The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-26
NO FIXED SCALE FOR
TYING UP COUPLES
UNDERTAKEN WHO ALSO ACTS
AT WEDDINGS TELLS COURT
ABOUT HIS rEEs

'swhat q the general charge for a
rarringeS''
This question, put TO Undertaken
Silva, who also assists in tying matri.
moninl knots, interested the jurors Ia
the fedefRi court yestorday when the
Korean conspiracy case was started.
A. L. c. AtkinSon, who appeared for
Kim Pyeng Kun, one Of the defendants,
propOunded the interesting query.
"There is no general charge airily
rplied Undertaken Silva. ''They give
whatever they think best. If they give
me SOS, all right but take IS, and
sometimes even Ss,"
He told the attorney that he did not
remember how much he was paid at
the time of the alleged marriage be.
tween one of the defendants and a
Korean woman who already had q
spOuse.
| 'sDid you divvy up with John
Bakers" Atkinson asked.
"Sure," was the reply; "not only
in this case, but in good many others
} he turned over to me, There is no fixed
rate.'i eoss
you get the biggest snareS'' asked
the attorney.
Does the Biggest Work.
''Alost decidedly; but 1 do the big,
gest work. replied Silva.
, perhaps Mr.. Atkinson is going tc
> take out marriage license" remarked
Assistant District Attorney w. T. Raw
: Inns, preparatory to drawing the court Z
attention to the fact that he consid
cred the evidence irrelevant and i'm
l material. "Is that what You want the
=. information forqn he asked Mr.. Atkin
son.
Judge Clemens, passing on the point
: raised as to irrelevancy, said he thought
! the questioning along the line taken by
| Mr.. Atkinson should be confined.
: Silva said that one of the three de
: PENDANTS paid his fee, but he did moi
know which.
.Cross.examined by Leon NJ. Straus
: who appeared for two of the defend
ants, Silva said he could not positively
!, identify any of the defendants as being
: present on the occasion of the mar
!. rage.
John Baker, the man who issued tn,
marriage license. examined by Mr.. Raw
i Inns, said two of the men now on tria
were with the bride and groom whel
\ they got the license, and he took then
! oyer to Silva to perform the ceremony
: Subsequently two of the defendant
L went back to him and wanted TO know
what he would charge for another mar
rage certificate, because the other on
f had been destroyed in a fire. HI
d charged them $17 for copy. Late
}. they wished to know what the price o
It a divorce would be. He sent for al
IS attorney, and -the lawyer told them |
d would cost SITS. They hadn't tn
It money, and said they would see hir
10 later.
! / Yoon Was the Talker.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Straus, h
h said that apparently the only persoi
q who did any, talking was the defend
Il ant G. X. Yoon, and that the latte
"a at all times acted as a Korean inter
Il prefer between Baker and the othe
u Koreans. ~
n Judge Clemens ruled in the morning
g that though it was true that there wer
three defendants charged with con
=. spiracy under the same indictment
=. still, as the defendants represented b.
a Mr., Straus and the defendant repre-
q sented by Mr.. Atkinson have defense
n that might be antagonistic each to tn
" other either OF both counsel would
n permitted to eross-examine any viii
ness on the stand in the same name
"a as though his cross-examination wer
n an independent one.
n. The three defendants are Hun Kwo
Chin, Yoon Chong Kun and Kim Pyen
Kun, and the charge against them
one Of conspiracy in having the Grim
of bigRmy committed within the dis
trict. While the jury was being Sc
cured to try the case the proceeding
n were enlivened BY one or two "spats
between counsel. Mr.. Rawlins took el
" ception to a remark made by MI
Straus to Mr.. Atkinson, that the al
sistant district attorney was foxy in II
m gard to the number of challenges mad
!, by the defense
u On this matter there was little mil
K understanding, Mr.. Rawlins thinkin
90 that the defense had used up one NOR
"a challenges than they said they hat
Il This called forth the observation mad
= by Mr.. Straus.
Juob omSNA
. 81 don't want anybody to accuse N
u. of being foxy Mr.. Rawlins said, wit
NJ some heat.
re DWELL, win say shrewd,' said M
a, Straus.
ID Mr.. Rawlins started to object, bu
is Judge Clemens said he had heard notl
he ing to reflect upon anybody in an
or way.
he "It was not intended to reflect 0
etiaByones far from it, declared M
n Straus.
ne Mr.. Rawlins continued to speak o
NJ the subject, but Judge Clemens put a
end to the discussion by saying: "rhe
m have withdrawn their statement in n
at gard to you, so there is no reason fl
be pursuing the matter"
Mr.. Atkinson, in questioning v
Lucas, one of the special yenire Z
twenty-five, said; "You read the pi
pers; did you read about Mr.. RawliI
W holding woman's hand while XII
% Pyeng Kun was on trial last weekf
r. The juror said he had read somethiH
70 about IL, but 1t didn't make any in
!. uFaaafnu IN him