The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-01-20
.WIEE I00E FIRST
GUN FROM M'QUAID
Defendant Tells Story Of His
Domestic TroubIes-He
FOruets Shooting.

The trial Of William McQuaid wa
continued this morning when the de-
fendant resumed his evidence. His de
meanor throughout was calm and be
spoke in a firm voice, although when
mention Of his children. was made he
showed signs Of emotion. il hsa
Continuing his evidence of the dag &
befores he stated that he had lost
weight between February of last year
and the following March. He was
greatly worried about his domestic
troubles after he had been discharged
from the hospital. After his arrival AZ
Kona he had received letter from
his wife stating that if Ne got a letter
from a friond in Honolulu charging her
with certain things that he was not to
believe it as the writer was a bad
woman. ,3 f ,.o'
This letter Worries him a great deal
and also made him realize that matters
must be much worse than he had
thought. He tried hard 60 shake the,
worries Off, but was unable to and sveH
at the present time they were present
with him, even in his sleep.
1 Wife Makes Denials. "3'
He heard that his wife had gone ozt
ON certain occasions, but she had EN-
phatically denied,the truth of all these
statements. He then set to work to get
details with the idea Of trying to save
his children from any scandal. At this
point the witness broke down for the
first time during the day. He told OF
his visits to the detectives aud also
said that while he was Mt Kona his re
lations with his wife and children were
of the happiest character
Replying to a question by DOuthih
as to how he came TO purchase, a re-
yolver he said that he had gone home
one night when his wife and family
, were out and had heard sound at the
back of the house. The next morning
his wife made the discovery that she
had; lost twenty dollars out Of her trunk
and told him that she suspected a Por-
tuguese boy of the theft. He had then
/ purchased the gun. On the following
+ dag his wife took the revolver from
r him, and on being questioned as to her
faction she told him that she had given
/, il to Frank Thompson
|, Gets Another Gun.
I He said that he understood that Ash
: ford was her attorney. She admitted
d that he had been, but that she had
9 changed over TO Thompson All that
= morning his wife kept following him
: ronnd until she got him worked mp to
J. the last notch. He told her then that
Q he would buy another gun. He was NOT
. sure when or where he bought it, how
r ever, as the next thing that he rcmem-
= bered was when he woke up and
Q found himself in the Baltimore Dairy.
On being questioned about the time
he was in the dairy he said that he
had knowledge of things happening
but he could not be sure Of them.
An the time that followed was an
ineoherent one for him. He thought
, that he heard and saw some things, but
cdnld not he certain. It was not for a
few days after he had been admitted to
theshospital that he knew that he shot
Driver. for during that time the papers
!. had been kept from him. He then de-
scribed further lapse Of memory that
Z he had suffered from.
r Gr0ss-examinatiOns was then com
i mencpd and had not core 70 m end
, when the court adjourned until eight
thirty O'Clock this morning.