The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-06-21

man Tell overheard. i went down TO
the wharf and saw the man CTrain-
or) lying on the wharf. l turned
around and saw DR.. Rodgers, l asked
the doctor what was the matter with
the man-he said he was full Of salt
water and whiskey. | asked the
doctor if it would not be good idea
to turn the man over on his stomach
so that he could vomit; he said it
might, and walked away. L ordered
spring dray and had the man sent
to the Station House. DIR. Rodgers
never said to me about taking the
man to the Station House or the
Hospital even.
Signed: EDWARD HOPKINS.
Captain Honolulu Police.
Kanohokai, Turnkey, states: 1 am
one of the Turnkeys at the Station
House. | was on duty on the night
of the 5th of June. When / came
on duty at z so P. NJ, that evening
found white man lying in the
makai corridor on stretcher asleep
between 8 and 10 O'Clock that even
ing the man called for water-I
gave him some two glasses l think,
sometime after 10 o'clock / gave
him some more water. About IL
O'Clock he wanted more water, l
gave it to him and then he wanted
me to pull the comforter further
down his chest, which / did and
then he asked me to work his right
arm backwards and forwards; after
my doing so for few minutes he
asked me for more water-I gave
him three glasses; he asked me then
to pull the blankets over him, and
for me to be in hearing distance in
case he should want me. said, yes,
and went and sat outside of corridor.
l was there till about 1918 O'Clock
A. NJ, when the man called for me
for more water, l gave it him; he
drank four glasses; seeing he drank
so much water, l asked him why
he drank so much? He said he
was heated inside, L stopped over
his face and smelled whiskey, he
then asked me to tuck the blankets
around him, / did so, and covered
his face, this time he slept till about
2 o'clock A. NJ, when he called me
for more water, gave him two
glasses, after drinking he told me
to work his right arm as / did be-
fore, after doing so for a while, he
asked me to pull him up by the
arm. L pulled ON his right arm till
raised his head about half foot
from the pillow, when he said to let
him down again, then he asked me
to work his left arm, which / did
for some minutes, when he asked
for the time, / said 2 O'Clock. ]
asked if he did not want doctor
he said never mind about the doc
tor, | am all right, l want to sleep.
So l covered him up and he slept
till sometime after 5 O'Clock A. NJ
when he asked for more water, he
drank a glass, and then slept till
was relieved by Dick Burns. II,
appeared to me to be comfortable
he seemed to have lost the use o.
his left arm, because he asked me
once to put it on the stretcher as i
fell out when / was working hi
right arm. l tried to lift his head
once or twice, but he said never
mind. He did not complain to mt
about being hurt neither did h,
speak to me about getting doctor
1 do not know anything about th'
man being covered with ants.
saw no ants about him, at least,
did not notice any as he was GOV
cred with blankets and comforter
Signed: j. KANoHoKAI.
was on board the S. S. Australia
between ] / and ~ o'clock a. IN. o
Tuesday last, when Capt. Hopkin
came aboard and reported maj
lying on the wharf, who had fallel
overheard. / Immediately went t
see the man (who was surrounde,
by crowd) and ordered polio
officer to have the man taken to tn
Police Station, and to telephone a
once for DR.. Rodgers; he replied
"Dr. Rodgers has seen the man an,
ordered him taken to the Static
House." then saw that the ma
was sent off on wagon in charge @
the officer.