The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-29
PRISONER SWEARS
HENRY VIDA GAVE
HIN WATER CURE
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was given to MIN.
From the time affiant was taken tc
said Police Station until the morning
of the 18th day of March, aff1ant was
not permitted to wash and suffered
greatly on this account.
WATER CURE ADMINISTERED.
on the day following the events
E.ereinahove described, to wit, on the
14th of March and about eight O'Clock
III the evening of said day, as affiant
II supposes afffant was again taken to
4 the office of said Vida. There We're
/ present in said office on this occasion,
| iii addition to said Vida and affiant,
! two persons whose names are to af-
! FAINT unknown, who affiant believes
are Portuguese or half-Pouuguese po-
! lice officers
Immediately on entering said office
| on this occasion, said Vida accused
| afTiant 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 were tied be-
| hind him with q rope by said police
! men in such a way as to lnftict great
suffering upon him. Said policemen
| also bound the legs of affiant tightly
| together with a rope. A piece of wood
/ about eight inches long and one and
| 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
| ia Stoned 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
| large box or bench on said veranda.
| The policemen aforesaid then pro-
! cured a large bucket of water, and
smaller tin or pot, and as ;lffiant 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 af1ant, caus-
ing the water to go into his mouth,
eyes, nose and ears, when affiant, be-
ing forced to 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 H1f1ic-
ton 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 fortunes were being car
RED on affiant 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 af
faint 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 affiant many times on the side,
in the manner described above.
When affiant cried out with pain from
the torture thus inflicted upon him,
said Vida struck affiant in the mouth,
infiicting very severe wounds upon
him.
Afiant was then again taken into
said office and Vida informed him that
he would give affiant three minutes in
which to tell the truth, and if he did
not confess within said three minutes
that he (Vida) would kill affiant, tc
which affiant made the same reply as
before.
At the end of about three minutes
time affiant was again taken on to said
veranda, which was now in complete
darkness. He was again bound with
ropes as in the manner above de-
scribed ana a handkerchief was tied
around his eyes. Said Vida ordered
said policemen to lift up affiant and
rut him into large pipe, down which
he would be carried to the depths of
the sea. Said Vida then told affiant to
pray, but aff1ant was too terrified to
pray.
Whereupon said Vida again abused
aff1ant and said, God damn you, pray.
You are going to die. Pray, ] tell
YOU
Said Vida then asked the names Of
atlantis father, mother and wife, which
he wrote down, and affiant. believing
that he was going to be put to death
knelt down and prayed. He believed
that there was such pipe in said Po-
Ice Station and was in great fear and
terror.
The said policemen carried affiant
short distance or said veranda, threw
affiant on the floor, and the tortures
by water were again administered to
affiant was constantly urged in vile
terms to confess that he had shot
somebody, but affiant always denied
the charge.
When the said Vida and said police
men did not succeed in extorting a
confession from affiant by means of the
torture aforesaid, they again unbound
him and said Vida told affiant that
that would do for that day. but on the
following night he would fix affiant.
He was then taken to the cell afore-
said, and remained that night and all
the following day until about eight
o'clock in the evening in said cell
without food or water.
THREATENED WITH DEATH
At the time last aforesaid. to wit,
about eight O'Clock in the evening of
the 18th day of March, affiant was
again taken to the Office of said Vida,