The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-17
NJ BRIDE WANTS
TO SEE A KNIFE
And the Rising Young Lawyer
Wins His Point, With
Points to Spare.
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IRON Thursdays AdvertiserJ
"Button, button, who's got the but.
ton" ISM quite the question that was
before Judge De Bolt yesterday after
noon, but it is a good deal like the real
interrogatory that was put in the court.
The interlocutor was Claudius II. Me-
Bride, generally private, secretary to
the Governor, but while His Excellency
is away, practicing attorney. Mr..
Bones was represented by Fred Milver.
ton, deputy county attorney. What Nc
Bride wanted to know was, "where is
that knifei"
Mcbride is the attorney for Kato, d
Japanese who is accused of having
stabbed fellow countryman named
Fukui, alias Fukishima, up Kalihi Val
ley some two months ago. 1t appears
that part of the evidence which the
prosecuting attorney considers as i'm.
portant is knife-the knife with
which the stabbing is supposed to have
been done. But it also appears that
the knife was found only few days
ago by man named Egami. Mcbride
doubts if it is the right knife.
Mcbride heard that the knife was
to be introduced in evidence, and he
wanted to see it. He made the re.
quest and was refused. Then he went
to the Office of the county attorney and
spent two hours trying to see that knife
Nothing doing Each member of the
staff to whom he applied professed a
sublime ignorance of the whereabouts
of the weapon. Even Mr.. Milverton
said he didn't know where the knife
was.
Mcbride was very much from Mis-
souri, And he went before Judge De
Bolt and presented motion that good
share of the police force and most of
the employees of the county attorneys
Office be commanded to appear in court
this morning and tell what they might
happen to know of that knife.
The motion was argued before Judge
De Bolt yesterday afternoon with much
eloquence and considerable logic, but
the noise all ended in a compromise in
the end. Milverton promised that if
the motion We're not pressed, he would
produce the knife and save the county
the expenses of producing Sheriff Jar.
rett, Deputy Sheriff Rose, detective
Lake, stenographer Miss All Chuck,
Pat Silva, Chief of Detectives Arthur
McDuffie, Clerk Joseph X. Kanepuu and
Egami, all of whom Mcbride had in
sisted should be brought into court to
tell what they knew of the whereabouts
of the knife. Mcbride accepted the
compromise, and the knife will be turn.
ed over to him for examination TODAY.
Microscopic examination of the rust on
the handle may disclose important evil
dence.
Court Notes.
United States Commissioner George
A. Davis yesterday morning bound
over to the April term of the federal
court Leong La and Leong He Yeu, the
two Chinese members of the Asia IS
crew who are accused of having Snug.
gled opium into the Territory. The ac-
cused men waived examination after a
small amount of evidence had been
taken, and their bonds were fixed at
$1,000 each. The two men asked for
trial as soon as possible, and it is
stated by the United States authorities
that they will plead guilty.
Kawabata, a japanese, was yester-
day held by Commissioner Davis under
$500 bonds on the charge of harboring
women.
Nahookula, the Hawaiian boy who is
accused of having robbed the Kealake-
kua postoffice, waived examination be.
fore Commissioner George Davis yes.
terday and was bound over for trial.
His bonds were fixed at $1,000. The
accused boy says that he will plead
guilty and take his medicine.
The hearing of Sakai, who was ar.
rested on the other side of the island
last Saturday by the federal authori.
ties, and accused of having sold liquor
without a federal license, was begun
before Commissioner Davis yesterday
afternoon, but was not concluded. The
commissioner stated after the commits
sioner's court had adjourned that I'M
less stronger evidence was brought by
the arrestng authorities, he would not
hold the accused for trial There is,
however, one important witness still to
be examined.
The case of Mary n. Simerson VS..
William X. Simerson, a minor, by his
guardian, will be submitted to the SUI
preme court this morning on an agreed
statement of facts. This afternoon
the case of the Territory VS.. Choy Dan
will come up on question reserved
from the circuit court.
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Disguised as stevedore, King Gus.
tave of Sweden, spent most of day
carrying sacks of coal from a lighter