Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-05
JEFF MCARN ON
STANDAVERS ACT
IN SELF-DEF'ENSiE
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feet and as he kept repeating these
words / realized he was moving away,
and that there was no further danger
to myself. 49,.
| John Costa, not Henry Hussman,
was the first man who grasped the
revolver. In the next instant several
hands were placed on the weapon, and
, realizing there might be a scuffie ior
: its possession and that it might &c
! fired relinquished it. did not strug-
gle to keep 1t. By that time. the mar
shall was over me, and I knew that
, the moment of danger was past"
Such, briefly, was McCarn's yerbar
description Of the affair. AS ne gave
/ this particular bit of it he demon
strated his alleged position ana his
action IN drawing the pistol by lying
recumbent on the platform in front Of
the jury box, telling his story and
going through the movements Just as
he declared he had made them on
that notorious date out of which the
present trial grow. "&. ~s..... IS.
He told the main part of the tale
freely, with only on occasional inter-
ruption by his own leading counsel,
Attorney Joseph Lightfoot, to refresh
his memory on certain points. He
took the witness stand shortly after
10 O'Clock, following the testimony of
two other witnesses for the defense,
and on direct examination had finish
ed at 1906, when County Attorney
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 minute before
he met Mcbride in the corridor in
front OF the U. s. marshaPs Office,
McCafn declared that from informa.
ton he had received, in anonymous
letters and from friends, and from
the, menaeing 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
II / 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
had kept the revolver In my desk
several months And expect to con-
tinue keeping It 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 '1f ! !
had been going to use the pistol /
would not have gotten within hisl
reach. As it 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
ments of Mcbride and other witnesses i
Tor the prosecution, that McBridel
ripped him, or that Mcbride had /
grasped the revolver or the arm BY
which IL was held He said some
)nes whom he believed was McBride's !
confederate. had stepped behind him
lust as Mcbride jumped at him, and /
lad thrown his arms around McCarn,
Dinioning his arms to his side. The
'orce of McBride,s blow, he aYerred,
vas so great that 1t dazed him for an
instant, and that when he recovered
ne found himself resting on his right
elbow on the floor, with Mcbride on
Cd of him. The confederate who had
yrasped his arms had either falleni
Dr. gotten away by that time. eas
Again referring. to the threats I
against himself, defendant said he had i
earned that one man had started
'ome time before the Mcbride row
o go out to. McCarn's house with thei
announced intention of killing him.
This individual had been CAPTURED byf
he police and taken to headquarters. ii
where the artillery was removed from
lis pocket. s
Il was III In bed at that time. Hence
orth | considered 1t the part of bet
er Judgment and as a duty I owed my
amily to. take some. measure for my
wn protection. / felt that / had the II
light and should protect myself, and
hereby protect them. / had had a II
'istol with me in bed. ii
Il had been told that Mcbride was |
n extremely aggressive and danger II
us man: believed he was inclined i
. assault a man under his own size, n
hough / never heard of his ever hurt {
lg anyone his own size" On that q
oint, earlier in his testimony, McCarnl I
ad testified that at the. time OF the e
ssault in the federal court corridor ic
e weighed about 40 pounds. Hell
ad been i'll for two weeks just prior
. that day. He estimated that Neil
ride weighed more than 200 pounds. III
should say at least 225 pounds,
e added III
]. G. Christensen, a marine engin-I
er in the employ of the Inter-Island
team Navigation Company, and Be
evedes, Portuguese, both of whom
itnessed the ARRAY, testified briefly :
, the fight in the hall, both admittingl
lev had heard McCarn's first remark Z