The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-02
WILLS TELLS
ABOUT RIOT
Continued From Page one.1

p1 the UFdlVESt Dut tfdALaeu II WAS
"kind of rough action throughout.
Finally, half the crowd left to hear
Maxine and Negoro talk and the ar
rival of Bull on horseback and the
High Sheriff in his automobile com
pleted the quiet that had fallen on
the scene.
Kinney again omitted any redirect
examination and called the younger
Spillner to the stand. The witness
gave graphic recital of the events
of the evening.
IT think it was close to seven
o clock he said, II walked over to
the office, and while we are walking
down. me and my father, we saw quite
number of Japs and Chinese running
down the government road. =
(Which way were they running2'
Kinney asked.
ssTowards the road leading to the
Honolulu railroad station
Railroad stations;
eyes. the Eva road. And of course,
we went after them, went down to see
what is the matter. So we got down
there and Just when we turned the cor
ner / saw a big crowd of japanese
| below there. -
CAN right, you saw the big crowd
there, now tell us what you saw-what
further you saw?'
81 saw Seoville and Wills there and
| then when Seoville and Wills. There
was a big crowd moving there, moving
| further up, and all at once a japanese
with a bundle on his back coming up
/ the road leading to EVA ard OF course,
lone Japanese out of that crowd jumped
ahead and got hold of him and knocked
| him down and kicked him, so Scoyllle
| he ran ahead and got hold of this s]apa-
| nesa 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 Seoville chased after him
and caught hold of him again. -
ssWhat japanese was this that got
away"
"The Jap that knocked this fellow
| down.
stDo you see him here at alls''
| eyes, sir. -
| "Where?'
t'Tha first man on the bench.
ssThe first man on the bench here?
eyes, sir.
Mr.. Kinney: Points to number one,
.Jotara Mikawa.
ssThen what happened after Scoville
caught him again2'
ssThen, of course they were all sur
rounded, and Seoville 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,
ing2''
s.Throwing and lifting up their fists
and hollering.
ssAs close as that to the prisonerg''
ssNot as close as that. Scoville had
his gun out =
.sWhat happened then2f
stOf course | and my old man to-
gether irving to clear the road to get
there to drive them back again and
get there and not lose that prisoner.
sWell, did you say anything to the
crowd2'
ssI told them to move back, go home,
go home.3
ssWas either Scoville or Wills saying
anythingg"
s.They were telling them the same
Tn1HS, go HoHes ~ uoAile, ho pAAA1AAos 81
home, go home.
.Well. did they go home?o
"No.''
"You are positive that you heard
Wills tell them to go home?'
eyes, sir. I could hear enough, he
spoke it pretty loud. =
sWell, what then happeneds'
Gan at once they all got up in
~ M my
many. about 200 or more, more than
that, they got after us, and at the same
time they chased us up the road AID
fred stones and sticks after us.
"Wen what did you and your father
do when they fired sticks and stones
at youa'
1--WE went back"
elbow far back did you run9"
About fifty yards, something like
that up to the corner"
"What happened then?''
"Then, of course, we turned back
again. By that time they had SEQ
ville--they got Scoville and Wills up
into the japanese headquarters, right
alongside the road
The witness was asked to identify
such of the defendants as he saw that
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
stones while the witness and his father
We're being chased up the road The
defendant in the white shirt was in the
front of the crowd that was doing the
chasing, and the hapaikou man was in
the crowd. F'ushimo was making
speeches when the witness saw him.
How big a crowd was there when
you came down?'' asked Kinney.
guess about seven or eight hun
dred; maybe more. ~
''These men that you have picked |
out, had you seen them for the first |
time that night or had you seen them
before?n
"They were working for the pIanta-
fion.''
''You knew them before?''
'sYes, sir''
"'These words used by Wills, go |
home, do you know whether, did any
one of these defendants obey that order |
as far as your observation wenta'
"Sure, they know what that means"
Mr.. Lightfoot: 81 move that it be
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