Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-14
INSANITY THE MOTIVE
KASABRO IS ACQUITTED
OF NUMBERING HIS CHILD
DR.. Wood Gives Expert Evidence in
Support Of Defense 80 Helen
Holt Wins Land
Case.


yesterday by the jury, his defense to
the charge of murder having been in
sanity, Several witnesses including
the defendant'sc wife, had given testi-
mony of his eccentricities.
Kasabro himself was put on the
stand and told in detail the story Of the
killing of his little child. He said that
he had taken his child upon the noun
tain as usual while he cut wood. and
while there thought how useless he
was. with paralyzed arm, and that
the baby would always be only a
source of expense. After that he re-
membered nothing until he found him
self standing under a tree and felt
pains about his neck. Overhead hung
a rope with a broken loop. and at his
side lay the child-dead. THE Child's
death surprised me-" said the defen.
! dant through the japanese interpre-
ter; Il lost myself thinking, for ! did
not want to live either. Then heard
voices, a distant voice, calling Papa!
Papa. which recognized as the voice
of my dead child. turned back and
could see the vision of a good many
people walking in the woods. but they
were not real men. After leaving the
mountain | went TO Palama and this
time | turned and could see plainly,
real men. and feel the weight of my
child upon my back. and still thinking
about It. | delivered myself at the po-
lipn 81 L.. 4, 4
often heard the voices before, in Japan
and in this country. He liked to read
magazines and novels: when he came
/ to something sorrowful he would be
! agitated; II he read books and they
were unintelligible. he became angry
! and tore them up"
DR. Wood testified that from what he
had heard. coupled with the commits
sion of the crime. he was convinced
that the man was insane The doctor
was of the opinion that the fact OF the
insanity Of defendants father was a
/ corroborative point. as physicians all
over the world believed that insanity
was hereditary. The witness started
to tell of his visit 70 Japan and the ex-
! animation of medical schools there
having seen no insane asylums. when
Judge Gear interrupted him with:
Was that the time W. o. Smith was
along?"
at was" answered the witness
DO you want to make an objection. =
| continued the court, turning to the
prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Douthit
interposed an objection on the grount
that the evidence was not material
which Judge Gear sustained. DR.
Wood said that the strongest human
emotion was the parent love. and I,
overcome this there must be SOM
strong reason, and II no such reason |!
given, an act such as murder could b,
accounted for on no other theory thar
that II insanity. Such crime was al
ways classed by physicians as among
the unnatural crimes, which is also
evidence Of insanity. Mr.. Douthitt
asked on cross-eXamination If infantl
eide was not practiCed in India. anC
witness replied that II was, but did no
think that the necessary conclusion
was that it Is due to insanity. bu
rather to custom.
Mr.. MCClanahan closed to the jury
for the defense, and Mr.. Douthitt fo
the prosecution. Judge Gear charged
the jury solely on the question of In
sanity. Within fifteen minutes a yer
dict of acquittal was returned with {
rider giving insanity as the motive o
the crime. Judge Gear ordered the
defendant to the custody OF DR.. Mort
Of the Japanese Charity Hospital t
await action by the Governor, whit
may send him to the insane asylum, Of
make any disposition he sees fit un
der the local statutes. Arrangement
are being made. however, to send Ka
sabre to Japan on the next steamer.
Before Judge Humphreys the case o
Helen A. Holt ct al VS.. Andrew Cox e
al, was concluded, and after a hal
hours deliberation the jury returned
a verdict in favor of plaintiff, awarding
her the land in question.
w. o. Smith has been appointed ad
ministrator Of the estate of James h
Estell
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