The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-31
It WAS BRUTAL
Attack Made by Biting
And TOma.
They are Fined S25 and Costs Each
Japanese and Native Off,
GERS Suspended.

Attorney G. c. Biting and Police Of !
hcer5 IOma Ava and KaeuiuI were tried |
in the Police Court yesterday morning
on a charge of brutal assault. the
victim of their combined efforts to lay
him OUT as the beiIicose attorney ex-
pressed it, being the prosecuting wit
ness in the case.
The japanese policeman created a
fund Of merriment in the court room.
.conyulsing the court and attorneys with
laughter, in which the mixed audience
outside the railing attempted TO join
only TO be squelched by the court officer.
Toma showed himself good actor. pos
ing In the different attitudes he is said
20 have assumed while in the act of be-
ing dislOdged from his sturdy logs by
the innocent cause o. all the trouble
When iona was not acting he was
talking in pigeon English; the gist OF
his statements being to the effect that
he had never before attempted TO arrest
white man and didn't know how 20
do it. The Marshal reminded him that
having been a policeman FOR such a
long time il was about time he found
out. TOma emphatically stated thar he
always arrested japanese only.
The first witness on the stand was
George Smith, a sailor. who appeared
with several patches OF court plaster
on his forehead over the right eye. He
testified that TOma suddenly bounced
upon him and fOrcibly pushed him on
| of the door Of the barber shop on Bethel
! street and into the street. In order
| TO save himself from a bad fan he
/ .arrsaf.F B,T ..H ID.
| walk was reached TOma was Joined by
q white man aud both then proceeded 10
/ strike him on his head and body with
| their fists: and when his hands were
| later held by Kaenini. the. white man
| kicked him I'm the face. while TOma
amused himself by showing his proves
in the manly art. All three succeeded
in their efforts % lay him out and
he was rescued from them by Deputy
Marshal Chillingworth.
REX" Hitchcock testified to having
seen the fighting while he was standing
on the Police Station steps. lie saw
lTOma and the sailor come tumbling out
of the barber shop and at once proceed
ed to the scene. On the way there he
saw some one grab the sailors arms
from behind causing him TO bend over ;
while in this position he saw both To-
lld anu fHAtllllE SUI ihlllh dL lIIls TIE lOI
meT with his fists and the latter with
fists and feet. \ large crowd had col
Ilected around the participants. Deputy
Marshal ChillingwOrth arrived on the
scene about the same time and took the
prisoner from the hands of his assail-
lants
The Deputy Marshal testified that he
saw the beginning of the fight from the
station steps, and when he saw how
roughly the sailor was beng treated he
ran toward the group. calling loudly to
let the man alone. The officers and the
attorney. however. continued to keep
Iup their assault until he took the sailor
from them. Toma at first had the
mans head and neck under his left
arm, lin Chancery.' as Judge Wilcox
expressed &c. and struck him seven OF
eight times with is right fist. Biting
was striking the man, laying open an
old wound on the mans forehead and
lstarting the flow Of blood afresh. he
also observed him in the act of kickinl
Smith in the face and continuing this
punishment until pushed away by tins
Deputy Marshal.
T0ma was the star witness Of tn
| trial, his antics being such as would
make a circus clown enviOus. TOma'
mobile features worked hard. his versa
I | tile tongue making it difficult for tn
Judge to keep a sober face. TOma said
I'VE all mixed up like hash" when tn
group emerged from the barber shO
into the street. TOma said he ha
been sent TO look up the complaint O
the barber. and found a man asleep il
a chair. Awakening him and putin
the man on his feet, he mOurnfull
stated his good act was met with
blow from the strangers fist. He the
grabbed the sailor and pushed him in
to the street. calling Mr.. Biting TO hi
assistance. Not once did he strike tn
man. he said. In other words. he int
mated that he used the man very gent
~.
Marshal Brown felt that the case wa
one Of extraordinary interest to hi
department and considered that Bit
; ting and TOma had committed a bruts
IOutrage. Biting admitted that he Ia
struck the man on the back of the hea
"tO weaken him and prevent him frOI
j doing more damage Biting state
ne felt il his duty to assist the Office
J. especially when he saw he was bein
overpOwered by the sailor. The sailO
= by the way. is a small man. thin an
|, far from looking strong; yet il require
" the services Of four men to OyerpOwt
Y him. which the Marshal felt was VI
necessary. M. Biting said. hOweve
it required the combined efforts of hin
self and Mr. Kaulia to pull the man o
from the fallen Japanese, who had bee
struck to the ground. He felt il his dl
Is as a citizen TO assist in such AFFAIR
even to the use Of force when nece
sary. Marshal Brown inquired wheth'
Q he deemed IL necessary 10 knock a ma
y out. or Lay him out" as the attOrns
had expressed IL. in order 10 accom-
push an arrest. He replied that he di
i The Marshal asked Biting IL 1t ".
not q fact that he was so intONicat'
al the time of the occurrence that
did not have a clear remembrance OF
NJ The attorney jumped TO his feet wit
an angry reply that the statement W
a falsehOOd. Marshal Brown, hOweve
N again stated in his argument that q
legal luminary was in a state Of into
NJ ication. At this point the attOrni
passed the lie 20 the Marshal and T
A. a moment silence reigned supreme