The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-29
N MAHON TRIAL
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] nave one or two witnesses to prove
it," His left hand still rested on the
gate; his right rested by his side.
"Then Sergeant McMahon drew his
gun and snot him twice, then knocked
him down. ] saw the gun when he
placed it to my husbands head. The
shots We're one right after the other
"NIr Cederlof had made no motion
toward Mcmahon When the first shot
went Off my husband raised his left
hand to his head. He did not change
his position between the first and Sec
ond shots. The two shots came very
close together. At no time did my
husband make a motion toward Nc
Mahon. After he shot him McNIahon
put his hand on my husbands chest
and knocked him down"
Did your husband have a very
quick temper?" asked Andrews.
He did not And when he spoke
to Mcmahon he was perfectly cool and
there was no anger in his voice"
Mrs. Cederlof admitted that on June
4 her husband had assaulted her and
she had consulted a lawyer with a
view to securing a divorce. She de-
MED that her husband ever had a gun
| in the house She admitted that on
one occasion there was some kind of
trouble between her husband and
man named Erickson and she had
heard that there was something said
about shooting Erickson She had
never heard of Cederlof having any
trouble with a man named Heckt.
Mrs. Cederlof reiterated the state
ment that her husband never had
revolver in the house. He did have
shotgun he used to shoot birds with.
He was a former artilleryman and
was familiar with the use of firearms.
/ The witness insisted that notwith-
standing his having on one occasion
assaulted her, he did not have a quick
/ temper. His attitude toward McMa-
/ hon was entirely peaceable
! Mrs. Cederlof repeated her former
]
/ ton. that when she came back from
/ the Glaut house, whittier she had gone
for help, she saw Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
. Mahon coming around the house and
heard Mrs. Mcmahon say to her hus
band: "You have killed Cederlof. How
can | ever forgive you?" Mrs. McMa-
hon asked the people to help her and
take the gun from her husband or he
would kill her Witness did not hear
McMahon say anything in reply to
Mrs. Mcmahon.
That virtually concluded the cross
examination. On redirect by Brock
ons, Mrs. Cederlof stated that after
the quarrel with her husband she and
Cederlof became reconciled She iden-
( titled letter shown her as having
been written to her by her husband
after the assault The letter was an
/ apology for his action toward her.
/ Cederlof wrote that since the arrival
of2the Second Infantry. There had been
continuous spats between him and his
wife He admitted that he had ac-
cused her of not being true to him.
Whether there were any grounds for
that he did not know, but he wished
IIoag we're in the antipodes.
/ The letter in full is as follows:
| "Schofield Barracks, June s, 1911.
My dear Emma l wrote you Mon
/ day evening apologizing for my ac-
/ tons. ! done so believing it was due
/ you. 1t seems that ever since the
/ Second Infantry arrived here, we have
/ been continually having spats. | be
/ ieve l have accused you of not being
true to me. Whether or not it is true
! ! can not say. Perhaps it is my ieal-
ousy that prompted me to make those
accusations. can you tell why we
have been gradually drawing apart? Is
it my fault? Is it yours?
81 wish Hoag was in the antipodes.
/ If it had not been for him, we would
still be like two doves. Not that
want to place the blame on him for
our quarrel, but the foOlishness or
rather rashness Of proposing to have
! the blowout at our house. Had there
been no blowout, nothing would have
happened. If | struck you that is
something I never believed myself
capable of doing The blow you struck
me on the mouth rendered me tenn
porarily insane in the condition that
l was in.
wal told me that you brought Col.
Wilder down TO the house that even
| ing. Why didn't YOU wake me up?
81 wonder why it is that when "A
person is in trouble his good friends
/ CD want him TO drown his sorrow in
/ drink? | have been invited to more
sessions than you can shake a stick
at. but that is one thing am firm in,
/ no more booze for me. think have
aged six years since last Sunday The