Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-11

ler's conduct throughout the affair and
she declares that instead Of partici-
pating in the revels of the evening,
he was quiet and sober and tried not
! only to get his party away from the
resort but acted the part of paciier
when the series of quarrels arose
Madame Puahi's story. told with
considerable excitement and at times
a little incoherence, is as follows:
Marshall arrived at her place on
Kapahulu road about IL o'clock on
/ Saturday night The other party, in
GLIDING Guertler and his friends, came
about 2:30 or 2:45. The auto in which
Marshall came was then standing out
, side near the main entrance.
The second party commenced to
; dicker for a hula dance and finally
/ $11 was paid for a dance of half an
hour. Someone of the party had no
ticed Marshall's machine and asked
/ who was in it. When told that Mar.
, shall had come, they demanded to
. know where he was and we're told that
! he had gone to sleep in back room.
! Several members of the party there
upon went into this room and got Mar
shall out and back into the main hall.
Guertler did not mix into this at
all, declares Madame Puahi. She goes
on to say that Marshall and the others
got into a series of rows and were so
, boisterous that she tried twice to give
back the money and to get them to
leave the place, which they refused to
Go. Once she was called from the
back room by the sound OF scuffling
and found Marshall on the floor with
three men on top of him. Her hus-
band, she says, helped straighten out
this tangle and Marshall was driven
! from the house. AS he attempted 70
get into his machine, she AYERS, he
was pulled out by some Of the others.
Finally, making some uncertain
threats and being answered with
| threats by the men he had been fight,
ing with, she says Marshall got into
| the machine and drove away down the
road.
Came Back by Side Entrance.
A short time later he came back,
says the woman, and gained access
to the house by side entrance, get
ting into a sort of back hall that led
on to the main hall. Guertler was
sitting across the main hall taking no
part in the festivities. Marshall said
he wanted to talk to Guertler and in
sisted on seeing him. With evident
reluctance Guertler went out to meet
Marshall The other members OF
Guertler's party followed their COM
rade and when they got out where
Marshall had taken his stand there
was a scuffle during which Marshall
pulled his revolver The woman says
that she was standing between Mar
shall and Guertler and had Guertler
by the arm Trying to pull him away
from the impending trouble. Mar
shall, she declares. reached around
under her arm until his revolver al
most touched Guertler and then pulled
the trigger.
The woman said this morning that
| the members of the second party
brought with them a large amount of
liquor of various kinds. She says this
| party seemed to have 1t In for Mar
shall and that they were continually
cursing him whether he was present
or away. She says that Guertler, how
ever, was a non-combatant throughout
and that she did not see him take a
drink.
This morning Madame Puahi had a
necktie, collar and tie-pin belonging to
someone of those who took part in
the ARRAY. just whom she was not
sure.
Believed Temporarily Insane
L. a. L.
seen in the courtyard of the jail. He
walked about, sometimes with an Of
ficer, who had brought him the news
OF the death of Guertler, sometimes
alone. He is young, ciean-cut man
of about 80 years.
What statements he has made to the
officials could not be learned this
morning Permission was refused to
everyone to talk with the arrested
man, and it was stated that an inter-
view with him would not be permitted
until after. the coroner's jury had
completed its investigation and made
its report
Opinions are being given today that
Marshall was temporarily insane when
he shot down Guertler. A. A. Wilson,
In charge of the Waiahole tunnel
project, was one to give such an opin-
ion. He stated that Marshall was of
"a very nervous disposition, high
strung and an exceedingly intelligent
young man.
: 81 have known Marshall for quite
awhile Mr. Wilson stated this morn
ing. He first began work for me at
Hilo, and later on the Waiahole job
as superintendent of construction.
Everything he did seemed to be under
white-hot mental pressure. He was
of a nervous, high-strung nature. In
my opinion he was temporarily in
sane when he shot Guertler.
"He had many friends. When the
side-tunnel work was stopped the
first of this month Marshall was let
out with a number of other engineers.
He had been working for us since the