The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
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Of ASSAULT
Witness in the Conspiracy Trial
Relates Tale of
Violence.

A recital of one of the acts of violence
by which the japanese strikers hoped
to win their fight with the plantations
was about the only feature of the con-
spiracy trial yesterday. Giichi, the
laborer at Eva who refused to go out
ON strike and was, as punishment for
his contumaey, badly beaten up and
nearly killed, was put on the witness
stand by the prosecution and told his
story, substantially as it has previously
been relate, IN the newspapers.
The trial promises to drag itself out
to weary length before it comes to an
ends The prosecution, apparently, is
only fairly started on the introduction
of evidence, although it has already
been many days examining witnesses.
The general idea of the prosecution ap-
pears to be to take all the eircum-
stances and incidents connected with
the strike and place them before the
jury so proving conspiracy. The testi,
mony started away back long before
the strike began, going into the details
of the threats made against Editor
Sheba because of his refusal to sub
scribe to the higher wage propaganda;
then leading up to the advocacy by
the Nippu Jill OF a general strike, and
going in detail into the incendiary ut
+rr af fhat of rha HI0har
Wage Association. Bales of newspapers
were introduced in evidence, and reams
of TRANSACTIONS of the infammatory and
violent articles appearing in that
paper. This line of evidence was con-
Guided Wednesday. Then the Higher
Wage drama produced at the Aala Lane
theater on the nights of January ID
and IS was dealt with, the idea being
to demonstrate to the jury that the
Higher Wage officials intended to stir
the Japanese up to commit acts OF
violence and particularly to infame
them against the Hawaii Shinpo and its
editor, Mr.. Sheba. This line Of testi-
mony was finished yesterday and the
prosecution then began, through its wit
nesses, the recital of the tales of
violence and vengeance that have made
life terror to the japanese who has
refused to affiliate with the strikers
and the Higher Wage Association.
Giichi, the Eva laborer who persist
ed in working after the strike was
called and who was viciously maltrear-
ed on that account, was brought from
the Jail where he has been held since
May as witness, and told his story on
the stand
He said that on the morning after
the strike was called, he went to work
as usual But when he returned to his
room at 1:30, three japanese came in
and ordered him to 60 with them. He
refused and they said if he did not they
would drag him. He told them to go
on and drag, then, and they did. They
took him out into the cane, tied his
hands and feet, and beat and kicked
him until he was covered with cuts,
bruises and blood. Then they united
his legs. threw him into a hack, and
took him to the headquarters of the
strikers, in vacant store, where he
was again beaten and kicked and final
ly thrown into a corner, where he lay
for an hour or more, when he was final
ly bundled into a hack and sent to a
doctor to be patched up. 1t was six
weeks before he could raise his arms.
At first it was necessary to have them