Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-29


jury sWore TO tell the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth,
and not to divulge any Of the proceed.
ings. will answer>only when ordered
to do so by the court"
Judge Whitney then told Mr.. Thomp-
son that he might answer the ques-
lions. : %.., ~
Thompson on Stand. IL
City and County Attorney j. W.
Cathcart then proceeded to ask MIR.
Thompson whether he had made GER
tain statements to the grand jury, the
questions being based on testimony
given by Mr.. Thompson yesterday
morning $50 .t-.r
Did YOU testify before the federal
grand jury that you had heard Mcbride
say. in response to Mr. McCarn's first
statement, i am responsible for any
thing that / say inside of court or out
side?'" asked Mr. Cathcart. ~
Il did, replied Mr.. Thompson.
did YOU testify that you heard Nc
Bride call Mr.. McCarn a--crippleF /,
4 Il have no distinct recollection OF 1t.
can't say" was the witness answer.
Did you testify that Mcbride had
a satchel in his right hand, and that
he changed it to his left hand, whlried
around and put it on a chair?' asked
Mr. Cathcart.
81 did," same the answer, coupled
with an objection by the defense.
II have a right to show if this wit
ness told the same things to the grand
Jury as he has told here said Cath
cart. "... -. .~-..- ... y,
The prosecution then asked the wit
ness a question regarding 'an assault
which he had testified to yesterday.
jeff MeCarn jumped to his feet.
Eve object to that, if the court
please he said. This witness did
not testify to any assault" i
Mr.. Thompson was on the stand I'M
til 1905 o'clock. .....
Mrs. Thompson a Witness.
Mrs. ]. w. Thompson, wife of the
assistant district attorney, was the
next witness to be called by the de-
tense. Her version of the affair was
given in straightforward manner,
and examination both by defense and
prosecution was brief. -
She testified that, shortly after 4
O'Clock on the afternoon of the affair
she had gene to her husbands office
in the federal building with Airs.
Cooper, following a mission meeting
in Central Union church. While sit
ting there, she sod. Mr.. McCarn
passed through to his own office,
speaking pleasantly to the women.
She said that few minutes later Mr..
McCarn again passed through the
room and out into the hall. Mr.. Thomp-
son entering the room as the district
attorney left it.
Shortly after I heard McCarn say,
Mcbride. + am not going to stand for
your insalts any longer or something
like that" she said. Il then heard
whom / suppose was Mr.. Mcbride
answer. ri responsible for what /
say in court or out of court
Mrs. Thompson further testified
that she heard Mcbride call McCarn
a ----=- --- cripple, and that Nc.
earn then addressed Mcbride in even
mere violent language. She described
McCarn's tone of voice as being "em'
phatic. !" ~.
THE witness said that she heard a
blow delivered, but that she saw moth /
ing. She said that she insisted upon
Mr.. Thompson's running"
Murphy Tells of 'fWord War"
Augustus E. Murphy, clerk of the
federal court, was the next witness
called by the defense. In direct ex-
animation, he was asked to tell his
version of the WORD war" which oe-
Cured between Mcbride and McCarn
in the federal courtroom during the
Sylvester trial, prior to the affair in
the hallway on the second floor.
This question called for strenuous
objection on the part of the prosecu-
ton, it being stated that such a matter
was too remote to be material in the
case. More than an hour was spent
in argument, during which time Nc.
earn spoke at length, and later en-
gagged in word tilt with Attorney L.
Andrews. Judge Whitney took the
matter under advisement at noon, and