Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-21
HAWAIIAN MAY
BE MADE GOAT
For ASSAULT

Z - va " I. 49, :
Sheriff Jarrett probably will pre-,
fer charges Of assault and battery
against John Kalekini, Hawaiian
youth, who, according to a prepend.
GRANGE Of testimony received al the
Investigation OF brutality alleged to
lave been displayed by Bicycle fOf.
ficer Berry Sizemore, is credited with
having administered blows upon the
stomach of Ko Sung Woon, Korean
who figured .in an arrest following
an affray at the corner of Kukui and
Nuuanu streets a week ago.
Kalekini admitted yesterday after.
noon that he had hit the Korean q
body blow at a time that the prisoner
was engaged in struggle with the
police officer. He denied that Size
more Had used his club or had kicked
at the Korean while he was PROSTATE
After Sizemore had taken his pris-
oner to the box the second time, KaIe.
KIM claims to have disappeared from
the scene. .
Kalekini admits having laid hands
en- the Korean, which according to ex.
isting laws constitutes an assault,
stated Sheriff Jarrett this morning
1T would appear from the gist of
practically ali testimony that it was
the blow on the stomach that render.
ed the Korean unconscious. ?
Moterman Hanson, employed on a
Nuuanu Avenue Rapid Transit car,
gave brief testimony this morning, IL
which he claimed that during the mo
Inent that his car stopped at the scene
OF conflict, he did not see Sizemore
use his club or kick the prisoner. He
claims to have seen q considerable
portion of the struggle while Size
more was attempting to summon the
patrol wagon.
Sheriff Jarrett Intercepted Ko
Sung Woon, the Korean who figured
in the assault and who was today dis
charged from the Queens hospital.
The Korean claimed that Sizemore
rot only used his club but his feet In
administering punishment. He admit
ted that he had drunk some liuuor
before the arrest and that he had be-
come involved in a wordy argument
with a Hawaiian woman. According
to his story he used no profanity and
all the swearing and obscenity came
from the woman. He denied running
away from the officer but admitted
that when the officer was attempting
to get his keys, he slowly walked
away only to be recaptured by Size.
more. The Korean was of the opinion
that Sizemore hit him in the solar
plexus.
Ko Sung Woon was stripped of his
clothing and Dr.. Emerson, police sur.
geon, completed physical examina-
tion The Korean complained of In
ternal pains, the location of which
were carefully noted by DR.. Emer-
son. The Korean stated that he was
wholly conscious until the blow which
reached the pit Of his stomach, then
all became a blank until he came out
OF a trance at the hospital The Ko-
Tean declared tnat he had been
struck in the back of the neck
though the officers failed to locate
any marks there this morning.
Sizemore is stiIi under suspension
Sheriff Jarrett admits that the inves-
tigation has developed q wide vari-
.ance of stories concerning the AFFAIR.
To Offset the statements from three
or four witnesses, including the pris-
oner, who declare that the officer
used his club with disastrous erect,
are at least dozen others who are
equally positive that Sizelnore did not
employ his stick or use his feet
in an attempt to subdue the man. The
testimony will be transcribed, review.
ed by the sheriff, and then passed up
to the civil service commissioners for
final action.