The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-03-10

phcrc at kakaalta must be unusually
bracing to cause so deep a slumber
on the part of the occupants of the
house.
Three of the ten assailants were
to be sent, on that very day, TO Mo-
lokai; the other seven were not to
be sent, but were to remain and re-
ceive further medical treatment.
The medical officer was out of town.
The Secretary of the Board of
Health, himself a physician, had not
been to the Branch Hospital within
twelve hours of the assault, and the
Superintendent had decided to send
the seven men, who had offended
him, to Molokai. Where was the
Board of Health Has the Board
nothing to say as to the disposition
of the patients directly under its
charge? Are the members of the
Board ia the hands of the Superin-
tendent? Can it be that this official,
who has no power beyond furnish
ing" is allowed to retain his ap-
pointment without an inquiry being
held into the circumstance which
was known to the President of the
Board of Health
The men were "placed i'll the
cells" Ten men in two unven-
tilated, suffocating holes. Five men
in space that was not six feet long
and four feet wide, where they only
had room to sit on the floor and
stretch out their legs. There they
remained for fifteen hours, by order
of the Superintendent, an ordinary
policeman. This is an example of
the manner in which, as Mr.. Gibson
says, "no one should be dragged
like n criminal or an animal, but they
should be treated with every loving
care" This is Christian land and
this is q Christian community; yet
ten unfortunate men, suffering from
an incurable disease, who should be
treated with every possible consider,
alton and kindness, are treated
worse than dogs. This treatment
was by the order of Government
official. We sincerely hope that il
was done without the knowledge o1
any member of the Board of Health
or of any member of the Ministry
The assault was reported at the Po
lice Station, yet an attack of tel
men upon one did not appear to thu
officials there to be of sufficient i'm
portance to warrant an inquiry.
1.-THE motive for the attack wa
revenge" Revenge for what? Their
must have been a cause for revenge
The Policeman Superintendent salt
that the cause for revenge was be
cause the patients thought that h
ordered them to be sent to Molokai
and that he had power to keep then
at the Brancn Hospital. Only thre
. of the ten assailants had been ordere,
to Molokai. What was the motiv
of the other seven, some of WHOM
were mere boys? The Policema
Superintendent "values his own lif
at more than that of all the lepers.
A nice man to hold such q position
We say unhesitatingly that any man
, who can be called q man, who hold
: such position, should be prepare
, to risk his life Tor the sake of an
g single one of the poor unfortunat
t people placed under his charge an
v care. Not his care, for the preser
[ o1llcer or this Government, OF Wh0l
: we are speaking, has no care fc
: these unfortunate Hawaiians. II
e has no human feeling. He carries
C slX-shooter openly in his pocket [
c intlmidate few harmless, unfortl
o nate people who are placed in such
It wretched position under his car
= A close cell was ''good enough fc
c them"
c We said that this Supcrintendel
II had no human feeling. 1t may see
;, a strong term to use, but when "
,- mention two instances of his il
r human character that occurred
: our presence, we think the publ