The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-07-02

was a big crowd moving there, moving
further up, and all at once a Japanese
with bundle on his back coming up
the road leading to Eva, and of course,
one Japanese out of that crowd jumped
ahead and got hold of him and knocked
him down and kicked him, SO Scoville
he ran ahead and got hold of this Japa-
nese and Wills jumped ahead the same
time. While they were jumping ahead
these other Japanese kind of crowded
around them and we trying to help
them and so that Japanese got away
again but Scoville chased after him
and caught hold of him again"
"What Japanese was this that got
away7"
"The Jap that knocked this fellow
down."
"Do you see him here at allH"
eyes, sir.p
"Where7"
"The first man on the bench"
"The first man on the bench hereH"
eyes, SIR"
Mr.. Kinney: Points to number one,
Jotara Mikawa.
"Then what happened after Scoville
caught him again9"
"Then, of course, they were all sur
rounded, and Scoville and Wills trying
to move down to the store on the YER
anda and, of course, me and my father
trying to get there, trying to help
them
"And what were the japanese do.
inga"
"'Throwing and lifting up their fists
and hollering."
GAS close as that to the prisonerY'
"Not as close as that. Scoville had
his gun out"
"Of course l and my old man to-
gether trying to clear the road to get
there to drive them back again and
get there and not lose that prisoner. 4"
"Well, did you say anything to the
crowd9"
81 told them to move back, go home,
go home.
"Was either scoville or Wills saying
anythingH"
"They were telling them the same
thing, go home, go home, no pilikia, go
home, go home.'
"well, did they go homeV"
"No."
"You are positive that you heard
Wills tell them to 60 home7"
eyes, sir. / could hear enough, he
spoke it pretty loud.
! "Well, what then happenedf'
CAN at once they all got up in a
bunch. of course, l don't know how
many. about 200 or more, more than
Ilthat, they got after us, and at the same
, time they chased us mp the road and
fred stones and sticks after us.
"Well. what did you and your father
do when they fred sticks and stones
t at y0q'"
elbow far back did you runf"
"About fifty yards, something like
: that up to the corner.
8 "What happened thenf'
q "Then, of course, we turned back
again. BY that time they had SEQ
ville-they got Scoville and Wills W
into the japanese headquarters, right
: alongside the road.
e The witness was asked to identify
such of the defendants as he saw thai
i night. and went straight down the line
;. No. . had been up in headquarters max
/. ing speeches while the crowd was shout
!. ing. No 3, Morita, had been throwing
J, stones while the witness and his father
were being chased up the road. The
|, defendant in the white shirt was in the
: front of the crowd that was doing the
i chasing, and the hapaikou man was IL
n the crowd 'Fushimo was making
I speeches when the witness saw him.
}. "How big crowd was there wheT
n you came down?'' asked Kinney.
,. ~ guess about seven or eight hun
II dred; maybe more.
IS "These men that You have picked
y out had you seen them for the frs
4. time that night or had you seen then
| beforel"
4 "They were working for the planta
q ton"
Is "'You knew them beforei"
d "Yes, sir.
y "These words used by Wills, 'g
home do you know whether, did any
g one of these defendants obey that orde
> as far us your observation wentf'
y "suTe, they know what that means,
y Mr.. Lightf0oti ~ move that IL b.
X stricken out and ask that the jury b
ID instructed to disregard ~ not respou
10 siye.
e The Courtl at must be a eonclu
sion Of the witness,
d Mr.. Kinney "pid they go HON
. when the officer told them 10 20, theh
L defendants that you know, 90 homer
I, HNO,b
=, nilnye you talked with any Of thes
4. men before when you-while you wer
70 luna, ana they were on the plantation
have you talked with them AT an
~ iimef"
4 ''Do yon mean about sthklngi"
~ 4" MOI have you ever talked wit
n ihamfp
O "Oh, yesH