The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-02
ASSAULT AND ROBBERY
BRUTAL ATTACK ON A CHINESE
HACK DRIVER.
A Native Knocks Him From His Seat
and Then Cruelty Beats Him With
Stone.

One of the most brutal crimes in the
| police annals of Honolulu was commit
ted yesterday morning on Punchbowl
road, where a Chinese hack driver nam
en- Dong Sing was almost beaten to
! death with piece of stone held in the
hands of a native assailant, who did
not cease to rain blows upon Dong till
he left him lying as If dead, tied by
his queue to a tree by the roadside. The
motive of the crime appears to have
been robbery a native named Kane
is held in the prison charged with the
crime, with a very strong case against
him. The Chlnaman is at the hospital
in a critical condition
The assault occurred at about ten
o'clock yesterday morning, after the
Chinaman had been driving his hack
about, with a native for passenger
since between eight and nine o'clock.
| The native suddenly rose behind and
struck with his fist a blow that knocked
| the driver from his seat to the ground.
Then the native got out of the hack
and beat the Chinaman. Dong says he
cried out to his assaiant, begging him
to take his money but spare his life.
You talk yet will your was the an
swer followed by a blow from a stone
held in the robbers hand. Then the
native dragged Dong some distance
down the road and tied him to a tree,
using Dong'S queue to fasten him by
the head so that he could hardly move.
After doing this Dong says the bru=-
tai robber used the stone agaiii, break
ing the Chinaman'S leg by a blow with
it. Dong lay as if dead though aeon-
scious, hoping that the native would
! think him dead and leave him. fHAhe
native did SO, and Dong began to cut
| his queue off to release himself. When
I he got loose he took the piece Of queue
he had cut off and started to town, be-
| ing picked up on the way by another
U |lNN. Ii
the police station, and afterwards to
the home of Deputy Sheriff Chilling
worth
! At the police station are the stone.
covered with blood, the piece of queue
and some money which Chilllngworth
saw Kane try to throw away, as eVf-
dence against the prisoner AS addi-
tional proof, the police have traced
/ Ka-ne's movements all sunday morn
ing, and Dong Sing has positively lde1-
tilted him as the guilty man.
The capture Of Kane was bit of
lively police work. AS soon as the se-
rious crime was reported, High Sheriff
Brown had all the available men ct
work on the case. Ia me st ems 40
have taken a train for Waipahu as soon
as he got through with Dong, probably
with a view to establishing an alibi
He was seen on the train by Deputy
Sheriff Chllingworth, who spotted him
then for the right man. Later David
Kapaa found hm driving in a japanese
hack, towards the scene Of the assault,
and placed him under arrest. Kane
was near King street when stopped by
Kapaa. He jumped from the hack and
made a run for liberty, leapng over
/ fences as he went. Through the hotel
grounds Kapaa followed him, catching
up with him at the Executive building.
/ When he reached the station Kane
/ tried to throw away two five dollar
. niappC a n silver which he ig
posed to have taken from Dong Sing.
There are several pools of blood on the
scene of the brutal assault. Dong left
branches to mark the place when he
started for the city. and these branches,
with some hair taken from the tree to
which Dong was tied by the queue. will
be used as evidence. Kane denies all
knowledge of the affair, and refuses to
talk with anyone. The case is set for
! trial on Thursday.