The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-14
K A W S II A 7 A
I ELLIS OF
KILLING

WIN the same gun which caused
the death of Oki Obano. in his hand.
George Ka"shato demonstrated in
police court this morning how the
homicide at the Jajanese boarding
house on Twenty-fourth street occur
red.
While the tragedy of his recital
Was weakened by the tediousness OF
It's translation. the interest OF tho
spectators In the prisoners demou-
stration was intense, For the most
part the court room was flied with
Orientals. who have been following
the preliminary hearing OF their coun.
tryman with unusual interest
The hearing which was continued
from yesterday afternoon opened this
morning with the placing OF Kaw-
sbata upon the stand. The prisoner,
although haggard IN appearance. an
swered all the questions pnt to him
by the attorneys. through Interpreter
Roy Shadwick. without any hesitation
or evasion He told Of having met
Okano ON the night OF the Japanese
American wrestling match and stated
that wager of S25 was laid on the
result oil the bout Okano bet that
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while he bet that the American would
he the victor. The money was not
posted. each party OF the bet verbal
ly agreeing that he would pay The
money az soon as the bout was de
Clded
This bout was won by the Amer
ican. but a protest was made by the
Japanese against the decision of the
referee When Kawshata and Okano
met the next morning in the dining
room of the boarding house, the for
mer asked that the bet be paid. Okano
declined to pay on the grounds that
the referees decision was not a fair
one, While this argument was talk
ing place the two men were seated
at table in the Twenty-fourth street
house and were drinking tea. Okano
became angercd and hurled his tea
cup at Kawshata- Kawshata dodged
the missile and sprane TO his feet.
Okano. at the same time. leaped from
his chair and with an 9th vowed he
would kill Kawshata
A revolver in the hand of Okano
flashed in the face of Kawshata and.
knowing that any attempt to flee
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pounced upon his assallant just as
the gun cracked The bullet had
barely missed Kawshata's head, but
the revolver was now held by both
men and turned at such an angle that
Okano could not shoot Kawshata. To
emphasize his story al this point Kaw-
shata was handed the pistol for which
he had struggled Attorneys James
DeNlne and John C Willis, counsel
for the defense. and Attorney David
Jensen for the prosecution arose from
their chairs In The pantomimic repe
tition OF the grapple which ended in
the death of Olano..
KawshaJa showed how he had held
the pistol hand of his assailaEt and
how. inch by inch. the two had strug
Glcd from the dining room into the
Kitchen. The Suggestiyeness of the
recital excited the prisoner and he
talked at such speed that the inter
probation of his words was difficult
for Mr. Chadwick to execute.
Koki, a Japanese interpreter, who
has been retained by the defense, lent
his assistance aud with his aid the
prisoners words were transposed In
to English
In the kitchen Kawshata gained
possession of the gun and sent two |
shots in the direction of Okano The
shots were fired while the men still
struggled and at exceedingly close
range
Okano fell to the floor. What hap
pened after this Kawshata could not
tell definitely. He could not explain
what became OF the empty shells that |
were missing from the gun when 1t
was delivered by him to the police.
He could tell nothing about any Jew
elry which NAV have been stolen from !
Okano. He only related the story OF |
the killing and stated that Immediate !
ly thereafter he mad come to the po- |
lice station and given himself up to
the police.
The cross examination. which be- |
gan shortly before the noon hour nd- |
journment, was taken up again when |
the hearing was resumed and will |
probably not be completed until late
this afternoon.
Kawshatas story of the homicide /
was listened TO intently by the wild
ow OF the dead man. but she appeared !
unmoved by IT, Any trace of grief or
emotion which might have been por-
trayed by her countenance was hid
den behind the heavy crepe veil, which
was not once lifted during Kawshatas
testimony.