The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-04

BARBAR|TY
Shocking Case of Abuse
Told in Divorce
Libel.

Amoe Kapua tells tale of cruelty
and outrage which would disgrace the
Solomon Islands in her libel for divorce
against John P. Kappa. The parties
were married only on May, 80, 1906
and the wife declares that at FREQUENT
| intervals ever since their marriage he1
| husband has violently and without
cause or provocation assaulted and
beaten her, slapping her with his open
hand, striking her with his fist, kick
ing and otherwise maltreating and in
juring her.
As result of such treatment, the
woman says, she has been several times
| so injured, bruised and disfgured as
| 20 require her remaining in retirement
| until the bruises and livid spots caused
| by such assaults should become effaced
and cured.
She charges in particular that he
came home drunk ON the night of De-
cember Is, and after assaultlng her
| with hands and feet as she lay in bed,
kicked her out of bed and compelled
her to dress and leave the house at
1880 O'Clock in the morning of the
10th. Having turned his wife out he
locked the door and then took some
of her clothes, bought with her own
money, out of trunk and destroyed
them.
He refused his wife readmission to
their home and she walked nearly
mile to the house of friend, where
she secured an escort to lodging house
at which she procured room for tenn
porary use.
Because of iaer treatment as already
described, the woman determined to re-
turn to the home of her parents at
Honokaa, Hawaii, and with this object
in view went to the home of neighbor
adjoining her own home to remove
some clothing that, during her hus-
band s absence on the 18th, she had
taken out of the house. On her ar
rival her hucband rushed upon her,
dragged her nto the neighbours house,
thrust her into a chair and there liter
ally sat upon and imprisoned her until
after the sailing hour of the steamer
Kinau. Then he dragged her into their
own home and guarded her there as a
prisoner until the morning of December
10, when he left for his work. She
Immediately took refuge in a reputable
lodging house, where, on Christmas eve
in her absence, her husband went and
kicked in the door of her room which
had been left locked by her.
Mrs. Kapua says her husband is a.
plumber by trade and ever since their
marriage has been constantly employed
at wages of not less than $14 a week, |
and for many weeks past SIS week,
but that he has been in the habit of |
dissipating his earnings by shooting
craps and other forms of gambling, and |
has utterly neglected and refused to
supply her with any money to buy
clothes, or for other necessary pur- |
poses, and has also neglected during
much of the period to provide their !
home with suitable or necessary food. |
She had done sewing for hire, yet had |
often gone hungry.
She prays for absolute divorce, for
by hbelee of temporary ali
mony, attorneys fee and costs, also
for restraining order to prevent her
husband from molesting her pending
the suit.
Judge De Bolt has signed restrain
ing order, strictly commanding John P.
Kappa forthwith to desist and during
the tendency of the action to refrain
from any molestation of, or interference
with the person, or locomotion, or oc
:upation of Amoe Kappa, under such
pains and penalties as the court shall
see fit to inflict for any violation of
he terms of the order.
c. W. Ashford is attorney for libel
int.