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


Sheriff Jarrett probably will pre-.
fer charges of assault and battery
against John Kalekini. : a Hawaiian
youth. who. according to prepond.
GRANGE Of testimony received at the
investigation of brutality alleged to
have been displayed by bicycle or,
ficer Berry Sizemore, is credited with
having administered blows upon the
stomach of Ko Sung Wo0n, 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 a
body blow at time that the prisoner
was engaged in a 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, Kale.
KIM claims TO have disappeared from
the scene
"Kalekini admits having laid hands
On the Korean, which according to ex-
listing laws constitutes an assault, /"
stated Sheriff Jarrett this morning.
1T would appear from the gist Of
practically all testimony that 1t was
fhe blow on the stomach that render
ed the Korean unconscious"
Motorman Hanson, employed on a
Nuuafiu Avenue Rapid Transit car,
gave brief testimony this morning, in
which he claimed that during the mo-
ment 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 a 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
not only used his club but his feet in
administering punishment. He admit
ted that he had drunk some LIQUOR
before the arrest and that he had be-
come involved in a wordy argument
with q 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 a physical examina-
ton. The Korean complained of in
ternal pains, the location of which
were carefully noted by DIR. Elmer
son. The Korean stated that he was
wholly conscious until the blow which
reached the pit of his stomach, then
all became blank until he came out
Of a trance at the hospital. The Ko-
rean declared that he had been
strGck in the back of the neck
though the officers failed to locate
any marks there this morning.
Sizemore is still under suspension.
Sheriff Jarrett admits that the inyes-
tigation has developed wide yari-
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 effect,
are at least a dozen others who are
equally positive that Sizemore 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. - =.