Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-01

was Informed that whatever the law
may provide, the jury could not be
changed. So AS soon as the prison
was reached. letters were put on my
feet. = sfs The air hole was stuffed
tp with pieces of bags. Before three
days passed, my body was swollen to
a bursting paint When l went to
court i va ahelped by two police, for
my hands and feet could not be used
To makeSa long story short, the trial
WIS had and he was sentenced 10 80
years Imprisonment. Estt H.. >.
ZealossIy Guards Affidavits. d.
Since the day of his sentence, Fu-
Aakoshi's little wife has had no rest.
She has not given up and she hopes
that if her story is told, the innocence
of her husband will be shown Just
now she is: sitting in the outer office
OF this paper waiting while the story
is written, and watching, very alertly,
that the afidayits she has given the
writer are not lost She would not
lose them for her life, says her inter
prefer; 1t is upon them she relies to
band. For months she has carried
them with her, never trusting them to
the safety OF her room. There is one
among them called the statement of
Hosotani, In which admissions of
perjury in connection with the trial
are made, and one by Kizo Morita to
the same point, and one by Hosotani
Yukichi, who affirms he was massag-
ing Funakoshi at the time of the
death of Motoliro.
Hosotani says in his affidavit.
t'On or about December, 1903, was
brought into the police department OF
Hilo, Hawaii. and there imprisoned as
a witness to testify against Funako-
.shi, who was then charged with the
murder of one Motohiro One day
while Il was in the jail Messrs. Sato,
sIkeda, Machfda and Hamada called
upon me and told me that in testifying
before the court that must follow the
Instructions of the prosecuting attor-
ney and say whatever he desired and
carry out the instructions he had
already given me; and they said that
If my testimony resulted in funako-
.shi's conviction, would be rewarded
by them in way to enable me to live
comfortably the rest of my life and
that they would pay me reasonable
sum Of money for my monthly ex-
penses. On the contrary, if my testi-
mony was in favor of Funakoshi and
resulted in his being acquitted, then
was to be imprisoned as an instigator
and thai they would keep me in jail
for twenty years or more, and that
during my Imprisonment ] should re-
ceiye nothing to eat but piece of
hard cracker and aas cup of water for
week days rations.
Says Testimony False.
Accordingly, Hosotani says he
falsely testified against Funakoshi.
Morita, in his statement, complains
of being beaten, and the beatings re.
suited in his testimony being given
against Funakoshi
Although do not mind much the
deputys fist he says in his affidavit,
& co1ld not stand the other harsh
Treatments and did not know what
might 4happen upon my life, If am
forced to remain in such a condition.
Therefore, I told the authorities
would yield to them and thus was
allowed to come out from the dark
cell and to remain in the cell where
the other witnesses have been kept to-
gether."
The testimony of these witnesses.
who now swear they testified falsely
under duress, was that Funakoshi.
jealous of Motohiro over the latter's
successes with the woman Tokue,
called upon his friend Watanabe, the
strong man, and the two killed the
rival lover.
strikingly different from. this is the
story of Funakcshi. After recount
ing the dispute with Tokue he says
that he became i'll and left the CON-
fpany assembled in his house for his
own room. Il sent Nisawa for a mas
sagist, he writes, land in the mean
time, my wife having prepared my
bed, l laid myself down upon it. In
a short time the lnassagist Hosotani
came in" 1t was while the two we're
together mat the death Of Motshiro
occurred, he says. i i
Little Woman Believes Story. s.
They had all been in the house, and
while Funakoshi was being treated.
says the latter, Tokue and Motohiro
had eaten together and then left for
their rooms. -. -,-. ....
Continues Funakoshi: "Motohfro
then went downstairs and came back
, in about three minutes. and entered
the original room. She entered his
room and shut the door from the in.
side. Not so long as it takes one ci,
garette to be smoked after he entered
the room. most Undesirable cry
gu-ah!-was heard in his room"
Funakoshi says he sent the massag
ist into the rooH, The lifeless body
Of Motehiro was found .
Well. this is the story that Funa
koshi tells. It may be true and il
may not But the little wife believes
it is true. and she is giving her al
to prove the verify of it. The affida
Wits she holds sets cut many facts
| which, for lack of space, cannot be
given here. If the statements in them
are true, by all the rules of justice
end humanity, the man is entitled to
a nav trial mr. no r3op II coo-nc