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at his home, this wife with the aid of
neighbors Strengthened him up in bed,
and beat him on the head with the
bible. AS result the old man died and
the kahuna was arrested He was
tried and convicted and Judge Little
sentenced him TO two years in prison
for manslaughter, the jury recommend
ing mercy.
Kaiama, prison guard, acted as in
terpreter when the kahuna was brought
into the warden's office for an inter-
view. The prisoner was willing. even
anxious to talk.
Yes, 1 am in the kahuna business
he said through the interpreter. IT
cure the sick by prayer
How about this man that died?"
was asked.
His wife killed that man." was the
reply.
"She says that you told her to hit him
over the head with a bible to drive the
devils out
mo, that is not so. She did not keep
the rules 1 made for her. They We're:
don't drink don't gamble and don't
go with some other men, What 1 told
her was to place the bible on the spot
where her husband is sick and then TO
pray to God. She was to put it on his
breast, not hit him with it. The man
died, because she beat him over the
head with the bible
Did you tell her to-"
NO"
HOW HE LEARNED THE TRADE
Where did you learn kahunaism?"
"At the church. the Christian church,
from Rev. Kekipi. 1 am a brother in
the church and learned to cure with
the bible
Have you ever cured anybody
Plenty"
How many?"
More than fifty
How did you do it?''
by praying with the bible, putting
my hands on it, and then telling them
to keep rules. L tell them to place the
bible on the part that is sore, and say
your word if of fire, hammer and
sword"
This last was rather unintelligible,
and no explanation could be obtained
from the kahuna.
What disease did you cure by pray
err"
ANY disease, it made no difference,
1 could cure it by prayer"
How did Rev. Kebipi make you a
kahuna?'
He read the bible to me-
did you get paid for being a ka-
huna?"
mo, I prayed for love"
How did you make a living?'
II worked for living for the haoles;
in the evening was kahuna.'
(Which paid best?" asked Warden
Henry.
Working by hand. 1 never got any
thing for being a kahuna."
Are there any other kahunas in
Puna?"
mo, am the only one. There are
plenty of kahunas though-about 1000
altogether. Rev. Kekipi is the head
kahuna. Every one that belongs to the
Christian Science church is a kahuna.
If you pray and believe in God, you
are kahuna and can cure people"
Did you have to pay Rev. Kekipi
anything to become a kahuna?"
mo. he worked for nothing too. Some
friends, sometimes give him fifty, sixty
or a hundred dollars. If 1 die praying
with the bible it will be all right or
if 1 die in prison it will be all right. |
Praying to God on the bible is better
than anything else
Have you a wife?"
Eyes. 1 have a wife. No, she is not |
a kahuna She can be one though"
"Can you make other people kahu-
nas?"
Yes, any one becomes a kahuna,
that prays to God and believes in
prayer"
How can you do To"
by swearing to God and showing
people how to pray. By praying to
God, that I am doing wrong and ask
Him to give me strength
How did you come TO get into jail?"
Some people said that killed man
with a bible. All the family of the
dead man said that I told his wife to
do it. They went into court and lied"
WHO did do it?''
His wife. she said that 1 told her
to do it,
This ended the interview with the
prisoner There is but one Indication