Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-23
PARTY
WELL FILLED IS
TESTIMONY TODAY
Booze Plentiful During Night OF
Killing, According to Wit
1eSSeS' Evidence


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well. George, he got me alright"
These. according to Georle Frank.
witness called by the prosecution in
the John W~Marshall murder trial in
Circuit Judge Robinson's court this
morning. were the words spoken by
Charles r. Guertler to Frank a mo-
ment after Marshall fired the shot in
Madam Puahi's hula house which re-
suited in Guertler's death.
Frank, who was member of the
Guertler party the night of August 10,
1913, was the second witness summon
ed by the prosecution today. He aver
red that he did not see any Of the pre-
liminary squabbling that occurred at
the hula resort, having been asleep in
an automobile outside. He said he
woke. climbed out and entered the
house about 90 minutes before Mar
shall appeared, which meant the lat
ter's last appearance at the place.
He noticed Marshall enter the door
of the dance hall from the telephone
room and heard him make some re-
mark about his friend, C. F. Drew.
Frank said Drew, at the other end of
the hall, did not arise from his seat
but the other men came to their feet
and started toward Marshall Frank
said he turned his head away and
looked in another direction He heard
no remarks by Guertler or any of the
others, but suddenly heard the pistol
shot The noise attracted his atten-
ton and he looked at the crowd In
time to see Guertler turn and come
toward him, sitting down on the bench
alongside. =. -
Guertler then remarked: We'll,
George, he got me. alright" and half
slipped down off the bench. Frank
said he realized then, for the first
time, that the sound he had heard
had been that of revolver-shot. and
that it was his fihst intimation Guert-
Ter had been hit. He proceeded to
get the wounded mans coat and shirt
off and locate the puncture:
Frank declared that he himself was
sober that night, though he had taken
five. glasses of beer and two ginger
ale cocktails at the Young hotel bar.
with Guertler and Dick, and was suf-
fering from a headache and sick sto-
mach. He did not remember anything
that happened between the time the
party left the Young in Frank Bakers
car and the time they arrived at the
hula house, save a di mrecollection OF
someone applying an ice-pack to his
head He said he was sleep practical
~ all the time.
Frank Baker, the chauffeur, who
was the first witness called today,
said he believed Frank was drunk that
night. He said he stopped the car at
the Waikiki Inn en- route TO the hula
resort, and that other members of the.
Franks head. Arriving at Puahi's
he said they shook Frank to awaken
him, but failed so went into the house,
leaving him lying in the machine
Baker also said the Cuertler party
vas doing considerable drinking; that
he saw Dick produce one flask of
whisky and saw other TASKS of the
same stuff in evidence, and that he
saw Madame Puahi drink. first whis-.
ky and later gin mixed with beer. He
said she took five drinks of the latter
mixture, filling a water tlImbler half
full of gin and pouring another half
tumbler of beer on top of it. On
eross-examination he said she, was
drunk.
He also re-affrmed a bit of testi-
mony he had given at the coroner's
inquest which was read to him this
morning by Attorney Thompson. to the
effect that in reply to a jurors query
he had admitted Guertler was drink:
ing heavily. The juror had asked If
Guertler were not pertty full" Ba-
ker's reply had been: Yes, he'd been
drinking" .:.. -: ..*~.. 49,.
Attorney Thompson also called his
attention to the fact that at the in
quest he had stated he heard Mar
shall call for Drew, when Marshall
returned to the dance hall the last
time, . ..:... 49,. .!
Baker said he knew when he saw
Marshall return to the dance hall that
last time that there was going to be
a fight, not merely because the talk |
ing became so loud or because Guert-
Ter and his friends arose and started |
in Marshalrs direction. but because |
Marshall had been looking for a fight, |
and his return to the place was natur-
ally the signal for one. Witness heard |
Madame Puahi scream thrice: mol
fight herei" Then came the shot, and
Baker said he didn't know what hap
pened in the next 10 seconds because |
he ducked into a room at the further
end of the hall, fearing he might be
the recipient of "a stray bullet.
Questioned by Thompson on re-cross
as to the number of mixed /