Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-15
TOOkCOn or
MACHINE
WITNESS SECURE
McCutcheon Tells Court He
Heard tAyIett CeHfide to
ScuIiy- That Ruse Worked
on Poacher Hunting Trip

on Poacher Hunting Trip
Further sidelights were thrown on
the alleged conspiracy between John
r. -SeHllys and Willmot R. Chiffon IN
Circuit Judge 2Ashford's court today
when II. L. cCutcheon-"BiIly the
Poodle"--took the witneasf stand and
testified regarding conversation said
to have taken place at the Waikiki
Inn early ON the morning sef june 30,
1914, between Scnllyy Chiffon and q
chauffeur named sAyiett. = fit,> ,-e.'1!t
on June e, Chiffon. John H. Fischer
and several others went over 20 the
other side of the isiand on an alleged
hunt for dove poachers. on the same
day the liqnor board was 90 have
investigated an application BY the I'm
for liquor -seliing privilege. II Is ~.
legged - the con6laint that Chiitnp
and Scully conspifed q aspirits Fisclh.
er away from the meeting, az which
he was TO have teFtified 81
Shortly after n,idniellt. on the mDru.
Ing Of June 80. Chiffon and Ayieft e..
rived at the Inn. declared f1cC ntEileou.
The witness said hat Ay3ett told 6riii.
~. that, upon Tie arrival or che ..poaciis
er hunters af Kailta. the c6il md
been taken ont or the au10noiGle, ~
which the trip had been made. ana
hidden IN q stable back Of the school
teachers house. ssss: i. q q
McCuteheon Testified that .Ayiett
said the coll had been taken out -
that Fischer could not Get back -
town. - - -: a !. 8 3. I. s
"Scully said that he was lucky to
have gotten by the liquor commits.
sions1 the witness added. in sub
stance. = ~ ~
When Chiffon entered the inn. Soul
y said 4 zee ron have gotten back, !"
the witness testified. z.
McCuteheon went ION to allege that
Chiffon told Scully he had telephoned
to Honolulu to one Luddingtor, said
20 have been 10 The employ ef 1he
brewery, and had learned that the
meeting OF the HaAsf board was not
over yet Chiffon, declared the Wit
ness, added that ne again tried to
telephone to Luddiigton, but was lin.
able to get him. ~
'sChilton told Scuily that be and the
chauHeur had gone TO sleep On the
other side Of the island, n oCNtchaoni
continued, aand that the others were
scattered out somewhere 2
II was testified yesierday that, after
the party reached the other side of the
island. near KailuE Ghilton and the
went towards the noiii taifls,'
and the others wenk down BY the rice
fields, supposedly % look for dove
poachera. ~
Mccutcheon said that Chiffon told
Ecully at the Inn tfat, wl1iie the par
III was on the Other side 81. the is.
land, Fischer had expressed 8 Wiling.
ness to 80 on around the isiafd. Lat.
err FISCHER said that be wanted to
get back to town. McC utcheon declar..
ed Chiffon said, u. ss y e -
Isn't Il q fact that early on the
morning Of June 80, 1914, while In
conversation with Seuiiy and Chiffon,
you were told that the d02epoa
hunt was % fake3 ;Queried Deputy
City Attorney Garden. Z.
Not thAt I remember answered
McCutcheon. & h,
On cross ation. MCBRIDE ask.
ed MeGutcheohs IL he Mas not ON d.
atabu, list whereby he was unable 10
get work here as q bartender; and Il
License inspector w, r.. Eenne1l had
not promised McCutchson that he
would be taken on the list If he would
testify against Gcully and Chilt0h. So
McCutcheon replied that Fenneii
had told him nothing along that line.
t Questions BY he defense regarding
q rtabu" list were objected to by the
prosecution and sustained by the
court Sc ~ 81 IL. ~ f1ss:FEs:s ~ :f%f
sThese matters regarding any tabu'
list are very mysterious" said the
court tt3&ttaEz $50 Est4a :: j 50
- want to prove that Inspector Fen
nell has such d list and that McEdtch.
con was on IT, declared Mcbride. In
substance. z = J., $50 -. z t,4IA IL
The Questions along this line were
not allowed. a% 49,. A.ss@l,--
McCutcheon is, enc of the men In
Volyed In the getaway" Scu1ly made
iri a sampan TO Molokai, from where
no Waa hrouprhf ho III -. ~. - = 49,, "