The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-30
WITNESSES TELL
OF THE MURDER

murder of Engineer McKinnon of the
Rosecrans was in progress all day yes
terday. Second Officer James Reed,
who occupied the witness stand for the
most of the day before, concluded his
testimony He had left off just at the
point where he said he met Wynne
on the companionway, and that Wynne
touched him and said
What Reed says Wynne said was,
"Jimmie Reed, I've killed the -,
and l IN glad of it. Reed did not
stop to apprehend Wynne, but went
right on to McKinnon's room to see
what had become of him and that he
was occupied with McKinnon until he
had gone with HIM to the hospital,
Reed drew diagram of the ships
deck, showing the location and rela-
ton of the various places mentioned
in his testimony.
DR.. j. T. Mcdonald testified to the
result of the post-mortem, that death
was due to the wounds inflicted on
they were such as might have been in
fiicted with such hammer as the one
shown him, which is the one with
was committed. McKinnOn IS skull
was shattered into small fragments.
First Assistant Engineer Glen Mil
ton Bright followed DR.. Mcdonald on
the stand. Bright proved very frank
and candid witness and very intelli-
gent. He testified that Wynne had
twice complained to him the day of the
murder of McKinnon, saying once that
McKinnon was making him do more
brasses than a dago. Wynne made
one of these complaints to him on
shipboard and the other afterwards
ashore. Bright was ashore consider
able part of the afternoon and even
| ing and was in company with McKin-
non a part of the time. He saw
| Wynne at Scotty's. Wynne, he said,
at that time had had "a few drinks
which he explained on cross examina.
| tion to mean that he had drank
enough so that its effects were visible
to others. He admitted having had
ga few drinks HIMSELF meaning
thereby the same thing as to himself.
In answer to questions by Juror Jack
Lucas, he said that he was not so in
toxicated but that he could take care
of himself, and that he had gone to
McKinnon IS room when he heard that
something had happened to him.
Bright candidly admitted that he
did not recollect much about his own
movements ashore that day. He knew
that he had been at Scotty's and that
he. had been at the Criterion, and he
recalled about a half dozen of those
whom he had seen ashore or been in
company with.
There was some delay in the appear
ance of the next witness, caused, as
it was learned, by the fact that the
witness did not recognize his own
name under the pronunciation given it
by the court bailiff who went out to
the witness-room to call him.
The witness proved to be Lamber'
thus Wiser, quartermaster on the
Rosecrans at that time. He is said
TO be one of the principal witnesses
by which the defense expect to prove
insanity, though neither in his exami
nation nor in his cross-eXaminatio1
was there any hint of an opinion that
Wynne was insane. Wiser testified
that he was on watch from eight ia
twelve that night and seated by the
winch he saw McKinnon come aboard
and 90 to his room, and afterwards
Wynne come aboard and go to his
room, which was on the same deck and
in the same alleyway and not far from
MeKinnon Is. Later Wiser went to his
own room for smoke and saw Nc
Kinnon in his room lying down OF
the couch with his head to the door
He was awake. Later he saw McKin
non GO down to the engine-room witt
his working clothes on.
Later he heard someone saying
Z give killed him, I've killed him.
The witness ran to McKinnon Is room
Wynne was standing just outside Me
Kinnon IS door, and said to him as ht
came up, give got him this time
I've killed him. Wiser went inside
the room and saw blood flowing, an6
that something had happened to Me
Kinnon. He went at once and called
the captain and came right back
When he got back, the second officer
Reed, was there. Reed was washing
McKinnon g wounds with water and
he, Wiser, went and got some more
He helped carry McKinnon out of his
room and helped take off his shoes
When he first went into the room, this
engineers hammer was lying ON Me
Kinnon g breast. Wiser identified the
hammer which was shown him and
which was introduced in evidence.
Frank Crocker, bartender at Scot
ty's, testified TO having seen WynnS
in Scotty's that evening. He was moi
very drunk then.
Henry Espinda, a police officer, was
the next witness. Quite a passage al
arms took place between him and
Thompson as to whether he remember
ed the date Independently of the rec
ord of il in the police station book
and in his own little memorandum
book. He was still ON the stand when
court adjourned.