The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-27
MMAHON MADE
AN ADMISSION
CONTINUED from mage OueJ

hour, the judge showing considerable
hesitation in deciding it, but he finally
ruled that the evidence might be re-
ceived for what it was worth but that
it would not of itself be sufficient TO
establish the point of military juris-
diction
Both the prosecution and the de
Tense are arguing at great length on
tachnicalities, which will probably
have the result of dragging the trial
out to greater length than was at first
expected.
/ Mcmahon preserves his air of i'm
perturbability. As a rule he stares
straight ahead at the witness, paying
/ little or no apparent attention to any
body else. This morning he spoke to
his wife once or twice, and time or
1 two he glanced around at other peo-
/ pie in the courtroom. But although
/ Mrs. Mcmahon weeps frequently and
exhibits plainly the distress she naJ-
urally must feel, the mans counten-
ance is calm and eXpressionless, al
though it is he who is fighting for
his life.
Only two witnesses were on the
stand this morning. F. Feiereisel did
not conclude his testimony last Friday
D and went on first this morning, being
cross-eXamined by Andrews. He stuck
to the main points of his story but
showed some confusion as to details
under the rapid and close questioning
of the attorney for the defense The
other witness was DR.. Culley, whose
3 examination and cross-eXamination
j were concluded just before the noon
recess
f. Feiereisel again took the stanC
when court opened, to be cros.eXam
ined by Attorney Andrews. He state,
that when he heard the shots he ant
his wife started to run to the Cedel
lof house. Sergeant Giant was jus
ahead Of him. AS he reached tn,
i
Mahon had gun, he did not at ono
attempt to tackle the man. Before h
got to Cederlof's body he ran int
something and stumbled At the sam
time he saw Mcmahon coming aroun,
the house with Mrs. Mcmahon
Andrews questioned the witness
closely as to just where he was whel
he first saw Mcmahon and his wife
but the witness became slightly cor
fused and was unwilling to make an
definite statement in that respect.
After the witness got up from hi
l fall, he saw Sergeant Giant strugglin
with Mcmahon. Witness grabbed Nj
Mahon around the neck or shoulde
and helped throw him to the grounC
? Witness was on the side where Their
g was no gun.
When Sergeant Giant took the gu
d away from Mcmahon, witness toll
Il Giant to take the prisoner to the guar
$ house Giant obeyed. There was al
II other man, Sixsmith, present durin
J. the struggle. SiXsmith and Giant et
e corted Mcmahon to the iSrard hous,
T. Witness stated that Mrs. CederlC
was by the body Of Cederlof when h
ID arrived on the scene. He couldn't sc
t. anything any too plainly, as it wa
IS dark and what light there was cam
Is from an oil light in the window of tn
~ Cederlof house. He didn't remembe
e. whether the moon was shining or no
The witness was excused, and Ca
. tain Robert NJ. Culley, army surgeo
~ at Schofield Barracks, took the stan'
Dr. Culley stated that on the evel
ing of September IS he saw CederlC
at his house. Cederlof was uncol
scious his head and face covered wit
blood. The doctor took the wounde
man to the hospital to examine hiI
to see whether or not an operatio
would do any good. The wound, h
found, consisted of a gunshOt fractur
of the skull and an injury to the Ii
- tie finger. Cederlof lived about a
- hour after the examination, dyin
~ while the doctor was present.
'e Breckons asked the witness VIII
e owned the ground where the hospitt
40 was located Andrews objected to tn
J" question on the ground that it Gale
- for a conclusion of the witness, couI
only be hearsay, and was immaterit
and irrelevant.
This brought up the question OF ju
isdiction. Breckons argued that II
question was permissible under
. former ruling in the Holt case and
= suggestion by the, Supreme Court
the United States.
The question precipitated a war
80 argument and the attorneys began
=. run through the pages Of their autho
- tiles and quote precedents and n
ings,
Judge Clemens suggested that Il
=, United States might have possessiC