The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-13


girl The remaining evidence consisted
IN alleged admissions made by Chiffon
one was in the form OF an Interview
with r. b. Kidd Of the Star. Another
was TO a Salvation Army matron, who
testified that Chiffon told her that Mrs.
Place had placed the girl in his control.
There is no denial that the girl was
actually confined in the cellar of the
Chiffon home.
Margaret Place testified that she was
sixteen years old. and that she met
Chiffon in September. He asked her
to go 20 the cellar in his fathers house
enc she consented. She testified that
she wanted to leave the cellar. though
Chiffon and the Chinese regularly sup
piled her with food, but she did not
abode was kept secret, and Chiffon
thrcs tened her life if she left. She tes-
titled that he told her that warrant
was out for her arrest, and unless she
remained hidden she would be taken by
the police and put in a cell, with cent?
pedcs and scorpions. On another coca
SION she says the defendant pointed
pistol at her head and threatened IL she
told anyone OF Ter confinement, or
made any attempt to leave, to shoot
her md burn her mothers house. She
said, also, that he told her that it
would be easy to kin her and bury her
body in the cellar so no one would dis
cover it.
ed sending letters which said she was
all right and in Kalihi. but on redirect
she testified that the letters were writ
ten because Chiffon threatened her II
she failed to do SO, and wanted them
written so as to aIlay the fears of her
parents. On cross-examination, also.
she admitted that Mrs. Chiffon had adj
yised her to leave and tried to get her
OFT. She testified that she was given
food during all that time by Chiffon or
by the Chinese cook.
Now as a matter of fact" asked
Cathcart, on cross-examination for the
defendant. didn't you use to sit in the
cellar with this defendant, loving and
kissing each other?"
Not at the last" was her answer
mo. all the timer"
II was just pretending" was the an
swer.
He wasn't though. was hep"
II don't know
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held III an effort 20 finish the trial be-
fore the close of the term, which ends
Saturday. There was but one more
witness in the evening, and then the
defense began. Mrs. Chiffon told of
several occasions in which she had
tried to get rid OF the girl. but she
would always refuse to leave, saying
that she was afraid to go home, and
also that she was afraid of being ar
rested.
Chiffon denied keeping the girl In
confinement against her will. He
claims she sent word to him, saying
she wanted to get away from her father
and mother, and asking that he take
manned with him voluntarily, and that
he tried several times to send her home. |
The defense put two native boys on
the stand who testified that they had |
seen the Place girl on the street dur
ing portions of the time she was sup
posed to have been confined in the cell
lar. The Chinese cook also testified |
that he had talked to the girl and knew
her condition but had not told anyone
Of it.
The jury went out about ten o'clock
and brought in their verdict three hours
later
The defense took exceptions to the
verdict and made motion for a new
rial. Chiffon is to be sentenced on Sat
lrday morning.