The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-12
SOGA
STILL ON STAND
Proves ShreWd Witness and
Is Guarded in His
Replies.

The eross-examination of Editor
Sega of the Nippu Jill, one of the de-
PENDANTS in the conspiracy trial, which
was continued by Attorney W. A. Kin
ney yesterday morning, elected little
in the way of important evidence from
the witness. Apparently the prosecu-
ton did not expect that it would, the
cross examiners questions evidently
being directed at the jury in many
instances more than at the witness. As
has been stated before, Kinney is an
expert at putting the witness on the
wrong side of the fence by the way
he phrases his interrogatories, and in
many cases it matters little what the
witness says, the effect upon the minds
of the jurors being produced rather
by the cross examiner than by the
| witness.
Lightfoot is apparently impotent to
shut out this sort of oss-examination.
He objects frequently to the questions
asked, but it is extremely rare that
his objections are sustained. In fact,
so accustomed has he become to being
| overruled that on one occasion yester-
| day he spoke his usual formula, "save
an exception" before the judge had
ruled On the objection.
The Peaceful Sega
Sega, according to the drift of his
own answers and statements, is the
personifcation of all innocence and
has at all times been actuated by the
purest motives. Not for the world
| would he do or say anything that
| might lead to violence. His cOunsels
| have always been for peace and his
methods the most pacific. If the
prosecution wants to twist his innocent
| editorial utterances into threats, in
timidation and coercion, he can It help
it, of course, but he did not mean them
that way. They were written in the
most friendly spirit.
And Sega himself is the picture of
injured innocence. He never loses his
| head, never raises his voice, never
| makes a reply until he has considered
| what he is about to say and what will
probably be the next move on the part
of his opponent, the cross examiner.
But he shows no hesitancy in answer
ing. He is merely deliberate. He may
not have helped his own side much by
his direct testimony, but he is giving
little aid to his opponents by his re-
| plies on cross examination. When his
ability to slip through any other hole
| fails him, Sega falls back upon a
treacherous memory; he has forgotten.
Iightfoot Attacked.
Two or three times yesterday the
strained relations between opposing
counsel became apparent. Kinney on
one occasion insinuated that Lightfoot
was not fit company for decent society,
and another time Lightfoot got back
by suggesting that if Kinney had his
way, all the japanese would be work
ing on the plantations for about ten
| dollars year. Kinney said that if
| his advice had been followed, they
would be in Jail, where they ought to
| be-
| Clerk Showed Under.
| The exhibits continue to pile up and
! Clerk Job Bachelor is almost showed
under with single copies, bundles and
F.! files of japanese newspapers, transia-
tons made by Prof. Dening, transla-
tions made by Sheba, letters taken
from Negoro and letters taken from
Soga The exhibits run into the hun
dreds already, and the number grows
| every day.
| connection with the officers of the
| ~,
| devoted part of his efforts yesterday
to try to show that such connection
did exist. He asked Sega if he did
not accompany Maxine and Negoro
when they went to interview w. 0.
| Smith. Sega said he did. But Kin
ney's efforts to draw from him any
| admission that he went as a represen-
| tative of the association resulted in
| failure. Sega insisted that he went
ON account of his own paper and be-
cause an article had appeared in the
| Shinpo purporting to be an interview
| with w. o. Smith.
Kinney read extract after extract
from the Jill telling of what had hap
| pened or might happen to those Jap
| anese who had not joined the ranks OF
| the strikers, and asked Sega if he had
not published these articles for the
| purpose of intimidation. Sega consist
emily denied any such intention, con-
tending that he published them as
| news.
els it not true that you have pub
| lished everything without thought and
| with criminal recklessness?' asked
Kinney.
Lightfoot objected to the question,
| but his objection was overruled.
| 81 just wrote the facts said Soga
81 don t think it was criminal reck-
| lessness."
Once during the morning Kinney, in
| reading a translation of an article
that appeared in the Jiji, omitted a
part of it. Lightfoot objected to this,
and Kinney replied that learned eoun-
sci had Sheba s translation instead of
Prof. Dening's. Lightfoot then got
the other translation and found it to
be virtually the same. He renewed his
i objection, and was in the middle of
reading the rest of the sentence when
the Judge interrupted him to declare