The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-01-04
HUSBANDS
BARBAR|TY

Anoe Nhpuu tells tuic OF Cruelty
and outrage which would disgrace the
Solomon Islands in her libel for divorce
against John T. Kappa. The parties
were married only ON May, 30, 1906,
and the wife declares that at frequent
intervals ever since their marriage her
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 maltrcating and in.
juring her.
AS result of such treatment, the
woman says, she has been several times
so injured. bruised and disfgured as
to 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-
eember 10, and after assaulting 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
1890 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 u
mile to the house of friend, where
she secured an escort to a lodging house
at which she procured room for tenn
porary use.
Because of her 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 a neighbor |
her own home to remove
some clothing that, during her hus-
band 8 absence on the 18th, she had
taken out of the house. On her ar
rival her huTband rushed upon her,
dragged her into the neighbor s house,
thrust her into 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
'wn home and guarded her there as a
prisoner until the morning of December
l9, when he left for his work. She
took refuge in reputable
odging house, where, on Christmas eve
n her absence, her husband went and
licked in the door of her room which
lad been left locked by her.
Mrs. Kappa says her husband is a
plumber by trade and ever since their
marriage has been constantly employed
It wages of not less than $14 week,
nd for many weeks past $1S week,
tut that he has been in the habit of
issipating his earnings by Shooting
raps and other forms of gambling, and
as utterly neglected and refused to {
upply her with any money to buy
lothes, or for other necessary pur-
oses, and has also neglected during
luch of the period to provide their {
ONE with suitable or necessary food,
he had done sewing for hire, yet had
ften gone hungry.
She prays for absolute divorce, for
ayment by libelee of temporary ali
iony, attorneys fee and costs, also
or restraining order to prevent her
usband from molesting her pending
Id suit.
Judge De Bolt has signed restrain :,
ng order, strictly commanding John p.
,apua forthwith to desist and during ]
he tendency of the action to refrain
rom any molestation of, or interference
nth the person, or locomotion, or oc-
upation of Amoe Kappa, under such
aims and penalties as the court shall
20 fit to inaict for any violation of :,
no terms of the order. 7
C. W.. Ashford is attorney for libel Il
Mt.
LOCAL, NOTICE TO MARINERS