The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-31

atfftcd ana handkerchief WIS tied
around his eyes. said Vida ordctcd
snid policemen 20 ilft NJ nfiant and
tut him Into large pipe dowu which
hc would be- carried q the depths Of
the sea. said VIDA then told ainant 60
tray. but nniant was too terrified to
rray.
Whcrcupon said vida again abused
afiiaut 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
hc wrote down, and afiiant. believing
that he was going to he put to death,
knelt down and prayed. He believed
that there was such n pipe in said po-
Ice Station and was in great fear and
terror.
The said policemta carried afiiant Il
short distance on said veranda, threw
affiant on the aoor. and the tortures
by water were again administered to
him In the manner set forth above: and
affiant was constantly urged in vile
terms to confess that he had shot
somebody, but aftiant always denied
the charge.
When the said Vida and said police
men did not succeed in extortlng 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,
where there were present the policemen
aforesaid, in addition to said Vida and
affiant. Affiant was urged to tell the
truth and affiant declared that he had
told the truth.
Again said Vida threatened to kill
affiant, to which he replied, You may
kill me, but ! have told you the truth"
Said Vida then asked one of the po-
l1cemen for a revolver, which was
given to him, and affiant was told to
stand up against the wall. Affiant
was so weak and i'll from the tortures
inflicted upon him as aforesaid. and
in such terror for his life, believing
that the said Vida would now carry
out his threat to take his life, that
he could hardly stand, and leaned
against the chair, whereupon said
Vida struck affiant and ordered him to
r.a ,,,~ s...,t
Said Vida then placed himself in
front of affiant and presented the said
revolver, which affiant supposed was
loaded, at the breast of affiant. ana
kept affiant standing facing said re-
volver for what seemed to be to affi-
ant manyhinutes, affiant expecting
instant deNfb.
Still however, affiant refused to con-
fess that he had shot somebody, but
continued to declare his innocence.
After said Vida had threatened af,-
ant with the revolver as aforesaid
said Vida took from a drawer of n
desk in said office a long piece of
rope. The rope was placed around the
throat of affiant One of said police
men took one end of said rope and the
other took the other end, and each
policeman pulled on said rope, thereby
Garroting affiant. The agony caused
to affiant by this torture is beyond
description. Fortunately, however,
for affiant, consciousness soon left
him.
When consciousness returned, the
said Vida was tanning afflant with a
handkerchief and one of the police
,,-a rnttl1in~ oHiant'c ho a
means of restoring suspended anima-
tion.
Thereafter said Vida again asked
many questions of affiant, and he, be-
ing in a semi-conscious condition and
the limit of human endurance having
been reached, replied "yes" to said
questions and all of them Affiant does
not now kntw what the questions were,
he being on half conscious.
As aftiani said "yes" to the ques-
tions propo lnded by said Vida. al
statement, which affiant supposes is
called confession, was written down.
Affiant does not know the contents of
said writing. but affiant says that II
the said writing is a confession on the
part of affiant that he shot somebody
or attempted to shoot somebody, it is
absolutely false, and was wrung from
affiant by means of the tortures afore-
said.
When the said writing was COM
pieted the said Vida seemed to be
satisfied, and, giving one of the police |
men twenty-five cents he ordered said
policemen to take affiant to a Chinese
restaurant and give him something to
eat. This was accordingly done. and
the food and water so taken at this
time by affiant were the first food and
the first water given to affiant since his
incarceration, with the exception OF the
water torture above referred to.
AFTER TORTURE, ARRAIGN-
MENT.
After the tortures inflicted as afore- |
said, affiant was allowed to remain
In peace in his cell and did so remain |
until the 23rd day of March, in the |
forenoon OF said day, when he was
taken before the District Magistrate |
and was charged, as affiant is inform |
cd and believes, with an assault with |
intent to commit murder Affiant |
pleaded mot guilty" waived examina-
tion and was held for trial In the Cir
cult Court in case the grand jury OF
said court should find an indictmen( |