The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-06-19
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wept like child during the two hours
be was before the federal grand jury
on Tuesday morning, is the story that
was being told on the streets yester-
day in connection with the investiga.
tion which the grand jury, under the
direction of Alexander Lindsay Jr., spe-
eial assistant to the attorney general
of the United States, is now carrying
on over the McCarn- Mcbride scrap.
Mccain Breaks Down.
McCarn was, II is stated, closely
questioned by Jurors l.. Tenney Peck
and John R. Gait on the incidents of
the episode as well as on many things
which led directly up to the fight. Al
together, it is claimed, Mr.. McCarnls
condition while under FIRE was most
pitiable. 1t is said that he is man
Of an extremely nervous and hysterical
temperament and that his most recent
break down was mainly attributable 10
this condition. ,N t'Ek
Apprised Of the fact that the story
Of McCarn's breakdown and weeping
before the grand jury, as well as his
being so closely questioned by the two
jurors named, had leaked out Of the
jury room and was already Of public
knowledge, the transoms ON the corri-
dor of the courtroom where the jury is
holding its sessions were yesterday
closed.
Five witnesses were before the jury
yesterday, all Of them from Hilo, as
followss Mrs. Mary Freitas, Miss Flo
rinda Freitas, Mrs. Minnie Peters, Mrs,
William r. A. Kayser and William do
Rego Silva. These people were Star
witnesses for the prosecution in the
case, which recently resulted in mis-
trial, of the United States against
Freeman and Rosa Sylvester, of H.Io,
who were charged with criminal con
spiracy.> Mr.. McCarn, as district at
torney, prosecuted the case for the gov
ernment.
The jury met at ten O'Clock yester-
| day morning and closed for the day
at noon. The investigation viii be con-
tinued this morning Mt ten o'clock, a
number of witnesses being already on
hand to give their evidence. The wit
nesses already subpoenaed but who
have not appeared yet before the grand
jury are; Oliver r. Soares, Augusta
Pereira, Mrs. Lizzie Soares, William R.
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j. w. Thompson, Mrs. j. w. Thompson,
Mrs. +. A, Cooper, Manuel da Costa
and William r. Fennell, Eddie Boyd.
and an old Portuguese man whose name
/ is not known.
The latter is said TO have been the
man who grabbed the revolver which
McCarn pulled during the fight, the
man gripping the weapon by the bar.
rel. Husmann and q Peanuts, are said
to have held McCarn's arm. After the
old Portuguese wrenched the gun from
,McCarn, Husmann got IL from the Port.
uguese and 10 the race from the federal
court building to the police station Il
is said that Husmann and ttPeanuts'
alternated in getting the gun away
from each other.
Husmann is said, according to the
latest story on the subject, TO have been
wounded on the hand through the fall.
ing of the trigger of the revolver when
he drew the gun away from the old
i Portuguese.
II was the opinion of many people
Yesterday that every man, woman and
child who knows anything at all about
the McCarn- Mcbride fight will event
ually be summoned TO tell the fedora
grand jury all they know on the sub
/ ject. While il was believed few DAYS
ago that the grand jury would probably
be able TO finish the investigation dur
ing the present week, Indications now
seem to point to at least two weeks
undertaking,
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