The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19
M QAIO'S STORY.
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OF thnt KIND. The woman had been
living near MS at that time. with this
threat coming to me In the circum-
stances you can imagine how would
feel IT the woman was going to write
me a letter there must be something
more wrong How could it affect me,
unless there was some further wrong
committed When al read that letter,
! realized that things must be worse
than they were Naturally, | worried
about It and thought about It. l en-
deavored to shake it off; but it was
impossible Try as | would, could
not do it. had not a moments
peace from the moment that | discov-
cred Driver in my children's bedroom.
I tried to keep 1t down, but It always
got the best of me. 1t bothered me,
and it bothers me at the present mo-
ment; it worried me every moment of
my life, even in my sleep. Every time
think of this thing l get so nervous
well, could not sit down, could
not stand up, was just a fool, that is
all it was.
81 heard of my wife going driving
with Driver, going to Palolo and Wa
tertown and other places. My wife
denied emphatically the truth of all
the things that I had heard 1 set to
work to get full details. My object
was to save my children from a ter
rible scandal" It was at this point
that McQuaid broke down for the first
time
He then went on to tell about his
having gone to Detective Lake and
Chief Detective McDuffie. But be-
sides these two and his wife's mother
and another party, he spoke to one
else concerning his wifes alleged mis-
conduct His relations with his wife
and children. were always Of the hap
piest while at Kona.
Douthitt asked how it was that he
purchased a revolver McQuaid then
told of his going home one night,
when his wife and family were out,
and hearing a sound in the rear of the
house. The next morning his wife
discovered that she had lost 500 out
of trunk. She suspected a Portu-
guese boy Of having committed the
theft. He then purchased a revolver
n Fol doxy hfc xrifn q
revolver away from him, and when he
asked her why she had taken it, she
replied that she had given it to Frank
Thompson. He expressed astonish
ment and said that he understood that
Ashford was her attorney. She admit
6 ted that he had been, but she had
f changed to Frank Thompson, as she
$ wanted someone who would work.
}, Ashford, she said only talked nice ant
S did not do any work. That morning
d McQuaid said his wife kept following
him around, making him worse. H'
was lust at the breaking point; sim
> ply up to the last notch, was the wa!
s. he described his condition. McQuait
0 said that he told his wife that h
u would buy another gun. He though
. that he bought another pistol the mex
morning and that he bought 1t at Da
II vies. He was not sure. He did no
u remember anything until he was i
the Baltimore Dairy.
= Concerning his being in the Bait
more Dairy, McQuaid said: 81 hay
,e knowledge of some things happenin
70 in the Baltimore Dairy. Whether the
t. are correct or not, cannot say; otht
ct people probably say; I cannot. tt
first thing that I remember was
T. standing up, Driver was being he
he up, with his hands like this" ind
II eating that Driver had his hant
80 clasped in front of his face, lin fro
- of the Baltimore Dairy" Pointing
ro the mauka wall of the courtroom
in "That is the wall OF the Baltfmo
ne Dairy. He was up against that wal
On He was facing me. The men on Il
side of him held him up. AS | T
ar member that was only FOR an instan
he Whether that is true or untrue,
ne don't know That's all I rememb
&c about it.. That is the recollection tn
~ | have about it. That's all I remer
"a Der about it. I realized that | h
os been shot. I tried to cough, and
oh trying to lean over expectorat'
es and found that blood was coming c
ill of my mouth. I remember nothi
more until Afterwards cannot t
you whether this went on for Sc
ond, five minutes or an hour-wh
ian there were two men there.
UP 81 heard someone say somethi
vas about a doctor. The other fell
hot cofd. pm doctor Tbap tbara'e