Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-26
SURPRISE FOR
COMMISSIONS
NOT Evident
Woman Takes Stand but Evi.
dence Fails to Bolster Up
Case Against kelIett

An unscheduled surprise happened
this morning in the hearing Of the
charges against former Detective John
r. Kellett before the civil service
|commission. While the commissioners
were in tune for surprise, the one
which really occurred was not the one
expected.
The surprise came in the person OF
Mrs. Paakani Kauwai of ~Puuloa, wife
Of Sam Kauwai, who was brought to
the senate chamber this morning by
Deputy Sheriff Rose to testify against
Kellett on the brutal" treatment he
showed the.Korean opium fiend, Kong
Eung Do, while they we're at the
woman's house about year ago.
Yet in place OF the woman stating
that the officer treated his prisoner
inhumanly, she testified on cross-ex.
animation that the blows struck were
very light and without force enough
to do injury to the Korean. And in
place of Kellett maliciously and cruel,
Fly kicking Kong, the woman went on
record as saying: 80 ....
He didn't kick him hard. II he had
the Korean would have fallen over"
She had explained before that at
the time Kellett kicked Kong the lat,
ter was sitting down by a basket OF
clothes. s.ls. L. z~s.s&
The woman showed, by demonstra,
ton on the arm of e. C. Peters, at.
torney for Kellett. the strength Of the
blows she said the officer struck Kong
and the blows were so mild and
ladylike that the commissioners could
not resist smiling.
The woman occupied the witness
stand the greater part Of the morn.
ing session When her testimony was
concluded, Choy Chung Young, q Ko.
rean, convicted of theft, took the
stand. He has charged that Kellett
refused to return to him q ring he
had at the time of his arrest, il
months ago Choy had not advanced
far on his direct. examination before
noon. He took the stand again at
1870 The commission WI probably
be engaged all afternoon on his
charge.
Tt will take at least another day to
finish the sheriff's case, according to
the forecast of Deputy Attorney-gen-
eral Smith. The commission have
agreed to adjourn this afternoon at 4
O'Clock and not convene again until
Friday morning at s o'clock
At one time on her direct examiIla-
ton the woman said
'.Kellett struck him with stick I
Indicating with her hand that the Ko-
rean was struck on the right upper
arm. ssa isk
This stick she later tried to iden-
.tify as regular police club, az club,
she said, Kellett drew from his back
pocket.
Smith, after an argument against Ii,
presented the witness with two police
clubs of different sizes, and asked her
If either one was similar to the one
she thought she saw Keilett use.
This is the most outrageous pro-
|ceeding." broke in Peters. Just Inn
agine trying to force this witness to
identify one of these clubs after she
has said that she didn't see the club
plainly, and after she has been un-
able to properly describe it.
Peters objection was oyerruled, the
woman indicated the longer one of the
two clubs. But she afterwards made
lit up with Peters by testifying that
though KelIett had used the club, the
few blows he struck. with it were fn-
consequential and more in the way OF
"a caress than beating. M.