The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-11-28

lNf 'fAH NAtN' anu AHiN WIS NNf utNNa
sion which did not bring forth even
the scmblanrc OF litter from the most
ardent supporters of the discharged
sergeant detective who sul'cnly aud
silently listened to the damning re.
plies to the questions.
Aud every time Mr.. Kclctt kicked
YOU YOU said pleas eXcoos, did youi'
said Peters in concluding this sort of
questioning.
Yes, answered Kong.
h Waia,ac cass Admitted,
1t wUs pointed ont that under the
laws of 1905 the statute of limitations
had run against the acts Of alleged
cruelty committed on Kong by KEEL
let in Wainlae. These happened more
than two years ago. Peters did not
strongly insist upon barring these, but
pointed out the injustice that was he.
ing lone in compelling his clicut tc
secure witnesses after such n lapse of
time to controvcrt charges hrough, Ny
an organized force of officers.
'This commission is not considering
thc guilt or innocence of .Kellctt for
any crime replied DEPUTY Attorney
General Smith to this argument. Z" But
| 1t is considering whether or not, under
these charges he is Il fit man to occupy
public position. On this | maintain
we haye right to go into these
ehSIges. The bearing of testimony on
these cliargcs %ill go to show Keilctt s
tendency. The reason they were not
| brought sooner is because they were
not brought to Sheriff Jarrett s alton
tion. The lapse of time ia equally bad
| for The prosecution. This witness here
rs no. prosecutor. He is brought here
simply to substantiate charges brought
agaimt this discharged officer
! Chairman Nirtz and Commissioners
royic aud Kupihca, after consulta
ton, rulcl that the Waialae incidents
could be introduced The balance of
he morning was spent in eross-examin-
ing Korg. Shortly before noon he was
excused and john Woo was called.
This was not done, however, until
Deputy Attorney General smith had
brought out that Kong, who is accused
of being an opium fcnd had not used
opium since being in prison for more
than a year.
John Woo Called to Stand.
: During the remaining part of the
| morning session Woo, who has been
one of the most important witnesses in
fastening the charges on Kellett, told
of the acts of cruelty he Witnessed
Kcllott inhict upon Kong at Waialae
nearly four years ago. Woo added that
on one occasion while with Kellett he
| (Woo) had also slapped Kong.
During the afternoon session Woo
went over the alleged rcts of brutality
| committed by kpllett IN X onu In tho
officer S Office. If any suspicion of cor
roboration was held it was dispelIed by
Woo s testimony. Though confirming in
every way the numerous acts of cruelty
the minute details brought out by Kong,
the actual sufferer, were lacking.
Peters made an Intellectual attempt to
establish a connection between different
members of The Advertiser stan and
Woo in gathering evidence against Kel-
lett and in discussing the evidence in
the case, but Woo insisted, apparently
much to the disappointment of the de.
Tense, that he had not discussed the
evidence in the case with any one con
nccted with The Advertiser.
Peters and Woo in Memory Test
When adjournment came yesterday
afternoon Woo had Just completed a
test of memory with Attorney Peters.
Tho attorney questioned Woo's mem
DRY and the latter replied that he had
as good n memory as Peters. This APP
parcntly put the lawyer on his mcttc,
for he started to ply the witness with
memory tests and would probably have
| continued until adjournment had not
/ the members of the commission rpal.