The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-22
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
NOT YET CLEARED
Mrs. WooIsey and Manuel and
George Rosa Testify At
Long Inquest

At the adjourned inquest yesterday
afternoon on the bodies of Ella and
Agnes Long, victims of the Manoa trag.
Cdy last Friday night, Mrs. A. K
Woolsey and ManHei and Ga6tse Rosa
were she principal Witnesses. AT q
quarter to four clock the inquest was
adjourned until this afternoon in order
that a couple of boys who are said to
hive been at the Longs house on the
night in question, and to have fed IN
fright therefrom to the residence OF
Rosa, may be called.
Testimony offered by Mrs. Woolscv
directly cOntradicts previous testimon Y
given hv Antonio Long, who has all
along stated that the killing of Agnes
Long must have taken place after thew
left the Long home in order to go.to tn,
residence of Mrs. WOOlsey.
Mrs Woolsey testified that on Fri
day night Antonio Long came to her
house with several others, most Of
whom were excited by drink, and SAL
that he had been stabbed bv Ella and
that the latter wanted to kill him. He
was bleeding from wounds In the side
and on the left ARM ..-5
Two Persons Dead ...
Mrs Woolsey, thinking that there
had been a drunken brawl,' at! first de
INJURED at Long request that she telc
phone for the patrol wagon, and aske,
him if anyone else had been hurt. II,
rCrlied that there were two, dead per
srus, one of whom was Agnes Ask"'
hN witness as to what caused the trOn
Vile, Long said that Fila was Jealous OF
his wife.
Witness said that Antonio was very
nervous and kent asking IL the police
g crr coming and requesting Mrs. Wool
Sc, to hurry them up. Mrs. WOolse>
tclcphonPd again to the station are
then told the folk who were in her
house to wait there until the police ar
rived.
"AntoniO picked M q knife whi"t
was living nnarhv." the witness trsti
feet "and said that he was goinq bach
to the house to settle the fight. He wa,
irst aching to get back to his house
"fh thai knife" ,..
house she heard a hig row over at tn,
Lcrg ulace aud the sound of person
STRUGGLING. She heard the voice ~
lin ong saving, 81 m going to xii
,ou, IN going to kin YOU now,
TLrrc WIS also the sound Of screaming
~" r"ro"n'H"h the VOICE Of Antonio.
Manu"l Rosa testified that he wa
~ eve Long place in the afternoon
aut that those present played cards anr
ntr bunch. Thcre WAS POnsiderahl,
'ri"" drunk. During IN" afternoon Eli
Nae row with his wife and sent he
- her bedroom. hfterNard, however
"" wrs hu"ging her. and playing 1
rnrc cf pedro in which she was a par
tirpant.
About nine o clock In III" evening w.
%nd his l,"mther. G"nr"n Rose left tn,
! o,.," aud told Antonio that the,
"ouII wait for him at the junction {"
tho roads. Long Saving behind, h
sal 10 pvt on n shirt
When Antonio put in appearance HI
MN was bleeding ana he told wit""s
that h" had been stabbed by Ella. Wit
ness then went to the house Of Mrs
Wools"r aud told her tn telephone f"
IN" police "a hp thought murder hn
boon committed.
George Rosa testified along the SAM,
lives rs the preceding witness. Wher
Antonio met him after leaving ~,
Lrusr Ne said that Ella had stohhr,
hun, that somebody mad hr"n killod
ard that perhaps Ella had killed hi
wife.
Tn" jurors are A. V. Gear. C. G. Iud
dnGtou, Harry Grhan. II. n. Crabb,
Levi Perkins and }. ElsOn,