Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-24
GIVES
HIS VERSION OF
FATAL SHOOTING
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February s, 1882, in Fayette county,
Pa. where he resided with his father
and sister until 1906 He first came
ito Hawaii in 1911. returning to the
islands again on March 8, 1913, to ac-
Icept position as assistant superin-
ltendent under H. K. Bishop, in charge
! Iof the tunnel-boring through the Koo-
4 lau mountain range. He went to
i work March 6. living at Waiahole un-
til the contract with Bishop was can
Icelled and Jorgensen given charge of
the tunnel work, when Marshall was
released, together with a large force
Iof other workmen, on August /, 1913.
i Marshall had brought C. F. Drew
down here with him to work on that
job. and Drew was let out at the same
time. the two then taking up their
residence at Cassidy's, at Waikiki
beach. where for the next nine days
i they merely 'loafed. . resting up from
their work. Marshall had not tried
Ito obtain any other job. he ayerred,
for the reason that he had effected no
settlement with Bishop, and, besides,
he had been laboring hard and needed
a rest
He and Drew took dinner on the
i c1ening of August 8, Saturday, at a
i Chinese restaurant downtown. met
i Joseph G. Startup, chiaf engineer on
i the u. s. lighthouse tender Kukui on
I Fort street and the trio went to Cum
i has saloon, where they drank sew
! eral beers. Drew. a newcomer, was
4 anxious to see an exhibition of the
hula dance. SO Marshall went to the
i Won Hamm-Y Young garage on Alakea
street and obtained III. K. Bishops
automobile. driving around to the
j Young, hotel to pick up the other two.
He found them down in the bar. He
! also encountered Guertler, Dick.
/ Frank and others, who had just come
from the fight at the Bijou theater.
He took one beer at that place, and
twice went over to the Guertler party,
i en- the second occasion urging them
/ to join his own crowd In round of
drinks. Marshall declared he was not
drunk that night, though he had been
drinking beer all evening" He said
the meeting at the Young was entire
~ amlcaDie. e
Out at Madam Puahi's, after he and
his two friends had witnessed the
hula, Marshall. feeling tired and
sleepy, lay down on q cot in room
on the makai side of the house. He
| was awakened by the arrival of other
corners, got up, walked out and saw
Dick and Guertler. The latter said:
Hello, Marshall, what the h. are
you doing here, and moment later
Dick put up his hands and said: Lets
have little free fight. He and Mar
shall began scuffling in friendly fash
ion, said the witness, when someone
leaped on his hack and he went to
the floor That was bad mixup,
and when Moses Puaiii came to his
rescue and got him to his feet his
shirt was torn and his hat gone.
Referring to the scene outside; Mar
shall said Guertler cursed him, or
dered him to leave the place and
Threatened to spank him If he didn't
| go. This angered Marshall, and as he
departed he shouted back, cursing.
You'll not spank met" Guertler and
Dick chased him out to his automo-
bile, and as they approached the ma.
chine he declared Guertler said:
All want is for you to take off
your glasses. !.
Marshall said that later, when he
redressed in his room at Cassidy's he
feared for the safety of Drew, who
had remained at Puahi's, so he put
Drew's revolver in his pocket and
went back to the resort to get him.
OF the tragedy, Marshall said that
when he entered the dance hall they
all rushed toward him, Guertler ell
bowling the others aside as he adj
tanced, shouting:
Let me put him out, boysI Mar
shall, I'll kin you!
And believe he would have de-
clared Marshall on the witness stand |
The witness evidently created al
good impression Though somewhat
nervous he spoke freely, was never att
loss for words, and talked in excel
lent English. He was submitted toll
the prosecution for cross-examination
shortly before the noon hour
The major portion of the session to-
DAY was given to the rapid examina-
ton of the following witnesses: 10
seph G. Startup; Mrs Henrietta o. |
MacKay, fousekeeper at the Young
hotel; David F. Nagle, Waterman at
the Young hotel, who let the Guertler
party out to Hotel street through the
alley that night; Ralph w. Hamilton,
luna. for the Koolau Agricultural Com
pany, who drank with GuertleF's party
the afternoon of August 9 and again |
after the prize fight that night; Ray
mond Irwin, representative of liquor
house. who introduced bottle of gin
in evidence; Martin Grune, real estate
dealer. and Taylor, civil engineer, !