The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-07-11
BIT HER
CHEEK
The Epidemic Of Wife
Beating This
Month.

There seems 60 b. an epidemic ~
wife beating IN Honolulu and Judgc
Wncos's court has been filled with
bruies Of husbands who have made
pastime % using fists. feet, teeth and
occasionally deadly weapons upon their
wives while In their cups. ON wednes-
day wife bcatsr who pounded his
wife's bead on the floor kicked her
thighs and abdomen until n physicians
lance had TO be used to open up Tester
ing wounds caused thereby. and lastly
whipped her with a rawhide, was sem
fenced TO three months Imprisonment,
Yesterday morning two more unfor-
tunate women came to the police sta
lion and sworc out warrants before
the magistrate charging their husbands
with brutal assaults. one OF the brutes
had played the Mcswillegan game BY
biting his wifc's left cheek. Mary Vie
tor was the victim. She told Il tale To
the Deputy Sheriff, which with the
wounds she exhibited, makes her case
an exceedingly sad one. She said that
ON Wednesday Kaiwiaea Kahoalii came
to her home about 4 o'clock and began
I Ia quarrel with her. NaSging ana
pickering was continued until nearly I
! o'clock About that time kahoalii as
saulted her. She alleges that he held
her head while he caught the flesh up
on her left cheek bone between his
teeth and literally tore out and bit
! oil agla nv .Gi n
the bone. The woman's face shows the
terrible effects OF the mans cannibalism
and is now crss-crosscd with court
! Plaster and bandages.
! Another Hawaiian woman also had
a story of a husband who was too
active with his fists and she resented
being the object of his attacks. She,
too. swore out a warrant for his arrest.
Hatsuyo, the Japanese woman whom
Umemoto, the Japanese yardboy at +.
! J. Lowrey's residence, attempted to
murder yesterday morning, appeared In
the police station shortly after noon
and swore to a complaint against the
would-be murderer. charging him with
assault with a deadly weapon. She
walked with difficulty and Is barely
able to move her head on account OF
the knife wounds upon her neck and
/. breast. Her back was badly cut and
she received slight injuries to her knees
when she jumped from the window OF
the loft. Umemoto is still in tht
Queens Hospital.
A. c. Scott, a young man employed
by p. II. Lansdale was fined $25 ans
costs for assault and battery on L
Apiu, an employee of C. .. zee Hop
who conducts Il store at the cornero
, Beretania and Alakea streets. Apiuh
| testimony was to the effect that Scot
had entered the store III Tuesda.
evening and, going to the telephone
, ;nuE - the receiver without, asking
. permission He said that Scott jerke,
Il TIC lever Up aIlu down and was re
I quested by ApIu 20 let it alone. Scot
| had not asked permission at any tim,
i to use the phone. When Apiu again
, asked him to desist, Scott is said T.
I have used his fist upon him and mad
' Things lively for a few minutes. a
/ last he left the store, mounted hi
1 horse, which had been secured outside
and rode away. waving back to Api,
n lderisively. Scott acknowledged. whei
= placed in the witness box, that he IA;
a gone to use the telephone without frs
e obtaining permission, but said that tn
store was public place and ne though
2 this justified him in making use of ii
r Apiu had removed the receiver iron
! his hand and he then struck the Chi
naman. The judge gave Scott roas,
|, telling him that he had proceeded t
$ use other peoples property in higl
: handed manner and he did not believ
he would have been 30 free in a whit
mans store.
John Pike was ASSESSED $40 for beat
ing his sister, Malta Pike.
The case OF Rose Watson. whit
womdn for a violation OF the socia
laws. together with those of All Chew
Chise and Asayama, were continue
until today.