The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-31
PRISONER SWEARS
HENRY VIDA GAVE
HIM WATER CURE

,he truth. he Cvida) would infiot cor
poral punishment upon him. Ahian;
said that he had told the truth and had
nothing further to say
Whereupon said vida replied. III
You do not tell me the truth | will
Kill you. I'll fix you Koreans"
Afliant replied, "If you kill me. / can
not tell you more. l am innocent and
did not shoot anyone"
Whereupon said vida with his
clenched fist and with great force and
violence. struck affiant on the right
side Immediately below the ribs, from
which blow afiiant suffered great pain
and leaned over to the right. Where
upon said Vida struck affiant on the
left side below the ribs In the same
manner and kept on striking afflant
in manner above described many times,
infiicting great torture upon affiant.
While said Vida was torturing af-
fiant as above set forth, he used vile
language towards affiant. calling affi-
ant liar ''son of a -" God
damned Korean" and other evil names
and accused affiant of shooting some
body, which accusation affiant always
denied.
Affiant was then taken back into said
office, whereupon said Vida pulled out
his watch and said, 'If you do not tell
me the truth within five minutes l will
kill you," to which affiant replied that
he had told the truth and had moth
ing more TO say.
At the end of five minutes or there
abouts affiant was taken upon said
veranda, and again tortured by blows
inflicted by said Vida IN the above
described manner; after which affiant
was taken into said office again, and
said Vida said:
Il must go now; you go below and
tomorrow night I will fix you
AfIiant was then taken downstairs
and confined in cell,
DENIED FOOD OR WATER.
From the time affiant was taken to
the Police Station. as above set forth,
until about ten o'clock at night of the
18th day of March, he was given abso-
lutely no food and not a drop of
water, except as hereinafter set forth
and suffered great torture by reason
of hunger and thirst When he re-
quested an officer to give him drink
of water, the officer replied that the
boss" did not wish affiant to have
food or water and no food or water
was given to him.
From the time affiant was taken to
said Police Station until the morning
of the 10th day of March, affiant was
not permitted to wash and suffered
greatly on this account.
WATER CURE ADMINISTERED
On the day following the events
hereinahove described, to wit, on the
14th of March, and about eight o'clock
in the evening of said day, as affiant
supposes, affiant was again taken to
the office of said Vida. There were
present in said office on this occasion,
il. addition to said Vida and affiant,
two persons whose names are to af-
fiant unknown, who affiant believes
are Portuguese or Portuguese po-
lice officers.
Immediately on entering said office
on this occasion, said Vida accused
affiant of shooting, which affiant de
MED. Said Vida and said policemen
then threatened to kill affiant if he did
not tell the truth, to which affiant re
piled that he had told the truth and
was not guilty of the charge.
Affiant was then taken out on to the
said veranda. His arms We're tied be-
hind him with a rope by said police
men in such a way as to infiict great
suffering upon him. Said policemen
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together with rope. A piece of wood
about eight inches long and one and a
half inches thick was then placed in
the mouth of affiant and the said stick
was kept in place by means of strings
attached to the ends of said stick and
round atlantis head, and said
stick was so tightly fastened in his
mouth that it caused his lips to bleed
and affiant to suffer great agony.
Being so bound and gagged, as afore-
said, affiant was then thrown on 4
large box or bench on said veranda.
The policemen aforesaid then pro
cured large bucket of water, and a
smaller tin or pot, and as affiant lay
helpless on said box or bench, bound
and gagged as aforesaid, the said po-
licemen dipped the small tin into the
bucket and poured the contents of
said tin over the face of affiant, caus-
ing the water to go into his mouth,
eyes, nose and ears, when affiant, be-
ing forced 10 swallow large quantities
Of water, and being unable TO breathe,
suffered terrible torture.
This operation was repeated many
times Affiant is unable to say how
many times, as after the first infiic-
tion OF the torture he was in a semi
conscious condition. but affiant believes
that the whole OF the bucket OF water
above referred to was used upon affi-
ant as above set forth.
While these tortures were being car
ried on afiiant was constantly accused
by said policemen and said Vida Of
having shot somebody and affiant,
while consciousness remained. contin-
ually denied the charge. When said
policemen grew tired OF torturing sf-
fiant by means OF the water as afore-
said, the ropes were removed from him
and the stick taken from his mouth;
whereupon the said Vida again cruelty
struck afiiant many times on the side,
IA the manner described above,
when afflant cried out with pain from
the torture thus lnhicied upon him,
said VIDA struck affiani Ia the mouth,
iniicting very severe wounds upon
him