Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-01-04

Timoteo Hernandez came to his death
IN the first day of January, 1912, al
Honolulu, City and County OF Homo
lulu, Territory of Hawaii, on River
street, between Kukui and Vineyard
! streets, from fracture Of the base of
the skull, said injury having been
caused by blow on the head, throw
ing the said Timoteo Hernandez vio-
iently to the ground, said blow being
delivered by one Harry l.. Murray, a
passenger on moving automobile"
When Bolin was questioned yester-
day afternoon, he stated to the jury
that he did not slow down his ma
chine when he saw the man crossing
the street He gave as his reason
that there was enough room for the
machine to pass by without hitting
the man. But as he drove on, he saw
Murray rise from his seat and swung
out his arm towards the man. He
could not tell then whether the man
was hit. But after unloading his pas
sengers at the Buckle place and re-
turning TO River street, he found the
man lying on the ground, dead. He
returned and told Murray about II,
and 1t was then continued Boln, that
Murray took him out to the front
yard and told him to say nothing
about the death Of the man. Bolin
testified that Murray told him that If
he did not keep quiet about the death
of the man Murray would kill him.
Naval Men Tell story.
ID. F. Henderson Of the U. s. s.
West Virginia was next called in TO
testify. He said that he was not posi-
tive as to the place where the acct
dent occurred, he being not familiar
with the streets OF Honolulu. He cor
roborated the statement that Murray
swung his arm out of the car. as IL
to prevent the man from being run
over by the machine. He did not hear
Murray make any statement as to the
man being hurt
l Robert White, yeoman on board the
same statement as that given BY
Henderson. He said that he did not
hear Murray say that he had hit n
man.
Il j. Walter Doyle said that the acct
dent happened so quickly that he
really could not understand how II
occurred. He said, however, that he
saw Murray rise from his seat as II
to swing out his arm. but he could
not swear whether Murray struck the
man or not. He declared that he had
not been drinking. that he was ION
he water-wagon.' Asked whether he
mad heard any remarks made by Muir
ray as to the man being hit, Doyle
said he had not
/. Murray telling his story to the jury
stated that he ordered the machine
from the Union Grill with a view to
taking some of his friends up to q
luau at Buckles place. While turn
ing up River street from Kukui, he
saw a man on the street, BOlin, the
!, chauffeur, sounded his horn and swung
his machine to the right side of the
road. Murray knew that the machine
would strike Hernandez, and In order
10 save him, he swung out his arm
to shove the man away from the car
|, After he sat back In his seat, he fell
the effect of the blow on his arm be.
, tween the elbow and wrist. Some.
enc In the car said that Hernandez
!, had fallen down
at was on our way up that told
, others on the car that | thought the
I man must have been hurt because my
/ own arm was sore" said Murray.
: From the Buckle place the party
returned to the Union Grill, continued
Murray, where a police officer wa
waiting for Bolin, who was wanted by
the Deputy Sheriff. At the receiving
station, Bolin was released to appear
again the following morning.
Murray said that he told the entire
matter to Sheriff Jarrett and Chic
4 McDuffle.
: Attorney Peters also examined thc
witnesses.
In response to question by a jur
: or, Murray said that he did not sa,
he would break Rolins head" II DO
lin did not keep quiet about the mat
= ter. lie denied having made state
: ment In the car that the man hat
been killed. He said that he though
the man was hurt on account of tn,
soreness of his own arm. He admit
ted that the man struck his arm. o,
5 rather his arm struck the mans arm