Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-13
McDUFFIE GIVES
HIS VERSION OF
KANE0HE CRIME
Four Shirts, One BIoodstained,
Are Identified BY Detective
Chief as Belonging to Fill
pinos Charged With Murder

Four shirts, three Of dungaree and
one of olive drab, played an import
ant part in this mornings session OF
the trial Of Isidoro Alario and four
other Filipinos charged with the muir
der Of Tsunetaro Hayashibara, Jap.
anese storekeeper at Kaneohe.
The shirts were not admitted in
evidence until Captain of Detectives
Arthur McDuffe had partly finished
his testimony. Other witnesses ad-
mitted they had seen the shirts but
ere unable to positively identify
them. They we're handed to Capt.
McDuffe.
That's Asunicion's shirt" said the
chief, holding one of the garments
up.
Attorney Will T. Garden, counsel
for the defense, declared the detect.
ives statement was an attempt to
prejudice the jury as 1t had not been
made in answer to a question.
Il can identify all of these shirts"
added McDuffie later.
He added that the owners Of the
shirts had identified them in his
presence. "....
Il had all ave defendants in my
office" said the chief. Each made
statement as to the part he played in
the affair. The shirts were lying in
a pile in the middle of the room.
asked the defendants IN English to
lick out their shirts. Each stopped
ever and got his and then l tagged
them. 49,.
This is Asunicions shirt" said the
chief, reading the tags. This be-
longs to Bonella. The olive drab one,
with the blood stains Un it. belongs
to Verver. This other one belongs to
Alario, he said he wore it the night
Of the murder" ,..
The chief added that all the de-
fendants had admitted having worn
their shirts the night Of the murder.
This portion Of the testimony was
stricken from the record.
Examining a .3S caliber revolver,
MeDuftie said Bonella had admitted 1t
was his gun. 1t had been admitted,
he added, that another gun, one in
leather case, belonged ~ s'"-in and
that the latter had it the night he en-
tered Hayashibara's store.
A long knife with black wooden
hsndle, apparently made from a file,
ard sharpened on both sides, was
shown to the detective. He said 1t
lad been admitted that this knife
vas the property of Gabriel Verver,
who is alleged to have stabbed the
Japanese. Another knife was de-
c!ared by the detective to be the
property Of the Filipino who was al.
lowed to plead guilty to second de-
gree murder, and who will be used as
a witness for the prosecution. =.
Capt. McDuffie identified three
ioadei and two discharged cartridges
which he fitted into the Empire State
re volver, then in evidence. This is
the gun with which, it is alleged, the
Japanese was shot. ..-.
An employee Of q. local hardware
store testified that one Of the guns in
evidence had been sold by him to a
Filipino woman. This woman, Adels
Biendc, testified that she loaned the
gun to Bonella, ore of the defendants.
On cross-examination, however, she
admitted that she was not sure 1t
was the identical weapon.
A Filipino auto truck driver. en-
ployed on the other side of the is
land, testified that he had seen five
Fflipinos walking in the direction of
the Pail camp on the night of the muir.
der. He added that he recognized
three of them among the defendants.
The store of the Japanese was located
near this camp. ".= ......
DR.. George futile testified that he
had examined the dead body Of Haya-
shibara and that he had found FIVE
wounds, two being puncture wounds.
At least three Of these wounds, he
said, could have caused death. The
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