Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-17
THREAT To KILL
KOREANS Being
PROBED TODAY
Territorial Grand Jury Hears
Statement on Bitter Fight in
National Association

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The territorial grand Jury is this aft
ernocn making an investigation CT tile
fight gCing on in the Korean National
AssociationTa fight which has BECOME
so bitter that il has been charged that
threats to kill 10 members ct the as.
ISOLATION were openly made at q meet.
Ing recently held in this ctr,
4. The fight eehtefs between atlherehts
Of the former officials of the associa-
ton. and me supporters of those now
in Office. A local attorney Is now pre-
pairing quo .warranso proceedings
against the new officials, and viii en-
deayor to have them ousted from con-
troll by the courts.
The following statement of the fight
as seen by the "old' faction. was pre-
pared at special request, and Deputy
Attorney Brown said 1t would be pre-
sented to the grand jury this after
noon
"On the evening of Saturday, June 5,
1915, in the main hall OF the Korean
National Association. meeting had
been called by party of Koreans
calling themselves the democratic
party, who were opposed to the off,
GERS Of the Korean National Associa-
ton elected January, 1915, at the reg
ular yearly election.
A man named Aim Heun Young
presided. He made speech saying
that the % men who had signed q
letter protesting against the putting
out of the old officers elected in jan
uary and the appointment of new set
Of officers friendly to the so-called ko-
rean Democratic party, was Illegal, and
against the law of the society, must
be killed because they were interfer-
ing with the rights of the Koreans.
He called on those in the audience,
who wished them killed, to raise their
hands and about one-half of the pe0-
pie present raised their hands-yoting
that they should be killed.
Ko Suk Joe made an inflammatOry
speech stating, among other things,
that they must begin Killing the 22
men tomorrow. Sing Young Whar
made speech in the course Of which
he said that all good Koreans should
kill these % men as soon as they met
them; that if they did not kill them,
they would be sorry.
Kim Kyung Woon said that Young
PAX, because he embezzled some
money. was big thief and so he es
capped from these islands, and that
those remaining were his followers
and were little thieves and, therefore,
they should be killed. The audience
was getting more and more excited
over these speeches, and applauding,
and there was great excitement
The president, Aim Heun Young.
said We must Kill these. % men as
we meet them. Can you remember
what say? When you meet any OF
them, kill them Several persons tried
to speak, who we're not in fayoreoi
Aim Heun Young's proposition, but he
refused to allow them.
Finally the meeting broke up by
zee Hung Kee being attacked and
he escaped to the police station and
obtained police assistance In the
confusion just before his attack,
Ahn Heun Young called out for
volunteers to begin the killing. asking
who would kill three men, whom he
named, hlm kyu sup, Zee Chu feun
and Han Chat Myeung.
"Ahn Heun Young, or someone else,
said We will go upstairs and look for
them and number of men went up
and broke down the door of Yee Chu
Yeun's room; but he was absent from
his room and he could not be found.
The rioters went to several places
looking for the men; but, upon the
police arriving. they desisted.
Witnesses, who were present at the