Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-28

the u. -. nternal revenue OiIlcldtS "
Crystal. involving the Chinese doctor
Statement made by Aaysie Crystal
residing At Room IS, Iwilei. Honolu-
lu, In the presence Of H. ]. Lorent-
zen, deputy collector, and r. s.
tombstone, deputy collector. Ones
tons asked by Deputy tombstone
GQ) and answered by Maysie Crys-
tai CA) On May 10, 1916.
q. How did you or what did You
do 10 make you so sick the other day?
A. took anlCyefdose OF cocaine.
Q. Where did you get it?
A. From DIR. Ii. -..
O. When did you first visit DIR. Ii
and what fer? fra -
A. I went to see him about four
months ago Feb. 1876 think.
was an opium smoker and wanted to
be cured. =
7 @. Did the doctor say he could
cure yon2 ~ -
A.. Yes. ''. .-....
O. Well. what did he tell you TO do
or. did he prescribe any remedy or
medicine? .'..'..t ....#s= .+.:.
A. Yes, he gave me a bottle OF
medicine telling me to take five or
six teaspoonfuls day, and II that
didn't help take more.
@. How long did that bottle last?
A. A good deal less than week.
q. About what size bottle did the
doctor give you?
A. ! think they call it an eight
ounce bottle. 5.
@. What did you do when you had
no more?
A. / called on him again before
the end OF first week and got two bot
I ties of the same medicine. r.
@. What effect did this medicine
have on you?
A. The only thing know took
more and more of the medicine until
II began to hurt my eyes.
@. After you noticed your eyes
we're bothering you, did you tell DR..
LIZ
A. Yes. E ~: ~.
Q. What did DR.. Ii say? ~...s.. .
A. That's all right, you keep on
taking this medicine and you will be
cured. or course, you will have
touble when you are stopping such a
habit as smoking opium.
@. Did you get more OF the same
| medicine? ...E ...=. ?.
A. Yes. s's ... .
! @. How often did you visit DR.. Ii?
A. Usually every Monday, when |
got two bottles Of the medicine.
@. How did YOU usually go up
there? -.
A. BY automobile. =.
/ @. Did you always use the same
automobile? .. =.
A. No. 1 used several different
ones. r.. H..
Q. Do you know the numbers of
4 the autos or ths drivers?
A. Sure, know all of them. The
numbers forget but can show you
nearly every machine used or the
| drivers. -
@. Well. did you continue to take
/ this medicine? TIT
! A. Yes, for a couple Of months or
4 more, until my eyes hurt me so bad
and was being made blind.
/ @. Whta did DR.. Ii say or do after
you told him this? r..
A. He changed my medicine. He
gave me some heroin, quarter ounce
bottle pure. TolG me to mix this with
sugar or milk.
@. Then what happened?
Al. The next time saw him he had
no more heroin, so gave me so grains
of cocaine crystals. Said that would
help me until he got some more
he-oin. y -.
@. Did you get more heroln or CO
caine after this?
A. Sure. l got cocaine crystals
right along-sometimes when | called
he had no coke on hand, so would
telephone to the drug store for some
l got also cocaine pills.
Q. Did DR.. Ii send for it or did
the drug store send lit to his office
A. Some times he sent for 1t and
other times they sent It to him.
4 Q. You mentioned that you got CO
caine pills once. When was that?
4 A. !, That was on the day before
was taken sick and nearly died, last
Monday MAY Is. 19f61.-