The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-09-13
KOREAN EDITOR
WILL RETALIATE

Upon the translation of two letters
written in Korean ideographs rests the
next sensation in the Mary Lin case
in which Seung Sung Chin and Kim
Sung Yuen are on trial for the abduc
ton of the young Kawaiahao Seminary
student. That development is nothing
more nor less than the arrest of the
girl Is mother and brother by the de.
Tense on charges covering the contents
of the two letters.
According to Attorney William Raw
Inns, counsel for Seung, editor of the
Korean Times, his client received a
letter from the mother and one from
the brother of Miss Lin in which, it IS
said, they threatened to kill him. If
Rawlins receives the translations and
satisfies himself that the letters contain
what he has been told, he will issue
warrants.
Judge Monsarrat, after days CON
sideration of the evidence put on by the
prosecution yesterday morning held
that it was sufficient to interest jury
and bound both defendants over to the
grand jury and the circuit court.
Consequently the trouble has only
commenced. Rawlins has held back all
the items forming his defense and says
he will make as big noise with those
as the prosecution did with the story
of the abduction. The abduction at
tempted three weeks ago, was spoiled
by the interference of Chief McDuffie,
whose men found the girl in the Gus
tody of Seung in a house in Nuuanu
Valley and turned her over to the par
ents.
One of the threatened developments
in the ease is the arrest of all the OIL
GERS of the Korean National Associa-
ton ON charges of conspiracy preferred
by Editor Seung. This is now under
consideration by Rawlins and it will re,
suit if the developments in the trial
If the circuit court warrants it, in his
estimation.
Did It Herself.
Miss lin yesterday Indignantly dc
MED the story of the defense to the eff
feet that the Korean National Asso
citation had broken OF her marriage en-
gagement with the editor whom she II
prosecuting for kidnapping her.
eff / love that fellow she said
"nothing that the national association
could do would make me break the en-
4 gagement. 1t is nonsense. My parents
nobody, could make me break 1T.
don u love him, that's ALL And he
voice was extremely calm and provoca
tive of thought as to what would hap
pen to a mere editor who had marriei'
her against her wishes.
Denies 1t, Too.
In a letter to The Advertiser, tn
president of the association with equa
emphasis denies the story the defens
will try TO build up. He says;
GAS president of the Korean Ma
: tional Association / wish to protes
against the articles published in you
paper in which it is claimed that til
Korean National Association has intel
fered in the eases brought againi
Seung Sung Chin and Kim Sung Yue
for kidnapping Miss Mary Lin.
I Gin fairness TO the association an
4 its members, while it is true that Scum
! has been expelled from the association
| desire to say that the members {
the association have taken no pa
J. whatever in the said cases, and the a
tempt of Seung's attorney to clan
that our association had anything
l. DO with causing the arrest of Scum
It or of persuading Miss Linn to break h
n engagement with Seung, is utter
\, false and untrue,
Al "The Korean National Association
"a organized for the purpose of helpiI
!. Koreans in this Territory and is not
party to any quarrel between Korean
except insofar that it tries TO upho
= Koreans who are acting honestly al
:, fairly, and to object to Koreans W
IN break the law Very truly yours,
CHILLAY CHEUNG.