The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-08-15
Ray g. Smith and George ]. Lyons,
Under Arrest, Tell Conflicting
Stories of Incidents Surround.
ing Killing of japanese Hack
driver; Police Claim Partial
Confession by Smith.

With one man arrested on the others
partial confession, the police now hold
Ray C. Smith, cook, Troop c, Fourth
Cavalry and George j. Lyons both OF
the same troop and regiment, for the
murder of Kikuro Hirai japanese
haekmen, at Iwilei, Monday night. The
police believe the evidence against
them will shortly be conclusive.
GLOW much did you pay the hack
mani" asked Chief of Detectives Ne
DuGie yesterday in his first examina
ton of Smith, wnen ravlng in real OF
assumed deleriunt, he struggled in the
arms of two officers.
~ paid him in evil money" shout.
ed smith, with leer at the chief.
"Do you know what that is-svil
money!
Eyes, - replied the chief, for he had
Just returned from the morgue where
he had looked at the cash in the throat
of Hirai, the hackdriver, which he now
believes was inflicted by Smith and
his companion of that evening, George
j. Lyons, of the same troop and regi-
ment.
Lyons Walks Into Trap.
Except for confirming their belief,
the police believe that they completed
yesterday, within eighteen hours, the
solution of e,n unprecedented brutal
murder. Lyons walked into trap pre-.
pared for him at five o clock yesterday
afternoon. Smith, who was held in
the city Jail since Monday night, re.
covered sufficiently yesterday morning
30 give his name and tell the police
coherent story.
His examination was conducted by
Prosecutor Brown and Chief McDufie,
the latter nodding his head frequently
rs he recognized in the man S story
confirmation of incidents which had
been traced out by officers the night
before. Just before he reached that mo-
ment when some person drew a knife for
the full depth of its blade across the
hackdriver's throat, Smith IS mind went
suddenly blank He looked at the OF.
iicers aid said that ne did not remem.
ner any more.
Smiths story was simple. He said
that he and Lyons had registered at a
downtown hotel under assumed names
and started out in hack for amuse.
ment. He described the place where
they bought the bottlc of whiskey that
was found in the hack (Which the po-
lice already knew and continued to
tell how they left the FROST saloon to
drive to lwilei; how Lyons got out at
Jne of the resorts holding the whiskey
bottle while Smith stayed outside
(Which was also KNOWN and how Ly-
ons came ont again-there the story
| abruptly ended. The successive events,
said Smith, were blank until the time
he awakened in prison.
A hunt commenced at once for Lyons.
| During the morning another soldier
who said that he was born and brought
up in the same town rs Smith, called
ON the chief and wanted to see the pris.
oner. This was forbidden. He was
asked if he knew where Lyons was. lie
said he did and was lold that the po-
lice would like to see Lyons, as il
might help Smith. The man said that
he would tell Lyons and that if he
wanted to come down to help out his
companion, he could do so. At few
minutes after the appointed time in
the afternoon, Lyons appeared at de-
teetive headquarters.
| Registered Under Assumed Names.
Lyons stated that they had register.
ed under the names of j. G. Hinckley
and c. j, Snow and that he wrote both
names On the register, which was true,
His story anent the hack ride TO the
saloon and the purchase of the wills
key followed that of Smith s. But, he
continued, when they arrived Mt the
railroad station, he said that he had
some alteration with Smith and hit
him in the nose and that Smith hit
back; then to avoid further trouble he
left the hack and Sm;th continued on
alone.
He told his story in great detail but
| the police say they do not credit it,
The chief said little, but allowed
| Lyons to talk, keeping his eye on the
corner of the soldiers coat. When the
story was through he ordered him be
low to be booked for Investigation. AZ
ter he had been taken downstairs an
other officer was dispatched to order
him removed at once to the county jail
and stripped, the clothes to be brought
back to the station.
Blood Stained Clothes.
''There was a big spot of blood on
his trousers underneath the flap OF his
coat" explained the chief, with a grin.
When the clothes arrived, they were
closely examined and supposed blood
spots were found on almOstNevery gar
ment, Each piece, in the opinion of the
police, also appeared to have been re-
ceptly washed,
Lyons told the chief that he knew
Smith never did such deed because
he was not capable of H. lie said the
blood gu his friend Is uniform WIS from
the blow on the nose he received.
In other words" queried the chief,
" his nose BLEED ON the top of his hat
aud ON his trousers, but not on his coat
or his Shirt"
81 guess YOU got me there said
LYONS, with shrug
Are sou sure Won did not continue iu
the hack, - continued MeDuiiie. 'Ihe
Porto Riran woman said that the man
that gOt out of it was "a little man with