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each other and patch up their testi
mony."I, %~~.- = ~ =
Peters Wins Ruling. !
Chairman Writ then made the rul
ing for the commission that ali viii
nesses were to be directed not to dis
cuss the matter. OF their testimon,
with other witnesses.
With that the examination Of eWot
recommended. - -
DO you know anything" began
Peters, "in either the Joseph case d
the Robinson case beside the fact tha
You saw the men struck-do You re
member any other incident, any othel
persons present, any words said-any
thing. in short, beyond the fact thai
the men we're hit by Kellett as yot
described ?" - -. =
7 can not say replied the witness.
Continually throughout the examina-
ton Of Woo, and In fact throughout
the morning session, the question Of
conspiracy came up. II appears from
the statements made by both Peters
and Smith. that point will be the fea-
ture Of the defense. Several times
Smith objected to such matters com
ing up at this time. E - .
Would Impeaea Vesacity. :...s.a--: IS
By a few minutes after 10 o'clock.
The Joseph case was completed. Pc.
tiers is attempting to throw a grave
doubt over the veracity of the whole
CT Woo's testimony. The incident Of
the stairs yesterday afternoon was
brought up to weigh heavily against
the Koreans testimony. Woo had
sworn that when KeIlett choked the
negro, Kellett and the prisoner were
on the sidewalk, while he; Woo, was
at the top of the stairs leading to the
detectives quarters. The examination
proved yesterday that 1t Is almost Inn
possible to see man on the sidewalk
from such a point: and absolutely i'm
possible unless the observer leans far
down. las Z. r.. .ss
Two Courts Concluded.
BY the close of the session yester-
day afternoon the first two counts of
brutality against Kellett had been viz
tually finished so far as the case OF
Deputy Attorney.general Smith goes.
Il yet remains, however, for Peters to
put In Kellett's defence.
Kelletts accusers thus far are:
Clarence Robinson, negro who has
a long prison record built by convic-
tons for larceny, gambling etc. He
has testified chat while drunk and uI1-
der arrest, he was struck by Kellett
Kellett denies this and says he can
prove that it Is not true.
Abraham B. Joseph, a negro recent
" from the reform school, and since
that time found guilty Of several Of.
fences He says that he was struck by
Ke1lett. Kellett also denied this and
has evidence, he says, to prove that
ne did not treat Joseph brutally. Abra-
ham came before the commission yes.
terday. Joseph said he had misgiy-
ings about appearing against Kellett
and had turned over In his mind the
OF withdrawing the state
ment he made to Smith. He had been
looked up by Detective Woo, he testi-
fed, and induced to make a state
ment. Il
Joseph took the stand In the after
noon session, following Clarence Rob
inson The latter's case had occupied:
all the morning session and part Of
the afternoon Detective Woo was the
witness in both cases to corroborate
the testimony given. Woo showed q
memory yesterday remark
able both in what he remembered and
what he did not remember Peters
once lost patience with him and de-
clared that the Korean was not tell-
ing what he knew.
This man Woo has the most pc
culiar memory Of any man / have ever
seen on witness stand He can re-
member the acts constituting the al
Ieged brutal treatment -tbe acts per.
se-but nothing else! His mind Is,
he would have us know, q perfect
blank on all points but the ones con-
corning the blows Kelletts Is said to-
have struck the two prisoners. It Is q
funny thing that this man cannot re-
member about what time Of day Il was,
who else was In the room at the time
though he admits somebody else was
In the room. II seems TO me that this
Kind Of testimony has gone far
enough said Peters. r 5s.
BY 3:40 Woo had reached point
n his statement where he sWore that
ne had seen, while standing on the top
step of the flight leading to the de-
sectiYes' quarters. Kellett catch Jo-
;ephs by the throat This act he said
on the sidewalk. s, > = as1 Fs5f'ssg
Peters then asked that the commits
sion adjourn and go to the police sta
ion to see II it is possible TO see the
sidewalk from such position. The
found that by carefully
STOPPING down, a narrow strip of the
Sidewalk could be seen. II
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