The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-03-05
DAUGHTER RELATES
DAMAGING STORY
IN KUP|HEA PROBE
Testifies That Parent Partook
Of Four-Day Carousal and
Drunken Debahchery
LITTLE GIRL TELLS
OF HER EARLY FALL
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Legislator Has Soldier Wit
nesses Arrested Two Hours
Before Investigation
CFrom Wednesdays Advertiser.)

(fr0m wednesday AuNefIlSef.)
As strong and direct in the affirma.
ton of Kuplhea's completely in rela.
ton TO the allRged debauchery carried
on around his home about Christina
time, as Kupihea had been In denia.
when the investigation of the charges
against him was first taken up by the
house Judiciary committee. were French
Oldham and William Bradbrook, the
two soldier boys, and Eva Kupihea,
daughter of the fifth district Bourbon
representative whose morality and de
eeney were made the subject of a
scathing lecture by Judge Ashford
some weeks ago from the bench, at the
continuation Of the hearing yesterday
afternoon in the house of representa-.
tives.
Lawyers on Both sides
Chairman Rawlins announced that
Attorneys A. ID. Larnach and George s.
Curry would represent the people, they
having familiaTized themselves thor.
oughly with the ease through their for.
mer connection as legal representatives
Of the two soldier boys, aud that At.
torney Lorrin Andrews would represent
the honorable member under investiga-
tiOn. George T.. Thielen was again
present, taking stenographic notes of
the proceedings All the witnesses in
the room were excused and asked to
remain in the lobby, with the exception
of the witness then on the stand. The
witnesses were examined in turn by
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Andrews, and, off and on, by members
Ct the committee.
Oldham Testifies
French Oldham testified, in short, as
follows:
81 am eighteen years of age and a
soldier at Fort Shafter since January
10, 1914. i know the Honorable Mr.
Kupihea; beea at his residence with
Ernest and Albert Wilson, Gerard
HUFF, James Farley, William BradbroOk
and Logue, the last mentioned being
away from the Islands now"
The witness went on TO say that he
had met Kupihea at the latter's home
and that Kupihea had invited him and
his friends to call around whenever
they pleased; that they would be wei
come. He had also met Kupihea :
daughters Eva and Irene, and his niece,
Rose johnson. Then they called again
and took liquor with them and met
Kupihea time and again both at his
own home and where the sister, with
whom he has not been on speaking
terms for three years, lives.
Tanks Of Booze for All .,
1--WE were there four days around
~ n. a
he was there most of the time; slept
out in the poreh-not out in the yard.
This was a luau," the witness went
on to explain. "Kupihea prepared the
luau and we paid twelve dollars for
the pig. The girls were there nearly
all the time. We furnished between
forty and forty-fve gallons Of booze
about twenty-five gallons of wine, six
teen gallons of beer, some whiskey and
other booze. Kupihea was there and
drank, as we did; the girls were also
there. Kupihea said that we were al
ways welcome to 20 back there"
Oldham then said that Kupihea had
opened the door to let them in the first
time and then gave them the key To
the cottage, which is about $50 yards
removed from the house where Kupihea
usually lives. eve used the place al
win and Kupihea often joined and
drank booze with us. lie knew we
were there. The key admitted us t.
the house where the girls slept We
all tried to sleep in the one bed in tbs
room and then gave it up and tore the
bed down. said the witness.
.uE "Kupihea came down with a fanterr
the first time and opened the door foI
us and we used the place with hi
remission said Oldham.
+ Father Allowed Girls to Stay
TO question by Representative
Crockett, the witness said that Kuni
hea was there with the girls on sew
eral occasions.
HThere were a bunch of u.s. saIt
Oldham. "Around Christmas time ther,
were also a lot of old women,' IL
answer to a question by Representative
Coney, the witness said that Kupihci
had never asked the girls to leave tn
place while the soldiers were there.
Questioned again by Judge Larnach
the witness said that he heard Kupi
hea say that his daughter Eva wouI'
be sixteen years in May.
''I was on the bench with other
at the time" said the witness, ian,
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