Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-05
JEFF M'CARN ON
STAND AYERS ACT
IN SELF-DEFENSE
Continued from page one1

j. w. Cathcart undertook the cross
examination, continuing until 1890
p. m, when court adjourned until 8
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
1t is understood only one or two
witnesses for the defense remain to
testify. and unless the cross examina.
ton of McCarn continues at some
length it is regarded as possible the
defense may finish. tomorrow, so that
addresses to the jury by the attor-
neys may begin Wednesday or Thurs
day.
Explaining his reason for taking
the revolver from the desk in his of.
fee, just after federal court had adj
journed and less than a minute before
he met Mcbride in the corridor in
front of the U. s. marshals office,
McCarn declared that from informa-
ton he had received, in anonymous
letters and from friends, and from
the menacing manner in which Nc
Bride had heaped insults upon him
during the Closing minutes of the ses-
sion in federal court, he had reason
to believe his life was liable to be in
danger
Il believed that would be assaulted
if / met Mcbride and his crowd" as
serted the defendant. Il had heard
that he had threatened he would get
me- before the Sylvester case was
over. .... ..........
II had kept the revolver in my desk
several months. And expect to con-
tinue keeping 1t there"
A little later he stated that if he
had gone out of his Office with the
intention of shooting Mcbride he
would have acted differently. "If /
had been going to use the pistol |
would not have gotten within his
reach. AS 1t was, at the moment he |
jumped at me and struck, we were not |
more than two or three feet apart"
McCarn further. denied the state
nents of Mcbride and other witnesses
for the prosecution, that Mcbride /
tripped him, or that Mcbride had
CRASHED the revolver or the arm by =,
which it was held. He said some |
one. whom he believed was McBride's |
had stepped behind him |
lust as Mcbride jumped at him. and j
had thrown his arms around McCarn, |
oinioning his arms to his side. The |
'orce of MeBride's blow, he averred, |
vas so great that it dazed him for an |
instant. and, that when he recovered |
ne found himself resting on his right /
elbow on the floor with Mcbride on !
OPP of him. The confederate who had !
his arms had either fallen !
Or gotten away by that time.
Again referring tn the threats !
against himself. defendant said he had !
earned that one man had started
some time before the Mcbride row
o go out to McCarn's house with the
announced intention of killing him.
This Individual had been captured by
he police and taken to Headquarters,
where the artillery was removed from
lis pocket. . ~. .-....
Il was i'll in bed al that time. Hence
orth considered it the part of bet
er judgment and as a duty owed my
amily to take some measure for my
|wn protection felt that / had the
light and should protect myself, and
hereby protect, them. / had had a
Iistol with me in bed :..
II had been told that Mcbride was
n extremely aggressive and danger !,
us man: l believed he was inclined I;
o assault a man under his own size,
hough never heard of his ever hurt +
ng anyone his own size" On that
'oint. earlier in his testimony, McCarnl
ad testified that at the time of the
ssault in the federal court corridorl
e weighed about 140 pounds. He
ad been i'll for two weeks just prior
o that day. He estimated that. Nc
'ride weighed more than 200 pounds.
/ should say at least 225 pounds,
e added
J. G. Christensen, a marine engin-}
er in the employ of the Inter-Island
team Navigation Company, and Be-
eVedes, Portuguese, both of whom
ritnessed the ARRAY, testified briefly
D the fight in the hall, both admitting
hey had heard McCarn's first remark
D Mcbride, and the latter's reply, but
either heard McCarn's final state
lent, in which he accused Mcbride of
eing a liar.
In the course of his own testimony,
oweyer, McCarn admitted he had l
sed the words ascribed to him. q