The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-10-22
BLOODY STRUGGLE
TOLD IN COURT
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same stand and told of the bloody hour
that followed his dismissal as 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
Sheba S 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 +. a. Douthitt, for the de-
Tense, had not fairly commenced on the
cross examination when court adjourn
ed at 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 X. Assam,
Sam Pupuhi, +. G. 5. Smith, David
Richards, j. ID. Clement, L. C. Bruins,
John Bortfeld, Sam Kamakau, William
l.. Austin, w. Il. 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 un-
desirable to one side or the other. As
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 o'clock. Sheba, the com
| planning witness, was the first to take
| the stand, and he told the story of the
attempted murder in his own way with
out question on the part of the prose-
cutting counsel. 1t developed that he
| had become acquainted with Mori about
| five years ago, when he (Sheba) was
living on Hawaii, having met the de-
! PENDANT on one of his trips to Homo
lulu. Subsequently, he knew Mori as
| clerk in Maxine IS store when Sheba
was running newspaper on Beretania
avenue, but as Mori was then hardly
more than schoolboy, he paid little
attention to him.
This, and an account of converse
ton between the two men ON the corner
of King and Alakea streets held few
days before the assault on August
third, was the only preliminary testi-
mony, and Sheba then swung, with a
dramatic intensity, into the account of
the events from the time he left the
courtroom on the Inflated day until he
was carried to the hospital, blood
soaked.
Immediately after leaving the room,
he met Mort downstairs in front of
the United States Marshal s office and
spoke few words to him, passing out
and going to the Hawaiian News Com
pany on Bishop street.
The Meeting.
"Then,' continued Sheba, 81 was
walking Eva on King street and half
way between Nuuanu and Smith, when
the defendant came up behind me and
called Mr.. Shebal'
~ turned around and Mori came up
to me.
- You no good man, he said to me.
What is the matter7' l asked.
4" you are not doing good for the
country, Mort answered.
81 said, Il think / am doing good
for our countrymen. Come on to my
Office and let IS talk it over. If you can
convince me that / am doing wrong, !
will say it in my paper
eve started to walk down the street
and he was on the left side of me. We
stopped a second on the mauka- Waikiki
corner of Smith and King and ther
walked about ten steps mauka on Smith
street. Suddenly he seized my left arm
with his left hand and swung mt
around. crying, you traitor! You trai
tori II fix you up.
The Struggle.
"He struck me on the back of tn,
head and L though he was hitting m,
with a stone. l did not see the knit,
then. l commenced struggling to turf
around and | believe it was then tina
he struck me in the neck. i turned
suddenly do not know how it hap
pened-but we came to the ground
Mort was looking up at me and l wa
on top. My knee was on the pavemen
and l was astride of him holding hi
: hands.
81 looked up and saw Mr. Erling Z
, Nahum, manager of G. B. Hofgaar
& Co. S store, Waimea, whom 1 knew
on Kauai.
Refused Help.
81 called to him, Come and help me
a Come and help mel! l think l Gale
:. three or four times.
J. How can help youi' he said an
> did not come. He stood there.
"Then white man came runnin
/. and seized Morris hand, the one wit
( the knife in it. s. Ogata also came u
running and saying, who is itf'
d 'Sheba,' / cried.
). "He is the manager of the Honam
I. store. After assistance came L put m
hand to my head and felt the bloc
" pouring all over me. l felt faint an
- l got up and ran to the corner hol
J. ing my hand over the wound. sa
IS Mr.. Breckons brother driving waikiki
i, on King street, and called to him
il, "Wait a moment" exclaimed Do
"a thitt. - I nhinat IN that L ohiact