The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-29
SCENES III COURT
Of JUDGE WILCOX
Foster Mother About to
Lose Child Weeps
Bitterly.
JAPANESE WOMAN BsuTlLLf USED
DISTRESSING SCENE WITNESSED
ON WATER FRoNT-woMAN
BEATEN.
Ring Sellers Have Returned-tiasen
and Duncan in Town Again With
Their Brass Ring eoods-charred
With vasraney.
JAPANESE WOMAN BRuTALLf USED

There were two distressing scenes
al the police station yesterday morn
Ing. and particularly pathetic was the
story told by Chinese. between sobs.
as little girl OF seven years and a
boy a year or so younger chung to her
garments frightened and in tears. It
seems that the woman is the foster
mother Of the little girl. having cared
for her and treated her as her own
child for the past six years. and the
cause OF the grief evidenced was that
the parents of the little one. hitherto
Indifferent TO it's welfare, have now
threatened TO take IL away from the
Chinese woman who has grown TO love
II as her own flesh and blood. and
who has cared for and cherished the
child with mothers attention.
All Moy is the name of the father
of the child, and its mother is the
Hawaiian wife of the Chinese. When
the little girl was one year old the
father took her TO the Chinese woman
and gave her over TO her care. the
Chinese woman paying him S19.
Hereafter the woman regarded the in
fant as her own, anticipating no
trouble from the parents. who seemed
perfectly Indifferent to its fate. Dur
ing the six years the woman kept the
little one. the real mother of the child
called but twice to inquire for it. The
other day the father approached the
foster mother and offered to take the
child back, promising TO pay $40 for
the care and trouble which had been
given the little one. The offer was
rejected, and when the distressed
woman learned that an attempt would
be made to compel her to surrender
the little girl, she sought the protec-
ton OF the police, weeping bitterly and
in great grief. AT the police station
Deputy Harry Mossman had a bad
half hour trying to find out what was
the trouble of the sorrowing family.
the two little ones rending the air
with doleful walls even more distress
ing than the grief of the mother.
When the story WAS finally obtained
through an interpreter, Mr.. Mossman
explained to the woman that it was
a case for the civil courts and that
nothing could be done for her by the
police. The Supreme Court has ruled.
it is understood, that in a case of this
kind the foster mother is compelled to
surrender the child on demand. her re-
dress being in recovering for the care
OF the child through the courts. AS it
is, the woman considers that she
bought the child when she paid the
S19 to the father. and the parents
have forfeited all right to the child
by their indifference.
The police station was again rent by
walls when Sarai, a little japanese
woman, was brought in. She had been
brutality beaten by Japanese. She
was assaulted by q man who lives
with her. on the water front. and be-
fore bystanders could prevent it, she
was bruised and beaten cruelty. At
the time she bore a little baby on her
back. inside the regulation Japanese
cloth strap. and its walls mingled with
the cries of pain from its mother. The
man. Asaka, was arrested and will be
brought before Judge Wilcox this
morning When she was brought to
the station the womans eyes were
both swollen shut, and her face beaten
to pulp. while her body was covered
with bruises. The man was in the act
of striking her with piece of lead
pipe when he was dragged away from
the woman.
Another unfortunate was Mianaga,
a Japanese, who. while coming along
the Kalihi road, was struck on the
head with a piece of rock which was
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workmen there, he states, swore at
him. and there was no signal OF dan
ger exposed. He swore out a war
rant for the arrest OF the Portuguese
vorkmen.
A Porto Rican woman is now de-
tanned in Jail for stealing a gold ring.
She lives at Iwilei and is q disreputa-
Bile character. She admits having
stolen the ring. but states that she
lost it. She is charged with larceny in
the second degree.
The eight Migrants arrested on
Tuesday were held for trial today.
with the exception OF John Kelly. who
had money. and was released The
police will see to Il that the seven
others leave the port soon
Alex Hagen and George Duncan.
who were some FIVE weeks ago given
orders TO get ont OF town by the
police were up again yesterday
morning on the charge cf vagrancy
When arrested previously they had
with them q supply OF brass finger
rings which they were selling 20 ig-
noFant persons as gold rings. The
cheat was complained OF by = woman
who had paid S. fer 3 ring, and the
men were shipped ont Of the city M
der the supervision Of Deputy Sheriff
ChilliEgwoTth. They are nov hack
again with their rings and were pro-
eeeding 10 do business 81 the old stand
when nabbed by the police yesterday
Their cree viii come 80 today.
Dan McGoidrtck was committed "a
the Circuit Court far trial under
charge Of larceny In the second de-
gree.
Nahnlna sud Hods Mosaki. two
DRINKS. were fined s. each. Kafmi-