The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-09
Additional Evidence In 1Kupihea
Case iustlfies All Done by
|. Judge, However
kUplHEA SHOWN UP IN
TRUE, SHAMELESS LIGHT
Testimony Brands Him Unfit To.
Associate With Men Who
Il, Respect Themselves !
(From Sunday Advertiserl

/ (From Sunday Advertiser) q
A tofrid roast given Judge Ashford
Thy Lorfin Andrews was the feature of
the fourth and last hearing Of the Ku.
lpihea charges before the house Judi.
eiATy committee yesterday. In words
THAT burned, Andrews hayed Judge
Ashford for the lecture the latter gave
IIfrom the bench recently in regard to
IlISppihea s.. reputation, character, del
lcency and morality, the speaker avoid.
ing the evidence submitted to make
This defense good. The lawyer said that
dodge Ashford had used his high Office
to make asvicions and nnwarranted at.
tack upon the honorable member from
the Afth district, whose reputation and
other commendable qualities, claimed
il Andrews, had been fully sustained by
1.-THE testimony adduced during the in
vestigation before the house judiciary
committee. Perhaps out ofGregard for
Mr.. Andrews, personally, not a person
smiled at this. -,
Hiasting Evidence s'
II One other feature Of yesterday, one
that, fully corroborated the testimony
lEiveh 81 Eva Kupihea, Rose johnson,
William Bradbrook, French Oldham and
j Mrs. Lulu johnson, was the testimony
.lgiven yesterday by Joseph 'Girard. This
man, a companion of Bradbrook and
Oldhan in the orgies and debaucheries
Z (which have been carried on at Kupi
hea 3 own home and the cottage near
Thy, claimed thatrat no time he had had
ahything to do with Knpihea's daugh.
ter or niece. p. - - @5s'.E'..
He corroborated,s however, in no un.
certain manner the stories given by the
EetRcrs, that Kupihea was. frequently
!. III tn sseompany Of the festive soldiers,
drank and caroused with them; that his
sllaughtef and niece were there at times
J and that at no time did Kupihea send
the little girls away. Kupihea, claimed
/ EGifard saw the soldiers going in and
out Of the girls ROOM which adjoined
Iithat used by the soldiers for their ca
! ronsals and which was separated from
Tit only by wire screen door. = !
Made Things Easy ii. .-l|",. ~. ~
I 7 tjirard insisted that lie. was present
= lwhen. Knpihea gave Bradbrook the key
{ and he identified the key itself, which
llet the men into the portions; of tht
2 hotse. claimed by the legislator to b
his own, He claimed, further, that tn,
= Honorable member of the house. had in
IIyited them to make use of the premises
Z use of the rooms. The first time .they
Invent there, said Girard, Kupihea, will
4 q lighted lantern, had accompanied
them ahd opened the door for the men
I" Do you know Kupiheaf' Girarc
I was asked. % g, LSa
i We'll, should say so, (" replied tn,
witness ~ know him well enough Il
call him by his first name--David:?'
I. II He described the four-day Christina
( oreie; how Kupihea had been givei
I $l2 TO prepare a luau for them, and did
! so; how they had bought the liquo
downtown, forty or fortyifye gallonl
J. Iof wine, beer, whisky and gin, and
/, ltaken it first to Kupihea's own home
. where some of il was imbibed, and thel
,arrying the bulk to the detached cot
= age On Christmas day, said Girard
r Iupihea, his wife, daughters, niece
,ther friends of the family and tn,
!. even or eight soldiers were all Their,
FOR the good time. ...
a Every Ono Caroused
"Surc, we got intoxicated" sale
1irard, "and that's what we wer,
|. here for We did not get so drunk
q however, that we did not know wha
& | We were doing; at least, not ]. "
I The soldiers talked with the ittl
$ sirls In Kupihea's presence, and neve
was there any objection on the fathe
r or uncle's part to stop the men address
4 1.-THE children Girard admitted, however
d that the language used by them 10 tn
vi Urls vas such that "any lady nigh
HEAR. -" When the girls were not witt
( the men the soldiers cut up and mad
I'll hugs hum. even to the extent of doinl
E. q little cussinR. l..., ....~f
p FUN Run Of House ...J,s 2
? "The girls lived in the room next u
. Tours, with the door between US wild
3 open," said Girard. 1--WE had the full
k run of the three rooms, including tn
$ room the girls slept in, and Kupihel
> knew it. too. He never said a word
= [ saw him in the room with US ON tn
D big day Of the FEAST
OIL Girard related how he first came T.
], know Kupihea and his family. II
and others were introduced by lr
Q Bogue or Logan. a..
t HDavid told us: you and you
O friends are welcome. we called reBu
4 larly four or FIVE times after that, a
K his own house. Then we got the us
y Of the detached cottage. We wante
4 10 pay him for the use Of the prem
I ises, but Kupihea wouldn't have
Q that way. He said we were friends o
s his and welcome at that.
s Kicked Children Out
;, Mrs Lulu johnson, Kupihea 3 sisteI
was the first witness on the stand ye'
terday. she stuck well TO the stor
she told the committee last Wedhesda
h or Thursday. as related in The Advel
" tiser at the time. She insisted tina
u Kupihea had Kicked his daughters on
a Of the house and told them ito =
e and live in the camp said the vii
5, Tess, "
" Police Testimony
-, - Officer Kealoha was agaip on III