Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-20
NOTHING To IT
IS VERDICT ON
KOTSUKI Charge
Sheriff Rose Decides SIS Was
Sent to Policeman in Part
Payment of Debt


There's nothing to It." was the
verbal verdict OF Sheriff Rose today.
given after several witnesses had been
examined with reference TO the charg-
es aired by the Nippu Jill. local
Japanese newspaper, that S. Kotsuki.
& plain clothes policeman, had accept
ed bride Of SIS from another Jap
anese known as Yamamoto.
Gijlro Naito, Japanese, was arrest
ed last January, charged with attempt
ing to do injury TO Japanese woman
and to Yamamoto, his rival After
serving until June in the county Jail,
Naito trailed his rival and the woman
and then called Kotsuki to arrest both
on statutory charge. Kotsuki. ac-
cording to Naito's story, went with
him to Japanese hotel and located
the couple. Naito says Kotsuh Of
fered immunity for both II Yamamoto
paid him 500. Naito declared that
Yamanoto agreed to supply the money
the next day.
The next day Yamamoto and the
woman were married and then kotsu-
Xxi admits having sent chauffeur TO
| Yamamoto and collected. through the
latter, SIS in cash. Naito claimed this
was a part OF the 500 which he said
Yamamoto had promised Kotsuki for
immunity from arrest.
Kotsuh told Sheriff Rose that he
had loaned Yamamoto SIS once to
give a dinner to the latter's friends at
local Japanese club. He said that
the night he went with Naito Yama-
motto told him he and the woman were
to be married the next day.
81 told Yomamoto that as long as
he could afford to get married that he
ought to be able to pay me that $50
he owed me-" Kotsuki told Sheriff
Rose. He told the sheriff that the
next day Yamamoto telephoned him
and said he could pay SIS Of the so
owing. Consequently Kotsuki SAID
he sent the chauffeur to get the money
for him.
editor Maxine of the Japanese
newspaper came to me before the
story was printed and told me he was
going tod publish the story explained
Sheriff Rose. Il told him to go ahead
and he promised me that he would
produce the witnesses on the morning
Of July z. McDuffie was to take their
testimony, or at least meet the wit
nesses. The captain waited all morn.
ing for Maxine and his witnesses, but
none showed up.
again McDuffie got in touch with
Maxine, and again Maxine promised
to bring the witness around and
again failed to appear. The next day
Maxine called on McDuffie and told
him that Kotsuki was the sole sup
port Of widowed mother and that for
that reason, Maxine said, he had de.
cided to drop the matter and asked US
to do the same. That made me all
the more anxious to probe the affair,
The paper had attacked Kotsuki's rep
utation and after doing that had re-
fused to give the man a chance tol
defend himself.
$50 McDuffie and started out to
locate the witnesses ourselves" con.
tinued the sheriff. I'VE got the chauf-
feur. He didn't know anything ex-
cept that he collected the SIS for Kot-
suki. The other automobile drivers
the Japanese paper mentioned did not
know thing about the case. Naito
is in jail now. After he had gone
with Kotsuki to the hotel where va
mamoto and the woman were staying,
Kotsuki saw a revolver protruding
from Naito's pocket and he booked
Naito on charge of carrying conceal
ed weapons. will have Naito brought !
from the jail and will examine him
before close this case"