Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-14
Chinese CRUELTY
IN COURTHOUSE
Chinese Refuses Assist.
anCe To Woman With
Manned Feet

One Of the most pathetic sights. ana
with II a cruel aspect. that
has ever been seen in ,he Judiciary
building came to notice this morning
when the will a. c. Winlm CWy Mann
Chinese, came before Judge I.indsay's
court to be filed for probate. The
widow Of Winam had been c3llcl as 4"
witness, and she arrived IN from of
The building this morning in a hack.
.ttCnded by her iG.yccr.Old daul =, .cr
and a small boy.
She was helped from the cab and
Il was then seen that the woman. was
deeply suffering on account Of The
TACT that her feet were bound up, and
hal been ever r'ncc she was n lttc
child, until they now are not more
han three inches long. The fac,
seems almost uncomfortable. yet IL Is
positively true. Her toes had been
turned under until the fore part OF
hcr foot was growing backward aaa
her toes were pressed against the
neCl.
Assisted by one Chinese on her
right side, and her young daughter on
the other the Chinese lady made her
way slowly through the hall thu.
leads to the steps upstairs. Tears
caused by the intense agony. the wo.
man was suffering poured In a steady
stream down her cheeks Her lips
were tightly compressed, and her
eyes either rolled or remained closed.
II was evident TO all who saw the
woman, and there was a large mum.
Der In the Railways, that the widow
was near to fainting from the eXquis.
tie pain induced by the weight OF hCy
own body on the tiny, pinchcd, feet
It was brutal to compel the woman to
climb the stairs, and how she man.
aged to do ii Is a mystery. II YVES q
case Of heroic fOrtitudc.
Throughout the testimony In tho
case of filing the will of her deceased
husband. the woman bent her head
from side to side in her pain. When
she was called to speak, Il was with
difficulty that she could bring the
words to her command. Judge Lind.
say realized the situation and allowed
the witness to. testify from her chair.
and as soon as possible admitted the
will to be filed for probate and ap-
pointed the wife as executor. She
could not speak English and the court
interpreter. Chang Kan, was called.
The woman started out Of the court
room, cscYted by one man and her
young daughter, as before, leaning
heavily on the shoulders Of the two.
There was large crowd of Chinese,
but they did not offer TO help her.
and one of the bystanders asked
Chang Kim, the Interpreter. to offer
assistance or ask some of the Chinese
there to carry the woman down stairs
to her cab. This he absolutely re.
fused to do. saying that the woman
was not suffering. that she did not
wast help, and that a haole could not
understand such matters.
At this moment, however, the Chin
csc woman fell back in halffaint.
Glenn Quinn. bailii Of Judge Robin.
sons court, and another haole knew
enough about such matters that they
caught the woman and carried her to
her cab. When seen after this had
been done, Notwithstanding the fact
that the woman had completely lost
consciousness By the time the cab
was reached Chang Kim, In an utter.
~ Indifferent manner, made the state
ment that the haOles were butting in
whore they were not wanted. Such
cruc'.y has not been Heard Of In
years in any courtroom, and It was
the subject of n great deal Of com
Mcnt among officials this morning,
- Sp-o--------
The will OF c. Winam, Chinese, was