The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-22
DEVELOPS
At CORONER'S
INQUEST
Logan's Guilt Seems to Be Es-
tabIiShed, but Motive Is
Still Mystery.
NO QUARREL WITH VICTIM
Soldier Slept Night Out by Dead
Mans Side-Says His
Mind Was Blank.
NO QUARREL WITH VICTIM

Deciding that "Slim'' William Rey-
nolds came to his death "from a bul.
let from revolver held in the hands
of Daniel Logan" coroner's jury
Saturday completed its end of the work
on the bizarre killing that took place
last Tuesday night in the old govern.
ment stables, Iwilei. With indubitable
evidence that the shooting was the
work of Corporal Daniel Logan of the
First Infantry, the police yet hesitate
to place charge against him. 1t is
clearly not murder in the legal sense.
lis it manslaughter or does lesser or
greater statute cover the crime of the
infantrymanf
There were few witnesses examined
at the inquest who had not already told
their stories previously to Chief McDuf.
fie. Coroner Rose first put on Doctor
Emerson, who described the condition
of the body and ascribed death from
hemorrhage from a wound in the aldo.
minal wall,
William Frost of the sswine circuit
testified to his Identification of the
body. He explained his attitude at
the mOrgue whore he had to be forced
in by the officers, by saying that he was
| Just recovering from prolonged Jag,
and was shaliy, too shaky in fact, to
care to witness his former friend in
the condition in which he then reposed.
The principal witnesses were the two
"wine buns, Peter Hollersoh, Gear.
penter, sir and William o 'Brien. both
of whom had been held in custody up
to that time. Not one iota of their
stories changed the account of the kill.
ing as it had already been taken from
them for The Advertiser.
Alcoholic Quarrel.
One additional fact. however, was
brought out to the effect that there had
been quarrel on the afternoon before
the four men, Hollerson, O'Brien,
Logan and Reynolds fell asleep after
their alcoholic orgy. But it was not
between Reynolds and Logan and not
a single item of testimony could be
brought out by the jurymen to indicate
that there had been any hard feeling
between the two men.
Instead of this the quarrel was be-
tween the man who was killed and
Chip Spicer, another of this same
gang who seemed to have got in bad
with the unfortunate host of the even
ing.
Hollerson and Reynolds, who had
known each other for two months, were
the first to meet last Tuesday. 1t was
early in the day when they encountered
each other in Aala Park and the salu-
tation of this freemasonry of elbow re
you fixed?' elected no satisfactory
answer on either side.
Shortly afterwards they fell in with
Logan, the corporal of the First, and
then with O'Brien. The last to join
was Spieer who shares the ''wine bum -
distinction together with Hollerson and
o 'Brien. Reynolds was a newcomer in
the order and his six-feet four of
muscle had not yet been Ioosened by
long travelling over the "circuit. -
Logan seemed to be the CANCEL" of
the evening. He only could show the
bright round dollars in reply to that
anxious inquiry, Chow are you fxed9'
But Spicer seemed TO be an intruder.
Intruder Elected.
For some reason Logan, the soldier,
and Reynolds, the ex-soldier, on whose
bounty the two wine buns were for the
nonee permitted to exist, did not
"take' to SPicer. The feast of wine
and canned sardines had not progress
ed far before Reynolds declared that
the shack was "'his homeD and he
didn I want Spieer about 1T any longer.
Spicer was tempted to argument and
braved his host s wrath for a moment
on the untenable ground that the
stables belonged to him as much as to
Reynolds. Later he made his exit as
gracefully as he could under the cir
cumstances.
During the evening HoIqerson was
sent on frequent trips for wine. The
I relation between this derelict and
| Logan as told by the former ON the
witness stand was a popular and subtle
one. "He always treat me kind, - de.
clared Hollerson TREMENDOUSLY, in the
chair.
A glance at the quiet, orderly soldier
who succeeded him on the stand later,
gave life TO the wine buns statement.
There was nothing in his face OF the
ferocity that had blazed forth under
the free hand of the liquor last Tues.
day night. There was no sulleness
about him, no evasion. He looked like
n man of gentle spirit who had taken
a postgraduate course in the Univer-
sity of Alcohol, a man whose manners
were immaculate towards the world Of
the saloon into which he had been com
PEELED TO go, a man who would have
been IN ut ease Ia any other sphere.
One look at him was sufficient 10 inter,
pref lioilerson . statement that she
was kind 30 him
The story Of tbs shooting was much
the same as already knOWA lloller,
son Was confused ~ 10 tho manner
of their sleeping but Was finally
Strengthened oui Only one other fact
Of importance ala be- hiring out That
was ihai after the third discharge from
the gun he heard Il ifson 0f sklitor.
ing from the Wnihiki side and SOME
ono saying. 90 my . mY, you bic nae 20
Lihr Dlrhrn p hgfO 0n ~ hrsi laa NhO
ffli dosnsialfH nud Insisted that his
fnmpuniouf alop mHhlHR 20 murh noise,
lin'lfmQn, Niih lhr nlnn funra aulY
) haf eui 0f BIZ head, thought d Wa
SONS hois ppi 90 ile road mel ,ng fun
NJ ihem