Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-03
KOREAN ENTERS
HEAOf GUILTY
IN MURDERCASE
PAX Chi Ser Says Spent $500
to Bring Wife Here-Judge
Orders Plea Changed


gree, told the crowd that captured him
in Liliha street the night. Of May "a
after Il is alleged he killed his wife
Kim Chung Hee, according to testi.
mony given from the witness stand In
Circuit Judge Ashford's court this
morning by George Hameku, a form
er police officer. Hameku added that
the Korean had told him he killed his
wife.
Little difficulty was experienced in
securing jury to try the case. The
members of the jury are A. X. Smythe,
z. r. Aguiar, F. W. Wichman. w. NJ
Minitcn, w. L. llaton, E. G. Gonsalyes
Jack Milton. G.. w. Wallace, w. NJ
Buchanan, w. T. Raposo. H. E. Spicer
and George w. Nawaakoa.
prior to the beginning of the trial
the Korean withdrew his plea of moi
guilty and entered plea Of guilty tc
murder in the first degree. The court
asked the defendant IL he knew the
consequences of being found guilty OF
such a charge. PAX Chi Ser answered
that he did. The court refused to al
low the plea and upon advice of coun
sci, the Korean entered a plea of not
guilty.
Harry T. Lake, a detective from the
city and county attorneys office, was
CARED to the stand by the prosecution
tn identify map Of that portion OF
Liliha street near King where the
alleged murder is said to have taken
place.
Judge w. ]. Robinson, who is de
tending PAX Chi Ser, was asked il he
had any objection to the introduction
Of map, or If he wanted to ask any
questions regarding the authenticity.
The Judge answered that he did not
ae said that Lakes work was always
carried out in very able manner and
was correct and very satisfactory.
The second witness was Dan Ka
manoha. who drives the police patrol
He said he drove the patrol to the
place in Liliha street where the muir
der is alleged to have taken place
The body OF the Korean woman was
found lying near the curb and was
conveyed to the hospital. There were
many wounds on the woman's body
especially about the head anc
throat, and in one portion of the.
throat a knife was sticking, he test
fed
At this juncture a jack-knife with an
iron handle was introduced in eyi
dence. The witness said it was the
same weaken he had seen at the hos
pital. He said he remained at the
hospital until physician pronounced
the woman dead. and then took the
body to the morgue. All this happened
between 3 and 9:45 O'Clock the night
If May "a, he testified.
Deputy Sheriff and Coroner Asch
were called to the stand and testified
that the was present at the post NOR
TEN examination Of the Korean won.
ans remains.
The wound from which the woman
probably died, testified DR.. N. B. EN-
erson, police surgeon, was near the
heart The bullet wound, he added,
might not have caused death.
Police OFFICER Apana, in whose
family the dead Korean woman was
employed, testified that he knew the
defendant and his wife.
Wallace Saffery of the Palama set
Element testified that he caught and.
held PAX Chi He'd wlen the latter
was running down Liliha street to.
ward King after the killing.
Saffery said he ran towards the man
and caught him. The Korean didn't
say word but appeared very fright.
ened and struggled to get away, the
witness continued. The witness said
that the man was PAX Chi Ser and that
he was covered with blood.
The Korean told me that he had
killed his wife" said George Hameku
when called to the stand. Hameku
added that PAX Chi Ser made the
statement that Il spent $500 to get
hat women here and she was no po-
olef." The prosecution showed Ha.
neku revolver and asked him where
he had gotten il. The witness replied
hat while he was helping to hold
he Korean, some one had put It n.
IFS hand and that he had put it in his
Jack pocket Later, he said, he turned
lC ICNOttCl ONCA ~ oOAthS We
les gang. The witness further said
hat when he first arrived on the
scene he heard some one say. This
S the man who SHOT his wife, indi-
.ating ak Chi Ser.
Mrs. Apana, wife of Officer Apana,
aid that on the night of the alleged 1
murder she was walking home from a |
lictnre show with some Of the mem
'ers Of her family and the Korean
woman who was killed. She said the
Korean woman was walking in the
ear with Mary Apana. She said she
eard a shot fired behind her and that
he Immediately went into a Chinese
tore where she remained for some
ime. She said she didn't turn around
o see what was the matter.
III. Kishi, whose troubles as cater
r were aired In the last legislature, is