The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
MURRAY Hello FOR
CIRCUIT COURT
st,ry Of Killing Of Aged Porto
RiOan Told Again by the
Accused Supervisor.

4 very grave matter. II knows 4
4 the seriousness Of this case, but 4
n a not IN the position OF n trial \
4 Jury 70 pass upon the guilt or 4
X innocence OF tho defendant The 4
x court In of tho opinion that upon 4
4 tho evidence adduced before IL 4
~ there 70 reason and probable 4
aSnncauBe to find the defendant 4
) 4 guilty Of granddaughter, the Of y
4 fense upon which he is before 4
4 tho court charged. The court 4
x therefore commits you to che 4
4 enrst circuit court Of the first 4
4 gadicial district for trial, pro- X
tidod the grand jury finds an 4
indictment against you. "-Po- 4
lice Magistrate Monsarfat Is de- 4
9 Y Scision in the case of the Terri 4
tory VS.. Harry E. Murray.
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y. Supervisor Harry Murray, chairman
= Of the police committee, was yesterday
& committed to the circuit court for trial
on the charge of manslaughter. 1t is
now. up to the grand jury to decide
whether he shall be indicted for the
crime of granddaughter. At the conelu'
sion of the hearing Of the testimony
Of the witnesses for the defense yester-
day afternoon; and after listening to
a long argument by e. O.. Peters, de-
PENDANT g counsel, and brief argument
by City Attorney fCathcart, the prose-
cutting officer, the police magistrate was
of the opinion that there was sufficient
evidence of guilt to hold Murray for q
jury.
the causes on which the law could hold
man for marslaughter. He held it
must be shown that gross earelessness
or lack of proper precautions to avoid
injury had been displayed. He stated
that the police magistrate had heard
the case and it was incumbent upon
him to determine whether or not Muir
ray could be held to await the action
of the grand jury.
-Four Gin Rickeys Not Jag.
81. Every witness placed upon the stand
by the defense stated that Murray was
perfectly sober and did not appear to
have taken a drink. Murray himself
testified that he was perfectly sober,
not having taken drink all day until
about eleven . clock. Then between
eleven and twelve or just before leaving
in the auto on the ride that proved
fatal to old Timoteo Hernandez, the
aged and crippled Porto Rican, for
whose death Murray is now held to
:, account, Murray took four gin riekeys.
:. He, insisted, mat he was perfectly sober
when he, left the Union Grill for
Buckles luan.
about eleven 'clock / had taken
Intoxicating liquor" said Murray yes
terday. At the outside ] did not take
more than four drinks The last one
was New Years drink They were
gin rickeys. They did not affect me in
the least. -
For some reason, not explained by Mr.,
Murray on cross or direct examination,
he had slept in a room at the Young
Hotel nearly all day Sunday, from
eleven clock in the forenoon until
about ten clock that night, rising then
and going to the Union Griii for dinner.
After that he went up to the Elks Club,
where he Joined a number of friends.
He was not registered at the Young,
and it was probably in the room of a
friend that he stayed.
When he went to the Elks' Club he
met number of friends. They order
ed drinks but few came as the waiter
was busy in the buffet room and the
service was very slow. All the witnesses
who were in the party that night testi.
fled that fewer drinks were drunk than
ordered as there was but one boy' to
fill the orders.
Would Rather Have Driven.
Murray, when telling of the ride in
the auto, said that he cautioned the
driver not to drive fast He added that
BOlin, the chauffeur, was driving reck-
lessly although the chauffepr's test.
mony was that the auto was going only
Mt sixteen miles an hour on River street
at the time Murray thrust his arm out
of the machine and toppled Hernandez
over. 81 told him, > said Murray on
the witness stand, "that if anybody
!, vas to drive that fast / wanted to drive
myself"
Under the guidance of his attorney
Murray, gave q detailed story of tho
turning of the auto from Kukui into
River street and how the searchlighta
picked out man walking across the
Fl4tTeet about fifty or sixty feet in ad.
vance Of the car. The supervisor said
tho ear was on the right hand eide
;soEsthe street, and that when within
: a,faW feet Of the man the driver swerS.
! 60 his machine considerably 20 the
fight. Murray said be thought the man
would be stuck by the radiator, and
dor that Feason hesbFaeed himself, rose
"a placed his left foot on the running
board ana bis right hand on the wind,
shleid, and thrust bis left hand out IN
order to catch the mar "if be falls'
Z by being knocked down blythe auto.
= sf "AEaA struck ny Arm"
when the car EsRehed Hernandez
the man struck my aEn,' Murray pro.
eeeded. ~ bad 20 other idea hnl That
che man had just fallen down. NJ
am Vas fhfown back, like fhia,u And
The witness ahouea hos hie am lad
fnunR baef, ~ did nof Think ny aFal
had Struck enough - 90 any harm, -
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