The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-11-24
STORY OF PAUPAU
Woman in the Case Testifes at
Length.
"A SELF-P0SSESSED WITNESS
Was Willing to Come to Honolulu.
Did Not Suggest the Crime-Not
kahuna at All.
! SELF-posSESSED WITNESS

The witness who excited the greatest
amount of attention in the Smith muir
der trial yesterday was Paupau. She
walked to the witness stand with
dignified air. She is the descendant
of line of Chiefesses on Kauai and has
a majestic bearing. Her gestures and
the expressions of her face were full
of fire when the subject of the death
of the doctor was mentioned. She gave
her testimony without hesitation. Her
answers were full and complete. The
defense examined three witnesses be-
fore calling Paupau. One of these was
Hokana who was very friendly with
the family.
Hokana lives about 200 yards from
Kaio's house. She sometimes went
over to visit Paupau. On Monday,
that she must go to Honolulu to be
examined, Hokana came over after the
doctor arrived. Just as she reached
the steps she heard the doctor say to
Paupau that she must leave in two
weeks. Hokana heard no reply from
Paupau She was also at Paupau's
house on the Friday night that DR..
Smith was killed She had her supper
there. Kaio was not at home at sup
per time, but returned later. While
she was there she saw Kapea and To-
sepa leave the room with their hats.
This was about dusk She did not see
them there again during the evening.
Paupau was then called to the wit
ness stand. She said that she remem-
bered very we'll the visit of DR.. Smith
to her house. She didn't remember the
exact date but she was sure it was on
Monday. She said that the doctor
examined her daughter and found signs
of disease The doctor said her daugh-
ter might have caught the disease from
her as she had something the matter
with her foot. The doctor said that
she and her daughter must both go to
Honolulu and be treated that if the
disease were taken in time it might
be stopped. If they both recovered
then they could both return again.
The witness testified that DR.. Smith
was her daughters guardian and she
asked him for some money in case she
should need any in Honolulu She said
that the doctor said she might draw
on him as she did in Kauai. Then she
asked him for some at once so that she
| might buy clothes for her daughter.
She said that when the doctor told
her to go to Honolulu she consented
| readily as she had been sent to Homo
lulu once before by the doctor and
had been discharged. Hokana was
outside the veranda and Kaio was on
| the veranda. AS soon as DR.. Smith
| left she began preparations for leaving.
| She sent for Upapa and told him that
she wanted him to make her will as she
wished to leave her property to her
children. This was on Tuesday He
remained until the evening The wit
ness sent liza to Dr. Smiths house for
some money. On Friday Upapa and
Mika were there an. her will was
drawn up. She said she drew up her
will because she knew she was going
to Honolulu to be examined and if she
grew worse she was to be sent to the
| settlement. So she wished to provide
for her children. She nearly completed
her preparations for going on that Fri
day night, expecting to leave on the
next day. KaiO was away on that
afternoon. He came home after dark
had his supper and went into the bed
room. Paupau fixed the beds for the
night. Hokana had gone home Sht
said she did not know where the three
boys were. All she did know was tha
when she left the dining room for the
bed room they were sitting in the din
ing room.
Paupau said she had been sleepins
some time when policemen came ant
she let them in. She said a policeman
told her that he had heard she was t.
be sent to Honolulu. She replied tha
she was, and began to wall. When sh
had finished she looked up and fount
the whole family in the room. Th
police then told them of the death o
DR.. Smith and they all expressed sor
, row because Of their aloha for him
, Everyone had been befriended by Dl
Smith and his sister After the polio
left. there were many expressions O
sorrow at the death of the doctor an
then they all went to sleep.
Paupau said that in the mornin
3 some of the boys went up to see Dl
Smiths body. Kapea returned frs
l She said it was not true that she ha
; > sprinkled some red stuff in water an
poured it on the boys. She was nc
a "kahuna," she didn't believe in i
There was only one great kahuna an