The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-11-27

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official Interpreter W ihD Circuit rnI.i
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moro apparent Thoufh ebr yH fhr
be- W. trars odd che Boz not bigger than
tlp ordinary fIl IN s md The body IH
thin aud her face sad in expression.
tu answer tb many questions moi by
United states Attorney BAIRD SHE Haid
aat she was named in china. go Ma
tval. but was called An 10 her. She
had come to Hawaii two years ago. a
man named Chun SO brought hcr
here. She had not known Chun So 'n
china and he was dead now
She WAS living with her father and
mother, her little brother and Older SIS
ter in an humble home when this man
! Clun So appeared on the scene and
bought her from her mother. What
I The price paid for her was she did not
know.
/ MY mother is poor" said All Ilo.
when asked why she was bartered to a
stranger.
she said that she was told that Lun
Kau had written from Honolulu 70
Chun So to bring him a female slave
and she parted with her parents, kissed
her little brother and embraced her
sister for the last time and then de-
parted for the foreign land.
Here she was delivered over to Lun
Kau by Chun SO and with the former
she lived year as slave. When
Lun Kau went to China, she said, she
was sold to Ng Mon Wars wife. Never
before had she seen Ng Mon war or his
wife till the day they came to Lun
Klaus and took her away.
All Kcauo had informed her that she
had bought her and Lun Klaus wife
said SO also. Mr.. Baird brought out
the foregoing through the Interpreter
by much questioning.
Then he asked her, DO You want to
20 back to live with Mon War and his
wife,"
No" said All Ho, as she tried to
hide from the angry eyes of her for
mer master and mistress. II was forced
to work all the time. | had the cook
ing washing, ironing the scrubbing OF
the floors, the care of the baby and
other things"
Did you do this work voluntarily or
involuntarily?"
II was ordered every day" was the
child's reply.
She had never gotten Il cent of pay.
Asked why, she looked surprised
s'WhV - she rpnlipl - was DOlRht,'
She could not explain what the word
slave meant. All she knew in that di-
rection was that she had been bought
by Ng Mon War and his wife.
"Ah Keauo often said to me that she
owned me She said she had bought
me to work. All Keauo said her money
had been paid for me.
"Ah Keauo whipped me most. Some
times Ng Mon War beat me. All KeauO
used a piece of tirewood Sometimes
they told me to do some kind of work
] could not, and then | was beaten.
She struck me on the hands, on the
feet on the head and all over. Some
times she stripped me naked and beat
me with the log OF wood. l bled some
times. | had to carry the child on my
back and do all the work"
All Ho was never permitted TO go
out of the yard. For her there We're
no minutes of play or relaxation. She
tldUt never Dttll 10 Stlbol III ilfl lllt-
time. All her hours We're filled with
drudgery and blows. Generally she ate
the leavngs of the pair of brutes who
abused her. No children We're allowed /
to come to talk to her. 1t was work
and work from daybreak till sleep at
night gave her surcease from misery.
This had gone on for six months. All !
IIo talked to the interpreter in a low
voice. Now and again she whispered |
her answers. Only II few feet away I
We're the ugly Ng Mon War and his /
cruel Wife, and little All Ho was not |
sure she might not have to go back f.
10 them again.
Attorney Neumann for the prisoners,
cross examined the child He tried to
be gruh and Brighten her, but he evil
lently felt small interest in his job. He
brought out more plainly the repeated
of the wife, All keauo, that
she owned All Ho.
In reply to one of Mr.. Neumann's
questions, All Ho said, "Ah Keauo said
wo or three times that she had bought
ne; that she hau bought me TO work
md NOT TO EAT"
Mrs Margaret West was the one wit
less outside of the victim called. Mrs.
Nest said she lived at the corner of
Nuuanu avenue and Vineyard street
Next door lived Ng Mon War. Mrs I
Nest had never seen the man beat the
ilAl'lr bAN llhAl AlllltS W llltAA llulllbtt
,een compelled tn see the woman as
ault the little one. Mrs West said:
An Keauo used "A stick # cordwood TO
leat An HO / demonstrated with her
many times, she called me names in
Ter own language, ana ordered the
hid 10 shut up once, when / cried TO
Ter that l would call the police she
eplied, what is this To you? She is
nine"
When Mrs. West had finished. Attor-
cy Neumann asked that the prisoners
'e discharged, There has been no
ase against them proven" said Mr.
Seumann.
United states Commissioner Robinson
lokcd grave,
In my opinion" he said, The little
iris testimony proves her to have
'een treated as slave by Ng Mon
Var ana his wife, I win bind both
4 them over 10 answer before tho next
edcral grand jury or al The spring
Hrm of the luitrd Statrg District