Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-27
DFNN|NG ON
WITNESS Stand
Expert Transla or Proves
Va liable In Cor
spirsCy Gaze


anesc but not japanese as used In ia.
pan because Professor w. Denning
who teaches English literature at
! Sendi. japan, did not know what IL
was when he came here and he has
stuffed the japanese language for 20
years. Yet II appeared In almost ev.
cry article which appeared in the Jill
which tended towards incenslng the
plantation workers to strike.
The Professor was the principal wit
ness called 10 the conspiracy trial this
morning before Judge De Bolt and he
| testified 10 making the TRANSACTIONS
| from the Japanese newspapers. upon
which Prosecuting Attorney Kinney
Pounds his case. He said with refer.
ence to the word "okinama" that when
he found out the meaning of the word,
| he put the translation of "sycophant"
! upon II for decency's sake.
! The reading of these denunciatory
! articles occupied most of the time at
| todays session and some Of them
were of most disgraceful character
AMI more or less of an erroneous ma.
tu"e well tended TO deceive uneducat.
ed and ignorant plantation workers
such as these men are.
The manager OF the Shinpo also ties.
tilted to the acting of play at the
Japanese Theater. which moro than
tended to incite Il strike. At the com.
mencement Of the play one Of the act.
Ors came cut and stated that the plot
of the play was not laid In Hawaiian
Territory but In land where condi.
tions were exactly similar, and to re
frain from violent language. That. the
play demonstrated workmen being op.
pressed and their every action being
spied upon and reported to the bosses
by treachcrous countrymen who were
a little better paid than themselves.
That the audience became very eXcit
ed at One Of the actors who imperson
a;ed sheba and arose as one man
with cries of xiii Sheba,' XIII She,
ba.' That the audience were very
violent in their actions and he did no,
attend the continuation OF the play the
following night. Maxine and his
friends were there In the press box
but did not use violent language.
There was no cross.examlnatlon by
Attorney Lightfoot.
Sheba finished his Testimony earl,
in the day after redirect examination
by Kinney. Nothing of importanc,
was brought out during 1t but an oh
lection by Lightloot gave Kinney ~
opportunity to enter one of the st'oHg
Kinney thereupon entered his areu
ment and finally won his point, Light
foot protesting vigorously upon hay
ing to SHOW his hand" His han.
; seemed to consist of the same cayd
that he held In the riot trial, namely
protestations of an angelic charuc ter
of cherublc temperament, and a / .gh
to enter the Hosts of Heaven on Il +,
bated ticket He objected to Kinney
g., frequent mention OF the murdcrou
condition of the strikers hearts am
said that as matter of fact the de-
PENDANTS did not have murder IN thei
hearts-nothing but hymns and al
thems.
, w. o. Smith followed Sheba or IN
. stand and testified only to the COZ
. RICHNESS Of the interview with hir
printed by the Shinpo. 1t was nerel
corroboratiye testimony but Lightfoo
, occasionally had to tumble backward
on of dangerous ground.
The trial opened this mornins b.
an argument over changing the tim
of the opening of the trial, several O
the jurors coming in late. It will re
main at eightthirty as usual however
as the Jurors could not agree on VIVA
hour they did want.