Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-17

STAND ADMITS
HE USED CLUB
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kui and Ruuanu street to take charge
Iof what was stated was drunken
man. who was alleged to have used
Insulting language before a number OF
women. said Sizemore. Arriving
there ] found the Korean acting as If
drunk or crazy. placed him under
arrest and was taking him to the po-
lice call box at the corner when he
managed 10 get away and started
down Kukui street. followed and
caught up with the man after he had
gone about $50 feet IN running, /
swung my club several times" Size
mere professed belief this morning
that the stick never struck the man
| In his fight IN the mele, Sizemore
and the Korean tumbled and rolled
over on the ground. Regaining his
| feet, the officer grasped the prisoner
and again started for the patrol box.
says the former Sizemofe declared
that the Korean made number of
vicious kicks at him. several landing
on his leg. He insisted that he never
used his club, despite what he alleg-
| es was a torrent Of profanity and
abuse being heaped upon him by the
Korean. lnterTogated by Attorney At
hinson, representing the Koreans in
lterests, Sizemore admitted that in
bringing his prisoner to the box on the
second trip he used the stick to punch
him in the ribs and force him to move
along in more peaceable manner.
The Korean is declared to have
grasped Sizemore by the collar and
| the officer says that he experienced
ldifiiculty In freeing himself from the
clutches Of his charge.
II used my club on this man but
once, never at any time kicking him
while standing or while he was on
the ground, concluded Sizemore. The
officer admitted that Belliha and Mon
sarrat stepped into the arena and at
tempted to call him down while he
was engaged in the performance of
his duty, / told Bellina to shut up
and not to butt In, added the officer.
Says Profanity Was Lurid.
Profanity alleged as coming from
1.-THE Korean was pronounced to be, of
| d lurid type by M. a. Silva, an under
Itaker, VINO ella ms to lave been et-
| ent and say the enenHnt n be ~ a
the officer and Kfrtaf ftn berc soiFt
Sizemore,s statement 10 mann cf i 8
details. Silva added that the. Korean
used his coat in beating the officer
over the head while held ait the patrol
tox and awaiting the wagon. He saw
the prisoner make his break for lib
erty and his recapture. Silva was
positive In his statements that Size
more never used his club or kicked
the man. He saw the Hawaiian strike
the Korean a couple 1f blows in the
vicinity of the stomach. Silva was
asked il he had seen Levy, the hack
nan, there. but claimed that he had
not.
d. X. Kahaulelio. when brought be-
fore the sheriff stated that he had
lseen nothing Of the encounter be-
tween the Korean and the officer.
According to a. Nelson, the Korean
was using vile language to the officer.
He also stated that the prisoner made
ia successful attempt to escape and
was finally recaptured, struggling and
attempting to kick the officer. He in
sisted that SiZemore never used his
club and was equally positive that the
Officer did not kick at his prisoner. He
saw Sizenore try to place his hand
over the mouth of the Korean.
Miss Lydia Rodrigues and Mary
lGouveia. testified to hearing the Ko-
|Fean swearing at the officer and wit
Messing part OF the struggle. They
slated that they did not see Sizemore
hit the prisoner or kick him. Their
story was in effect that the Korean
proved to be the attacking party in
the saffray The Hawaiian was seen
by the girls to strike the Korean in
the stomach. So 49,
That the Korean was taken to the
Queens hospital in an unconscious
condition, scratched in several places
and In the state of one who has
been knocked out" by a blow, was
the statement made this morning by
a physician attending the injured
man. <~.-.s .:.E1-' .-. r.. q -
"The Korean showed all the. signs
of having been struck. According to
a doctor who attended him when he
first came here, he was very much in
the condition of football player who
has been knocked out by. a. blow in
the game" said the physician this
morning.
Il do not know at what part of the
body he was struck. His condition
has never been serious. and he is now
recovering rapidly. The only thing
he has said, relating to the cause of
MS injuries, so far as know, was
that the policeman did not under
stand him."
Mrs George Beckley and Muriel
Campbell Decision was reserved by
the cOIIrt