The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-19


could lay their hands on. He put up
a brave fight but was soon f1oored,
bleeding from head to foot. His Ko-
rean assistant ran away and Julian,
like Taylor was being attacked by the
mob. Taylor became insensible and
while lying on the floor was jumped
on, trod under foot, and struck in the
face. At the same time portion of
the crowd agreed that Taylor should be
killed. Another portion of the men
thought he should not be killed and
during this factional quarrel Taylor
regained consciousness. He struggled
to his feet with an idea of getting into
a room and standing in corner so
that the Koreans could only reach him
from one direction. He accomplished
this but was again overpowered and
borne to the floor. During all of this
time he talked to the Koreans. He
appealed to them to release him and
stated that no trouble would follow.
About this time the plantation police
man appeared on the scene and rescued
him In another nalf hour, had the
policeman not arrived, Taylor would
have been dead.
In court the men made many novel
statements concerning the affair. One
man said: I'VE know that according
to the law of this country it is wrong
to strike a man. But Mr.. Taylor strike
first Then we bind him up. He speak
our language why does he not speak
with his mouth instead of with his
hands ?'' Each had a rambling yarn
to tell This occupied considerable
time and Judge Lindsay patiently heard
them through. At the close of the tax
ing of evidence he said that there SEEM
ed to be some doubt as to whether one
man was guilty of what might he
termed attempted murder or of a great
act of kindness toward wounded man
and allowing this man the benefit Of
the doubt he discharged him.
To the other eight men Lindsay,
through two interpreters, gave some
sound advice. He said that each had
declared that Taylor had committed the
assault but that even if this were true
the men had no right to take the law
into their own hands and punish Tay-
Tor. They had beaten him almost to
death. Even now, several days later,
he was covered with scars and bruises
and was hardly able to walk. Would
they make him believe that Taylor had
inflicted these scars on his own person?
Taylor knew who he was dealing with
and would have been unlikely, alone,
to have started a fight among so many
persons as were gathered in that camp
at Eva for he would have certainly
known what the result would pc as
soon as the crowd became angered. The
Judge believed that the men had been
guilty of assault and battery as charg-
ed but thought that the prosecution
could have made the stronger charge
of attempted murder Each of the men
in court had been identified as assail-
ants of Taylor. Many men who could
not be identified had escaped trial but
these men had been identified and he
would find them guilty. He did not
wish to be too lenient with them nor
did he wish to be harsh to new ar
rivals in the country but he would SEN
tence them to three months imprison-
that this would be a warning to other
Koreans that the laws of the country
must be respected and that if they
thought themselves injured they should
visit the proper authorities and make
their complaints instead of attempting
to carry out their own revenge in q
blood thirsty manner.
The prisoners had no lawyer but were
given every opportunity to refute the
evidence of the complaining witnesses.
These men are said to be the toughest
of the Koreans and those left in camp
at Eva can be easily handled by their
foremen.