Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-21

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Honolulu. Oct. 81, 1914.
| w. R. CASTLE.
| Chairman War Relief Committee
ing he saw McCarn's hand going to-
iward his pocket.
Sidney Smith, bailiff of the federal
court, was the next witness called.
He said that McCarn and Mcbride had
had some conversation in the hallway
of the federal building, and that he
had heard McCarn call Mcbride a
Lying --- - .-..<.
| When he said that, Mcbride rushed
at him and hit him a blow on the
cheek" said Smith. Then Mcbride
bore Necarn to the floor and the
crowd jumped in. | couldn't see what
happened after that. AS they were
falling, Mcbride called out. Take the
gun, take the gun l saw Mcbride
strike only one blow. The whole thing
occurred quickly"
Bride ran down the sairs, but not be-
fore. Hussman had the gun, he added,
and said to Smith, Here's the gun. -
Then, continued the witness, he
ran down stairs" " g.. IT,.
H. M. Smith said that, with the ex-
ception of Mcbride he saw no one take
hold of Mr.. McCarn after the latter
was struck, nor did he see anyone
kick him. : y
Mr. McGarn's cross examination
dealt largely. with what Smith saw
relative tn Hussman and the gun, and
how Mcbride delivered the blow
Smith said it was a straightforward.
shoulder blow and that, in the same
motion, Mcbride grasped the defend.
ant. s ~: ..-..
''He hit you hard enough to knock
you down, but grabbed you before
you fell, 2 said Smith.
Smith and cathcart Act. -
On redirect examination, Smith
was asked by City and County Attor.
pey ]. w. sCathcart to show just
about what he saw occur when. Nc.
earn! was struck. Smith did some
shadow boxing and then was dis.
missed 80. -. &c. .. .
Oliver Pedro Soares, official report.
er for the federal court, was next
called to the stand. Soares said that
what he saw of the affair was viewed
partly from the stairs leading from
the second to the third floor of the
federal building. He saw McCarn and
Mcbride talking, he said, and MeCarn
said something with reference to
warning Mcbride about something.
II heard Mcbride say he was ready
to stand by anything he had said"
Soares went on. Il saw McCarn bring
his hands up in that position (indi-
cating) andrI don't remember how
they were at any other time The next
thing heard was McCarn call Nc
Bride lying - -, and Nc
Bride replied, You're another --.--s---
Then it. seems to me that Nc
Bride said something else, and, at this
part of the conversation, he hauled off
and hit Mr.. McCarn on the eye. Mr..
McCarn went to the floor with Nc
Bride on top of him. saw no other
blows struck and didn't see anyone
kick Mr.. McCarn." .-.
Soares Saw the Gun. ~.
Soares said he heard Mcbride say,
Get the gun, get the gun" ~. .....
Il said there wasn't gun" he add
ed, land Mcbride said, Yes, there Is,
too / saw then there was q gun in
either McCarn's or McBride's hand T.
don't know which. tried to wrench
it away, but Hussman got it."
On cross-examination Mr.. Mccain
questioned Soares as to the manner
in which the blow was struck.
What induced you to say there is
no gum" asked Mr.. McCarn.
well, / hadn't seen any at that
time, and didn't think there was
any," answered the witness. IL
Ian Wah, messenger in the federal
court, was called by the prosecution.
He said that he saw but little.
81 heard McCarn call Mcbride. a
name and Mcbride say. You're an
other" he said. Il saw MeC&rn
reach towards his right hip pocket
and then Mcbride jumped for him
and struck him" h
On eross-examination Lau Wah said
he saw no blood on MeCarn's face
after he had been struck. The hand.
kerchief which Mr.. McCarn had was
kind of red" he added. He said he
saw a gun in the hands of a dark.
looking young man." but that he did
not see it hanging down" Lau Wah
testified that it was after Mr.. McCarn
had applied the epithet and had
started to step back, that Mcbride
struck him. ..= L
Mrs. Rosa Sylvester was the last
witness examined this morning. The
case was continued until 9 o'clock to-
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