai house
About three times a week. dancin
nights, when he and others would e
to get the ladies of the house to atten
dances and socials.
He was asleep on the veranda wheI
the other boys had gone, little Will
before the shooting,
) He was awakened by quarreling 4
! the yard and he saw Mabel and Emil
2 and George talking in the yard. The
p came the shooting and Bernard con
, cealed himself on the veranda. After
: wards he peeped around the corner an
saw the body OF Emily lying huddle
l on the ground with her husband stand
Q ing over IL,
D The man had revolver as II he wa
3 cleaning or reloadlng the gun, Bernar
} aid not know which George stage
I tho about ton minutes, thought Kel'
p Mrs Kalelklni had a husband, bat M
was the husband
bernard was positive that Il Was n