The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-31
STRIKE TRIAL
IS HALF OVER
Prosecution Will Rest Monday
and the Defense Have
Innings.

| The prosecution in the conspiracy
trial before Judge De Bolt will prob
ably rest about ten o'clock Monday
| morning, and the defense will then
have its innings and chance to off
set, if it can, the damaging testimony
that has been given by the witnesses
for the prosecution. At the conclusion
of the session yesterday Attorney Kin
ney, who is conducting the prosecution,
| made the statement that he would need
only about an hour or an hour and a
half more to conclude. That means that
witnesses for the defense will be put
on the stand Monday morning, there be-
ing no session tomorrow. The real fight,
however, will probably come when the
attorneys for the opposing sides come
to make their arguments to the jury
and sum up the evidence as each wants
the jurors to look at it.
Much of the testimony given yester-
day was simply a repetition of that
given in the riot trial in Judge Robin
son s court, that being the phase of the
alleged conspiracy into which the pros
ecution went yesterday morning. The
principal witness along this line was
E. T. Scoville, chief engineer of the
pumps at Eva and special police at the
same place by virtue of a commission
issued by Sheriff Jarrett Mr.. Seoville g
testimony was in nearly all points iden.
teal with that which he gave in the
riot trial, and all efforts on the part
of Attorney J. Lightfoot to shake him
met with scant success. Mr.. Scoville
stuck to his story and rigid cross-ex.
animation failed to make an impress.
sion
The cross examination, the first thing
IN the morning, of Yonegawa, the jana
nese witness put on the day before by
the prosecution, ELECTED results that
were, for the moment, very favorable
TO the defense. But the prosecution.
by the introduction of documentary evil
denee, proved eonclusively that Yone-
gaWa mad been telling anything but the
| truth, and his testimony on cross-ex-
animation, therefore, proved to be
rather back-fre and in the end dam
aged the defense more than if he had
not made any false statements
Cross questioned by Lightfoot, Yone-
gawa, who is secretary of an Eva strik-
ers association, called the o En- Kwai,
denied categorieally and unequivocally
that this association has or ever had
any connection whatever with the
Higher Wage Association or that it
received orders, instruction or direction
from the Higher Wage Association.
Yonegawa Refuted.
When ne was excused, Attorney Kin
ney introduced into evidence three
photographs of posters that were found
| inside and outside of the Eva strike
| headquarters and on the side of the
/ house of one of the strikers Transla-
/ lions of the posters were attached, and
! these were read to the jury by Mr..
/ Kinney. They proved to be the rules
and bylaws of the association, and in
! these the statement was made that
1.-The association shall have connection
with the Honolulu Higher Wage Asso.
citation and shall receive its direction
from the same.'' The poster also stat
ed that resident japanese of Eva
who do not join the association shah
be admonished again and again, but
If they shall still refuse to join, they
shall be placed under restraint 1t
was also stipulated in the rules that
all business of the association shall be
transacted by the officers, and the mem.
bers shall not interfere in any way.
Inc translation of another poster was
y sn psaz1s having established connec.
3 with the headquarters of the Ho-
IN Higher Wage Association, we
sss it, direction
MapSs WIS placed on the stand
bv tae FEzoseeaE zion TO testify to the
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