Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-12
SCULLY Defense
DENIES ROBBERY,
BLAMES Chinese
Continued from page one)

Officer Harry Lake Of the city and
county attorneys office, who testified
concerning the map OF the building
IS he had drawn IT,; Henry Lewis, one
OF the defendants. and Mrs. McGrath.
wife OF Jack McGrath. s<-ss
Scully's story, as outlined by his
lawyer yesterday, is that he was act
ing only as a sort of messenger or
ego between" for Chan Chun. He had
known the Chinese long time and on
February 8, at the Oriental's urgent
request, had gone to the Matson pier
and obtained a package to deliver 70
Chan Chun. r. ..#-.
Chan Chun, said Andrews, had told
Seully that If he would go to a Ger.
tain place on the Matson dock and
get certain package and bring it to
Chan Chun the latter would pay him
500 in cash. The Chinese had ex-
pressed a fear of attempting to get
it himself, and from the nature of
the offer Scnlly guessed the package
contained eontraband, or unstamped
opium. Scully at that time was hard
pressed for ready money, and took
the opportunity to make little easy
coin"
After obtaining the package, howev.
er, Scully conceived the idea that he
was endangering himself by having
contraband In his possession. He
didn't care to keep it on his hands
until he could find Chan Chun again,
and decided that to be safe he should
hide it and later take the Chinaman
to The cache. He thought the home
of Jack McGrath would be a good
place to take it and acted on the i'm
pulse. Arriving at the house in Ka.
lihi he found no one at home, so hid
the package on the premises and re-
turned to town.
He had a tryst with the Oriental on
River street the evening Of February
3, when he was to deliver the myster-
ious package He kept the tryst, told
Chan Chun he had the stuff hidden
and asked the latter to go with him.
Chan insisted ON hunting up q couple
|0f friends to go along so, finally, in
Lewis car Scully journeyed out 10
the McGrath home with Chan Chun,
All Tim and Apau.
In the parlor OF the home, with
Mrs. McGrath sitting In another room.
with McGrath and Lewis both absent.
Scully brought in the bag and opened
1t. Chan examined some Of the tins.
Scully discovered it was opium, just
as he suspected all the time and, more.
over, that 1t was unstamped. Chan
entered q mild protest when he ap-
parently discovered this latter fact,
and declared that because the opium
was not stamped he would not pay
Scully his 500.
Scully did not get his pay, but Chan
got his opium and the Oriental trio
departed. Scuily waved goodbye to
them and remained to chat with Mrs.
McGrath awaiting the return of her
husband.
Lewis, the chauffeur, on the witness
stand proclaimed his ignorance of the
party's dealings. He said he had re-
NAMED In or near his car throughout
the time the men were at the Nc
Grath home. He had the impression.
however, that when the party reen-
tered hts car and ordered him to drive
downtown were four or five men, and
this hazy impression was strengthen
ed when they got out in front OF the
custom house. In fact, he was con.
WINGED, he said, there were white men
IN the machine with the Chinese on
the return trip. He believed this be.
cause he received orders from some,
one In the tonneau who spoke good
English.
He was so thoroughly convinced
that he carried two extra fares"
back to town that he told scully so
when he met the latter day or two
later and informed 'Scully that he
would have to charge him dollar for
them. s (
Where these two extra fares came
from, how they happened to get into
the machine or who they were re-
mains Q dark, impenetrable mystery.
On cross examination Lewis admit
ted that after his return to his auto
stand that evening, shortly after the
trip to Kalihi, he placed $50 IN gold
IN the care Of a japanese helper at the
stand, for safe keeping. He explained
this was money he had collected that
day and the day previous, that he in.
tended sleeping in his car that night
and did not want the money on his
person while he was asleep, being
afraid of robbers.
Mrs. McGrath, ON the stand today,
testified that she was home the even
ing Of February 8, and that shortly
before 10 o'clock ScuIly came to the
back door, inquired II McGrath was
home and. receiving negative an
sWer. requested the use of the parlor
for few minutes.
Mrs. McGrath retired to her bed.
room, where she read until the party
LEFT. She could hear murmur Of
voices in the parlor; had seen three
Chinese follow Scnliy into the room,
but heard no cutlery Of "Haul IN! and
had no gunner concealed in her own
room. The Chinese had testified that
the gunner came upon them from.
the same room Mrs. McGratl1 says
she occupied.
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