Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-12-05
PROSECUTION Wins POINT IN
MMAH0N TRIAL; CASE SLOW

The prosecution In the case against
Sergeant John A. Mcmahon of Scho-
field Barracks, now being tried before
Judge Clemens In the Federal Court
for the murder OF A. N. Cederlof, Thu
morning finally won out In connection
with getting the introduction Of tn
conversation that took place bctwee'
Mrs. Ccderlof, widow of deceased. am
Mcmahon on the afternoon OF tn
shooting. This was ruled out befor,
but the introduction of note foun'
in the Mcmahon house was enough 70
the Judge to give different ruling a
this time.
The main idea of the prosecution Il
having the conversation admitted a
evidence In the case Is to show tn
frame of mind of Mcmahon that AFT
crnoon and also his hatred toward
people of dark color. BY the time Az
torney Andrews was through with hi
cross examination of the. witness, Mr.
CedcrIof admitted that on the night
the shooting Cederlof was angry wi:
McMahon and said that he would no
stand for him talking that way.
Following the lines OF the cross-ex
animation and the statements the.
are asking. the truth OF 1t seems tina
when they finally get on with the dc
Tense there will be some startling rev
Citations made that will throw a fa
different light on the question alto
gcthcr This Is further borne out
the fact that during both the dirct
and cross examination of Mrs. Cedei
Iof this morning Mcmahon and hi
wife would look at one another an
shake their heads when the witnes
made any statement out of the ordi
nary. It seems that when they tai
the stand far different evidence ma
be given
Unless matters are hurried throug
more quickly, the case will drag ov'
well into next week. At present
large portion OF the time is taken u
by the Judge considering matters, an
the Jury has also been excused :
great many times during the case
This may he nearly at an end nov
however. as Brcckons thinks that
has established jurisdiction withou
any manner of doubt.
judge Dole on Bench.
Tho further hearing of the case thi
morning did not start until IL o'clocl
when Judge Clemens, accompanied j.,
Judge Dole, came on the bench
John II. Gait was the first witnes
called to the stand by the prosecu
ton In order to give further testi
mony as to the jurisdiction in con
nection with the Leilehua reservation
and the Dowsett lease.
After a quarter of an hours delib
Grafton Judge Clemens admitted tn
original lease in connection with tn
estate as offered by the prosecution
Hc Buried Him.
Joshua u. Tucker was next Gale,
by the prosecution. Asked whether HI
knew james r. whitney, witness
stated that he did. He added further
that Whitney was now dead.
How do you known" he was asked
Il buried him." came the answer,
Mrs. Cederlof Recalled.
Mrs Cedcrlof was called to the stanG
by the prosecution for the second time,
Andrews objected to this on tn,
ground that she had already been ex-
amined. The objection was overruled
when the prosecution pointed out that
she was wanted to answer questions
about what happened In the afternoon.
Andrews objected to this again, but
was ovcrruled.
The witness told of a conversation
th'.t had occurred In which Mcmahon
made the statement that people with
dark skins were not his equal.
Had Strings On.
Later Mcmahon said that seven or
eight years ago Mrs. Cederlof ran
around with strings on her and that