The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-22
BLOODY STRUGGLE
TOLD IN COURT
Continued from Page one.)

Continued from Page One.)
Simetaro Sheba, editor of the Hawaii
Shinpo Sha, yesterday resumed that
same stand and told of the bloody hour
that followed his dismissal as a wit
ness in the trial of Maxine, Negoro,
Tasaka and Sega. The same judge,
two of the same lawyers, and some of
the same jurors occupy, in this new
trial, the places they occupied when
Sbeba IS examination was completed and
he left the room to meet the murderous
knife of the fanatic Mori.
His direct examination yesterday
morning occupied but thirty-fve min
utes, and II. A. Douthitt, for the de-
Tense, had not fairly commenced on the
eross-examination when court adjourn
ed at n half hour after noon.
Previous to the opening of the trial
proper the examination for jurors was
wound up and the panel completed. The
twelve men in whose hands lie the fate
of the assailant and defendant are
William X. Isaac, Benjamin K. Asani,
Sam Pupuhi, F. G. S. Smith, David
Richards, j. d. Clement, f. G. Bruins,
John Bortfeld, Sam Kamakau, William
L. Austin, w. E. Tirrell, and William
Buckle.
There was an agreement made be-
tween the attorneys before the drawing
for talesmen that all names drawn
should be called if possible and not
laid aside if it so happened their occu-
patton and such should make them I'M
desirable to one side or the other. AS
a result of this, two police officers and
Others in official employ were drawn
Wednesday, among them being Farm
Cornn, the Chinese interpreter for the
circuit court. They were all excused
for the term yesterday.
Jury See Scene.
The first act of the trial was to load
the jury into four hacks and take them
over the scene where the assault was
made, returning to the courthouse
about eleven clock Sheba, the com
planning witness, was the first to take
the stand, and he told the story of tn,
attempted murder in his own way with
out question on the part of the prose
cutting counsel. 1t developed that h,
had become acquainted with Mort abou
five years ago, when he (Sheba) wa
living on Hawaii, having met the de
PENDANT on one of his trips to Homo
lalu. Subsequently, he knew Mori al
a clerk in Maxine S store when Sheb;
was running newspaper on Beretanli
avenue but as Mori was then hardly
more than a schoolboy, he paid littl
attention to him.
This, and an account of a converse
tion between the two men on the corne
of King and Alakea streets held few
days before the assault on Angus
third, was the only preliminary testi
mony, and Sheba then swung, with
dramatic intensity, into the account o
the events from the time he left tn
courtroom on the Inflated day until h
was carried to the hospital, blood
soaked.
Immediately after leaving the room
he met Mort downstairs in front 0
the United States Marshal s office an
spoke a few words to him, passing on
and going to the Hawaiian News Com
pany on Bishop street.
The Meeting.
s'Then.'' continued Sheba. 81 wa
walking Eva on King street and hal
way between Nuuanu and Smith, whe
the defendant came up behind me an
called : Mr.. Shebal
~ turned around and Mori came u
to me.
You no good man. he said to m
- What is the matterG' l asked
You are not doing good for IL
country, Mori answered.
al said, I think l am doing goo
for our eountrymen. Come on to m
office and let 5 talk it over. If you ca
convince me that I am doing wrong,
viii say it in my paper.
f'We started to walk down the stree
and he was on the left side of me. "
stopped a second on the maukaW WAIKIKI
corner of Smith and King and the
walked about ten steps mauka on Smit