Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-01-20

"DELIYER ME FRoM NY FRIENDS.

EDITOR Press: A party signing himself
IS. " in the Gasene takes up the cudgels on
behalf of the Wailuku Postoftce. BY the time
am through with the present article think
the Waluku Postofhce and others will be ready
to cry, "deliver us from our friends" Tina,
writer does not believe the Chinaman who
claims to have lost the letter ever posted it.
The Chinaman, Akoloka, says he did post it,
and his word is worth as much commercially
as any foreigners on Maui. 1t was the only
letter he had to post that day, and being one
of so much value, it is unlikely he would for
get what.he did with it. lie dropped it into
the drop hole in the Postoifce and called the
clerks attention to it, and the clerk admits
that he saw it, So much for the letter being
posted.
| Next the envelope was found with the GER
tifca,e of deposit on the Hawaiian treasury for
$4,000. Evidently it had been lost by the
thief. The Chinaman Immediately notified all
stores of the number and amounts of drafts,
and one was found in possession of native
woman, who attempted to pass it at Spreckels'
store nj kahului. Now, the police had some
thing TO work on. Did they1 Did she account
for the drait1 The deputy sheriff waited on
her, and instead Of arresting her, which should
have been done Notwithstanding her being a
kahuna or sorceress), he was induced to call
found the draft on the road in a small envcl-
ope, whose address was oblitcrated by mud,
having been tramped on by horse. The fact
is that particular draft was not in small en-
velope, but was in the large one, and the
other drafts were in small ones inclosed within
the large one. Now there are but two ways
in which that woman could have obtained that
draft, and they were the two ways which the
police did not think Of, but are perfectly feast
BILE. The clerk having admitted the receip,
OF the letter, ii is not likely that he stole Il,
II Is more than likely that he let il lay Their,
with the Other letters until the time for max
ing up the mail. Now who has authority o.
| permission to 80 within the inner office
Surely their names cannot be legion. som'
/; OF them took It, as the only other one VIII.
! could have taken il was the driver OF the mai
wagon, and II the mail was in a locked bag
I as il should be, he could not have done il. !
: tradesman who must be dubbed g maisys
because he had the misfortune to have lost
a valuable package In the government mail, ha
c not had the good fortune to find !, in the Post
office held for lack Of stamps. The facts 1
. that ease are that he delivered il 10 the cler
4 Of the Poslofiee, who admits It's receipt Tn
: clerk packed il between letters and made
c package OF the whole, and addressing il to tn
n Posiotfce at Kawaihae, handed ii to the mai
Il carrier, which was the last seen Of il.
a Does !, no, appear to the cabinet thai Il
d about time, for their credit, that commissio
S should be appointed 10 inquire into affairs Q
y Mauis-no, government officers, but indepen.
a ent gentlemen. who 'sill not be biased. Wh<
e murder and arson, burglary and mail robbers
u and drunkenness are rampant, il is about tin
h that the local authorities were looked into
= the general government and strengthened
ID every possible way. FIAT JusTIrIA.
January ~, 1858.