Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-05-26
THE cUROyfrLg.s cRtzE.
Some Iies NaUed.

Some Lies Matted.
The san Francisco Merchant of April goth
sayg " The Chronicle has never been fortn.
nate IN its witnesses agains, the Hawaiian
planters and government. Its first witness,
the sick Portuguese, Medera, was lis best, be.
cause he was a very decent, honest fellow; but
unfortunately for the Chronicle, he denied on
oath that he had ever told the story published
IN the Chronicle, suffered the wrongs de-
scribcd In that mcndacious journal The other
iniorman,s have all been utterly worthless
characters even burglars. and drunken, i'm
moral, degraded ministers have had access TO
the willing ear Of It's editor, and palmed off on
him story upon story, that an ordinarily ntelli-
gent man would have recognized as false from
their inherent discrepancies. II. NJ. Bcnedick,
the hero OF the last story II cruelty, that Of
March I'd, outlined all the other liars from the
islands that had fed the Chronicles greedy
appetite for falsehood. lie knew the Chronf
cle's thirst for SANDER, and boosted before he
left the Islands that he would give them story
which should out IIerod all the IIerodians who
had gone before him. lie did il. The only
honest thing we know Of this man is that he
carried out his Infamous boast. But what Of
the Chronicle Does no blush Of shame ever
rise to its brazep editorial cheek when the base.
ness of its informants is exposed, and their
statements are shown to he false FROM begin
ming to end1 What reputation does n news
paper deserve that can be hoaxed by any evil
disposed person who cares to prepare a mali
cious SANDER for its columns DO its readers
prefer lies to truth, invention to facts, and
groundless SANDER to honest and impartial
criticisms"
After quoting Ms d. X. Fyfes letter,
printed in the Press, the Merchant says "The
following extract from letter written by Mr.
Il. nj. - 4
the Chronicle, was written to a friend in this
city, and that friend has strained poin, in the
cause Of truth, and allows us to make use Of it,
though not intended by the writer for publica-
ton.
BENRDfcRs RECORD.
Now, as regards the Chronicles narrative Of
the suferings Of II. NJ. Benedick on the Sand
wich Islands, the statement is tissue OF false
hoods from beginning TO end, and it may be
believed by persons living in San Francisco
and other parts Of the states, and who are not
acquainted with the Hawaiian Islands; but we
living on the islands can but laugh at such
highly wrought tale, knowing as we do how
false the whole statement is. | knew Bcnedick
well, and remember his coming here. heard
soon after his arrival that he complained he had
been unfairly dealt with in San Francisco
" slaughtered he called it--but, as he &C.
knowledged he had gone before the agents in
San Francisco and signed the contract no
reason could be seen in his complaint. He
was treated well here from the time Of arrival.
His tale as TO sleeping in a with three hun.
bred other human beings is base lie. There is
no such house on the place. and never has been.
The Chinese have their own houses, the IA.
nakas theirs, and other nationalities the same.
| don't know the number of houses on the
place, but it is considerable, and every man has
plenty OF room. As to living, that is good
The men have fresh beef every day, with sal
mon and pork, good bread, potatoes, dried
apples made into pies, etc. Can you call this
bad living1 Benedick got on very well here
for some time, until he had dispute about
overtime. | must here say when this occurred
he was not working in the fields, but in the
stables, preparing food for the horses if he
had work at all in the fields after arrival il was
but very short time. He claimed that he
had worked over his time. This was denied.
He thereupon struck work and went to Waio-
hinu, where he was arrested for deserving his
labor and was fined, and, on still refusing to
go back to labor, was sent TO Jail. will here
say the Sheriff Smith he speaks Of is not
native, but a white man, American born; also
that he cannot fine man his duties are those
Of chief Of police Tor the district. There is a
regularly qualified judge at Waiohinu, named
Martin, before whom Benrdick was held. As
to treatment in Jail in Honolulu, this part of
the Chronicles statement has been answered
by Mr.. Fyfe, who was then jailer, and with
whom you acquainted. The answer and
denial of this appears in Saturdays Press,
March I7th. If Benedick was treated SO bad
how was it he stayed working on the planta.
ton three months after his contract had ex.
PRED as day aborer9 And as to his bringing
5000 here with him, it is another lie, on par
with the rest, so far as any one knows, for he