Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-19

TO the drink at the Young. he said he
and Guertler had taken a bottle Of
beer apiece in the course of their din
ner, earlier in the evening.
/ Marshall, the witness. ayerred, ap-
peared at the Young bar, and cen
/; yersed few minutes with Guertler
and Frank. but Dick said he did not
hear the subject OF their talk He said
Marshall did not take drink with
any members of the Guertler party.
Guertler and his friends remained at
the Young about an hour and a half.
and before leaving for the beach Dick
bought flask Of whiskey. At the
time of their arrival at the hula house,
which he gave as about Has D. M,
Dick declared neither he nor Guert.
Ter was drunk There were FIVE in
the party all told Guertler, Frank,
/ Dick, Miller and Baker. the latter the
driver of the automobile. Only three.
Miller, Guertler and Dick, entered the
resort. the others remaining outside
in the car
They had been in the hall about
10 minutes, and were awaiting the
arrival of the hula girls when Mar.
shall stepped through door direct
~ opposite the benches on which they
were seated. He at once threw off
his coat and hat and in the words of
Dick. shouted:
Il want to fight somebody! want
to fight somebody"
Witness saverred he and Guertler got
up and approached Marshall to quiet
him. They were peaceably inclined.
he said, and so told Marshall, but just
as they reached him Miller rushed up
from the other end Of the hall and
Jumped en- Marshall " sending him to
the floor Dick said Guertler pulled
Miller off. while he assisted Marshall
to his feet, handing him over to Moses
Puahi, who led the young man to the
telephone room
A few moments afterWard, in an.
swer to request from Madam Puahi,
Dick went to Marshall In the tele.
phone room. He said the latter still
insisted on returning to the hall and
fighting somebody. Witness assured
him that none of those in the hall
was looking fer trouble, advised Mar
shall to get out. and finally succeeded
in inducing him to leave.
II believe you're all right" he
quoted Marshall as saying. just before
the latter left the house. But when
he. heard Marshall calling outside a
little later he went out and found
Marshall again insisting on return
ing to the hall to eight somebody
Marshall, he asserted, called for
Guertler and the latter hearing his
name came cut Together they In
duced Marshall to go away. and they
were Just returning to the hall when
they heard Marshall shout. I'm going
to get nv gun. and utter curses which
caused Dick and Guertler to turn and
chase him.
When questioned by the prosecu-
ton as to when he next saw Marshall
after the latter had left the hula re-
sort IN his automobile. Dick replied
that Marshall was standing by the pi-
ano. Dick sat with Guertler near the
lower end of the hall. The witness
said that he and Guertler looked I'D at
the same time and saw Marshall
standing there.
'Guertler said. There's Marshall
again; I wonder what he wants
now Dick said, in answer to a
question by the prosecution Il got
up and started to walk toward Mar
SHALL Guertler was few steps be-
hind me. =
The prosecution then ceased ques-
tioning along the line of what hap
pened, and asked Dick where Madame
Puahi was sitting when he first saw
Marshall. Dick said she was sitting
on the same bench with himself and
Guertler, and next to Baker There
was no questions asked as to what
happened before the shot was fired,
nor whether Guertler made any state
ments other than the one he made
when he first saw Marshall. Asked
what Madam Puahi did when he and
Guertler got up and started toward
Marshall, Dick answered that be did
not know, as his back was toward
her. The prosecution asked Dick
when he first saw the gun with which
the shot which killed Guertler is al
legged to have been fired, and Dick
replied that he saw it in Marshalrs
right hand, just after the shooting
He further said that he made a grab
for the gun and took it away from
Marshall and then forced the latter
back onto bench at the same time
putting the gun in his shirt. Dick
said that Miller also had hold of Mar
shall and went on to say that. after
he had forced Marshall to the bench,
he walked back to were Guertler was
lying on the floor
"Guertler told me that he wanted
ice water" testified Dick Il asked
him if he wanted to leave any word
and all he woVld say was Ice water. ~
He picked Guertler up and started
toward the door, where he was re-
heved by Miller Finding that some
one already had 'phoned the hospital.