The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-02

"No; have you ever talked with
thema''
s1oh, YES
"What language would you use in
talking to thema''
Kind of half English and half
kanaka-all mixed. -
8 Did they understand you?'
1.Sure''
Lightfoot exhausted all the tricks of
cross examination on the witness with
out making any material effect on his
testimony, He began by asking the
witness if he had discussed the testi-
mony he was going to give in this
caseo with anyone, and then tried to
impeaeh him by evidence that he had
talked over the facts of the riot with
his father The witness denied having
any conversation on the matter since
his father left the stand the day be
fore.
Spillner was pressed closely on his
estimate of the number in the crowd.
CHOW, referring to the crowd that
YOU saw there Lightfoot asked,
asyou say you think there was seven
or eight hundred?''
s'yes.o
ssAnd you think that, now, if Mr.
Scoville for instance testified that
there were between two and three hun
bred there would you say that he was
verv much mistaken?'
ssNo. / would 60 according to my
own Judgment.
The fact of the matter is that you
were so awfully scared about that time,
were you not Mr.. Spillner?"
.Sure''
scared to deatha'
- Yes. -
"You were like the-running very
fast, weren't you9'
eyes, sure
"And these people were after you?"
eyes
Lightfoot went into the exact posi-
ton of the crowd, when the witness
first saw it and when the japanese who
was returning to work was assaulted
by defendant number one:
:. Now, up to the time that Number
One jumped on the man with the bun
die did the crowd do anything there,
do any other act in reference to the
man with the bundle, referring to the
crowd?1
'sWell they came running up"
Chow far did you see them chase
the man with the bundle2''
Sup. about in front of the saloon.
"lou saw them chase him up to
wheres"
"They chased him up to the front
of the saloon"
Chow long before seovlle got hold
of him?'
sENot very long, few minutes.
s'As matter of fact there WASH t
any trouble there until Wills fred his
gun off was there?'
"Well, as soon as Scoville got hold
of this fellow here. then the shouting
all started up. He got away once
from Scoville."
elbow soon after seoville got hold
of this man the first time was the gun
fired?''
ETTen or fifteen minutes. -
Lightfoot insisted that the witness
give a practical illustration of his
idea of a minute by rapping at the
end of that time as he judged it. Time
evidently had moved rapidly with the
witness as the watches in the audience
caught the time at fifteen seconds. The
attorney then took up the size and
number of the stones thrown and com
parsons ranged from walnuts and
baseballs up to eocoanuts. There was
not such variety in the sticks, which
ran from two to four feet in length.
The witness had lively appreciation
of the number of missiles that were
flying through the air but was rather
chary of reducing it to exact figures.
He was obliged to admit, however,
that the only thing that was hit was
his fathers horse. Finally, he was
asked:
ssMr. spillner, isn't that stick and
stone story of yours dream, didn t
you imagine it9'
FNo, it was no dream. -