The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-05-22


ing man Wa. carried ou % board IN
witness hack \ call was made at
the h"u-c NJ Nhpr lup. owner Of a
rice mill and kun'- agent. 10 Sher
lup the deceased -aid he WIS sure
his a.-aIlant, were the six Chinese
named above, and that they were the
ones who fired his house. He told
the same story NJ the Police Station,
witness acting Co., interpreter
Kan fa' knew deceased in China
when young aud agun ia this coun-
try. Nitu.-. was awakened about
midnight by the cry Of "haul ia. 3"
When be- came out he saw Yong kun's
house was on Ore. Going to the
spot he saw Kun crawl out IRON his
house. The house was partly burnt
when he got there. Deceased told
him he was sure to die. He said
Kin Chew had attacked him aud beat
him into Inconsistencies. There
were six altogether, including kn
Chew's three brothers, who attacktd
him with sticks or clubs. Deceased
had no clothes on him, and witness
put his coat around him. He felt
the skin of his hands failing off
DR.. Trous,eau testified Of the
mans condition when brought To the
Queens Hospital. He had q cut on
bis lower right LEG like what would
have been inflicted by Ratchet or a
cleaver. That was not sufficient in
itself to have caused death. The
finger was clean chopped off. An
instrument like that shown might
have done il. Those were all the
wounds the man seemed to have, but
the man was thoroughly cooked
burned all over the body. The whole
of his skin was loose. 1t was ,inged
and cooked, b ack with smoke and
SCOT. lie must have been in the
midst Of flame. His face was coal
black. No bruises could be ascer.
tanned by examination of the skin in
such conditions. He had no frac-
lures sf the skull or bones. The
burns would have been quite sutli-
cient to cause death. His death was
caused by the burns. Four fifths Of
his skin was burned. He was per-
fectly sensible and rational and as
usually the case felt no pam. Deceased
answered questions in native to Mr..
Mehrten. The man did not hesitate
but spoke plainly. Witness did not
tell him he was in danger. He was
very brave and plucky and helped a
good deal in the dressing by turning.
Lam Zip told of Lam Young Kun 5
being brought to his house in a hack.
He told witness that Tam Sung came
to his house and asked him to open
the door. Thinking he came as a
visitor he opened the door, when
those men rushed in armed with
sticks and knives and assaulted him.
Witness knew that there had been
trouble among them over water
rights. The previous day complaint
was made to him that Lam Yong Kun
had knocked Kin Chew's younger
brother into ditch, and witness adj
vised the informer to stop quarrelng
about the water and he should try to
quiet down Lam Yong Kun. The
deceased had given him the names
of Kin Chew, lam Sung and five or
six others as having made the attack
on him.
Sam Choy was one who assisted
the wounded man to the hack. His
evidence corroborated that of other
witnesses.
Hulupii, native living at Wal
kiki, was awakened by an explosion
like that of a cannon. When he
went out he heard cry of 'hauI iu''
au 4 saw the house on fire. He help
ed Chinaman to put the wounded
man in the hack. Names given by
the man as his assailants he put
down on paper, which he did not
have with him. The man told him
four Chinese went inside and beat
him and two outside set fire to the
house. Witness later found the
paper and it bore the names Lau
Kan Kin, Sam Toon, Tan Piu, Tam
Soon, Toi Tax, Leo Hoon.
Young Hee, room mate of Tam
Sung, did not know of the man s
death. He swore that Tam Sung
went to bed that night at 8 80. The
same night witness was in town with
others and got back about II
O'Clock. He saw the burning house
at a distance, when it was nearly
burnt down. They did not 90 to
the fire, but direct home to sleep.
He didn't know where the burning
house was. "The last statement |
made about seeing the fire is true,
the other is not. Tam Sung told me
there was fire. He told me when |
returned. He said that house was
on fire. | was on the veranda at that
time. While | was in the
Police Station Tam Sung told me to
say II O'Clock there was a fire. p"
Kin Chew called him to go to town
about 10 O'Clock that night.
Ed. Hopkins, police captain, testi-
fed that Kin Chew cane to the Sta
ton Friday night about 1880 and
reported that he had been assaulted
by other men and wanted an officer
to arrest them at Kamoliili. He
was told to go and return next
morning when be could get war
rant.
Makaila, the officer on watch when
the man was brought in, testified it