Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-03
TAKES
STAND IN HIS
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were reafirmed. On many points
his mind was not clear, he explained
he did not remember how long the
gun remained on the desk. after
he had cleaned IT.. before his wife
came. After the shooting he ramem-
bered STOPPING over and picking up
the revolver. putting It on q desk:
from that time until the next day be
testified he could remember nothing
clearly.
Says Wife Was Jealous.
In the early part Of direct exam
nation he testifiad concerning his re-
lations with his wife that they were
separated but met often, that he fre-
quently gave, her money. that she was
Of an unusually Jealous nature and
that when she was intoxicated she
was quarrelspme. profane and often
threatened him. Gradually the ques-
lions led up to the day prior to the
shooting. They met Saturday after
noon and he gave her a few dollars !;
Sunday morning he went to KanioIani
Park with the National Guards at
about 3 O'Clock in the afternoon he
time he cleaned his revolver and then
loaded It and placed It on q desk.
She rang him up In the afternoon,
and he realized from her conversation
that she was drunk.
The questions brought him up to
that evening. when the tragedy oc-
cured The woman entered the door
of the trouble" room, he stated; he
rose to greet her.
Il said, Good evening, mama, when
] saw her enter, !" testified Whaley. He
said she answered him with profale
abuse; then:
Z said. What have done?' And:
Don't talk like that, the boss might
come in. He said she repeated her
ebuse.
Tells Of Final struggle.
He testified that almost IMMEDIATE
ly after HIS last words. the struggle
began. He said.
She grabbed me In the front By
the shirt here, ike this, and grabbed
the gun that I had placed on the end
of the desk After she grabbed the
gun, sir, grabbed her hands. having
her left hand here on me, while / Had
taken hold Of her left hand with my
right hand, as near as I can remem.
Der. and grabbing for her right hand
with my left And there was strug,
gle for the gun. which cannot ex-
plain: and Ia the struggle i was con,
scious that the gun went on. / can
not remember am not aware Of the
fact IF had my hands on the gun.
! cannot explain In what position
was; nor nothing. sir; but know
there was q struggle and / realized
IND was conscious that the gun went
on. ?
Q. Do you know where your wife
Va M NJ; / a. nOs. 4 $50
Q. You cannot say at this time
where the bullet struck her?
a. No.
O. What do You next remember?
"A. I next remember seeing the
gun lying on the floor. STOPPING over
to pick it up, 1 saw blood on my shirt
and pants.
@. What next do you remember?
A. The last remember Is leaning
over something like this and putting
it on OE1's desk. That Is the last I
remember.
Two women, one an elderly and one
a middle aged woman, listened to the
testimony throughout the morning.
Once during the examination when
the prisoner was asked to state the
profane language he alleged his wife
used in addressing him oyer the
phone. and later in the trouble
room. Z he asked. to be excused, say
ing: s
There are women present, sir. I
cannot give It. >
Thereupon Attorney Larnach re-
quested the women to leave the room,
but they declined.
Mr.. George Herbert, who visited the
prisoner at the jail about an hour af-
ter his arrest, testified as to the men
tai condition of SWhaley at that time.
He gave it. as his opinion that the.
prisoner showed all signs OF having
received a great mental shock R. a.
Backus, a sWitchman at the Mutual
Telephone Office, testifid as to the con-
dition of the trouble room" as he
found IL, after the shooting.
President Huerta may not insist on
/ third Gun OF coffee. but he evidently