Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-16
MARSHALL'SLIFE
Threatened,
SAYS MADAME
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Immediately crumple and go down
She described the condition Of both
men as greatly intoxicated. with a
difference however She said she did
not know what Guertler looked like
when he was sober, for that was the
only time she had ever seen him; but
on the fateful night she said. through
the interpreter, that he had IAN angry.
wild face" that caused her to greatly
fear him; that his degree Of intoxiea-
ton seemed to be halfway between
reasoning power and absolute drunk
enness She said Marshall also was
full of liquor, but full of life-more
SO than his companions.
County Attorney Catncart asked her
why she had not narrated Guertler's
threat when she testified at the cor
oner's inquest. and she replied she
was not asked at that time what
Guertler had said Asked if she had
told the prosecuting attorney of it dur
ing their conversation last Friday Ma
dam Puahi replied that she thought
she had
The croSs-examination of this wit
ness probably will be taken up by the
defense tomorrow morning. The only
other witness called today was Dr.
Arthur f. jackson. resident physician
at the Queens hospital, who was cali
ed to attend Guertler when the victim
of the affray was taken to the institu-
ton. He said Dr. z. C. Waterhouse,
who now is travelling in the Orient,
was called and performed an opera
|tion but did not extract the bullet. DIR.
Jackson said the patient lived about %
hours, dying at o'clock the following
morning He seemed to revive
Slightly the first few hours and some
hope was retained for his recovery,
though it was slight. He testified
that the course of the bullet was dis
tinctly downward, from the upper
right-hand side of the abdomen, just
below the ribs, the ball being checked
in its course and not passing entirely
through the body.
Opening addresses, outlining the
case they expect to present to the
Jury, were made this morning by both
City and County Attorney Catheart,
for the prosecution. and by Attorney
Frank E. Thompson, for the defense.
Reviewing the story as tie prosecu-
ton mas it, County Attorney Cathcart
said he would endeavor to show by
testimony that when MARSHALL left the
hula house the first time he was pur.
sued by members of Guertler's party,
and that he cursed them and vowed
he would kill them; that when he re-
turned and entered the hall the party
came toward him, and before any
words were spoken he drew the re-
yolver and shot Guertler.
Attorney Thompson said the defense
would seek to show that when Mar
shall was chased from the hula house
.GuertIer pursued him and shouted:
Take off your glasses! / can't hit
you when you are wearing them!''
and that he did strike at Marshall as
the latter jumped upon the running
board of the moving automobile in
which he escaped Thompson said the
defense would further endeavor to
prove that on Marshalls return to get
his friend Guertler exclaimed: What
You back here again. and then in the
rush toward Marshall had shouted:
Hold on, boys. le- me put him out,
and again, at Marshall: Marshall,
I'll kill you, I'll murder you. On this
showing Attorney Thomson said the
defense would ask the jury to return
a verdict of aequittal.
A fair-sized crowd attended the
hearing this morning Conspicuous
among those present were Marshall's
sister, who has come from Pennsyl-
vania to give her brother her aid and
sympathy, and woman friend of the
family They were the only women
in the room. and sat inside the rail at
some little distance from the prisoner,
IN company with his father, E. H.
Marshall