Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-15
SUMMONS
NLISTERCASE
TODAY IS Plan
ChiIIineworth Has investigated
Alleged Fight al cannery
at Pearl City

| summons from the city aII0Eney
office viii be, issued today to Archie
Il. Lister and 8. Kakutani,. the two
men who engaged IN a night 1t the can
merry, of the Pearl City Fruit Company
on August "a, in which Lister was
stabbed and Kakutani received q
Ebroken arm, and suffered bruises about
the head and face. +.
The case Is being handled by
I Charles F. Chillingworth. third deputy
attorney, and following his report on
the investigation or the tight order to
issue the summons to both men has
been given. e. II
Kakutani, as soon as he arrived IN
Honolulu, following the fight and the
tying up In which his arm was broken.
was taken to the hospital 1T the coun-
ty jail for treatment Lister remained
at Pearl City, but his wounds were
cared for by DR.. McGettfgan.
Testimony o. Lister, Cove. the luna
who helped Lister tie Kakutani up,
and of Kakutani himself was publish
ed in the Start Bulletin yesterday.
The entire testimony was taken
from A. E. Lister, Walter ~. Cove,
William de Barck, s.. 0kazah, Hotani
Kahe, Takahashi and Sanousnke Ka-
kutani. Mr.. de Barck said that Ne
had been employed at the cannerS
for three years, and that on the morn.
ing Of the trouble he had gone 70
breakfast when the fight occurred He
says that he knows nothing whatever
of the trouble.
Attorney Chillingworth, IN his re
port to the city attorney, says that Mr..
Lister contradicts Kakutani's state
ments on nearly all ifnportant points
o. the eyidenSe, and II Kakntanfs
statement Is true that Lister b guilty
OF two distinct assaults, one Ut which
Lister practically admits.
IF Listers statement is true, says
the ChiIIingworth report. then Kakll,
tani must have committed two as
saults with a weapon obviously and
imminently dangerous to life, to wit,
knife. It might be well at this time
to, call attention to the fact that Kaku-
tani admits having the knife and Of
using 1t on Lister in the fight which
took place outside Of the cannery
building.
Whether Cove took unnecessarily
harsh measures to secure Kakutani
is a matter Of opinion, when TAX
ing into consideration the fact that
there was considerable excitement at
the time, and the fact that ind no
evidence showing that Mr.. Cove knew
that Kakutani had had his forearm
broken.
Statements have been made Of as.
saults made by Mr.. Lister on other
Japanese laboIers some time prior to
the trouble with Kakutani, but as II
had no bearing on the matter In ques-
ton, made no investigation other
than to make q note Of the names Of
the persons alleged to have been as
saulted.
Il would suggest, II I may be per.
mftted, from the investigation have
made, that charges Of assault be plac.
cd against Mr.. Lister and Kakutani.
and that a trial be had In order that
the guilt Of one or the other, or both
may be determined.
The trouble at Pearl City reused
much Indignation among Japanese
when It first occurred and the local
Japanese newspapers took up the
question at once. 4
Commenting on the trouble, the Ha.
wall Hochi Of September 3 said edi-
torially: AN lnharmonious relation
was produced between Kakutani and
his employer, which compelled him to
Ioavo aTnnInvTnonf Vhan mon faaV.
ing, he demanded his wages from the
employer. the latter not only refused
to pay the. wages, but inflicted upon
Kakutani many severe bodily injuries,
and, to aggravate the matter, Kakutani
was delivered over to the hands OF
the law and committed TO jail 2,
The Sippu Jfji. also makes comment
upon the affair IN, its issue OF. August
80 as follows: The crueftfes perpe-
trated by the proprietor Of pineapple
mill on. the island of Oahu are beyond
description, and Japanese Iaborers In
the place are. held as little better
than slaves. An adequate punitive
measure should be taken without de-
lay" .r.%,."r ~
Sanosuke Kakutanf, according to
the Nippu Jill which investigated the
affair thoroughly when Kakutani was
brought to the city jail, came to the
islands in March, 1914 In February
Of this year he began work at the
Pearl City mill. Kakutani Is 80 years
old, and according to the paper is
good natured Japanese.