The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-08-14

n pipe which ran down into tho acn-
He was told To pray to God TO have
mercy on his soul. Thinking he was
| going &C. die. y. prayed !, little Iater
he was stretched on the floor and given
| the water cure again. vida then said
as II was late he would not kill him
until the following night. The third
night he was aguin summoned to the
Office and told to tell the truth and
stand straight like soldier. vida
then drew revolver and pointed IL Mt
the man and said he would shoot him.
4 The Koreans neck was then encircled
with a rope and Vida pulled on one end
and n policeman on the other until
his senses left him and In despair he
murmured yes" For while the man
was left bound and then released and
| revived by Vida and the policeman,
who told him that ne had confessed
| During the two days he was given
peither food nor water until after he
had said yes" He had asked a po-
lioeman for water but was told that
Vida he'd said that he mustn't be given
any. He wasn't even allowed to have
water with which to wash his face.
Vida, after he had confessed, gave u
policeman quarter and he was given
meal In a Chinese restaurant. The
next day he was taken before the Judge
of the District Court.
Chairman asked witness a few uues-
lions touching ON his evidence and
Lucas did likewise, eliciting the fact
that officer Joe Leal was the man who
had poured the water on him.
Cox wanted to know if anybody else
witnessed the torture, but got no sat
isfaction on that point, the question
being ruled out.
vi Marn Young recognized Vida as
the man who had tortured him.
Henry Vida was then called. He
testified to VI Marn Young's arrest
The same evening he called him into
the office and questioned him as to the
shooting without obtaining envy salts
factory answer from him. He denied
having beaten him or threatened him
In any way. The Korean had not been
deprived OF food or water for three
days or submitted to any ill-treatment
whatever. VI Marn Young had con-
fessed to the shooting after being con-
fronted with his revolver and the man
with whom he had stayed at Eva the
night after the alleged shooting. Man
uel Leal had taken him out for a meal
on the night in question
smith asked for testimony corrob-
orative OF VI Marn Young's ch%rges.
The Korean said that Lightfoot hal
some, but the attorney said that all he
Knew of the case was merely hearsay.
Sheriff Brown testified that as far AZ
he knew vi Marn Young had been
submitted to no violence or ill-treat-
ment. Had there been, he would Ger
tainly have heard of 1t. No complaint
had been made to him by the Korean
II was impossible that prisoner
could be deprived of food unless the
order had come from him.
Officer Joe Leal corroborated the
Sherif's testimony and a Korean
named Choy did likewise.
Turnkey Melanphy knew nothing OF
any ill-treatment OF VI Marn Young.
he was certain that he had eaten and
Trunk with the rest. Prisoners. he
said could have all the water they
wanted. He had been employed at the
,olice station eleven years and had
ever known prisoner to be deprived
# food or water.
The chair said that with the excep-
ion of VI Marn Young the evidence
vas in favor of the Police Department.
Sheriff Brown was willing to have the
continued In nrdor that