The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-07-22
tbs opluH REPORT.

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ss~.s-rAe Evidence Net Re~a-Ne
Sasls Fastened - Aaseae>
Following IS the report ii the Opium
Committee read in the Legislative As
sesnhlv yesterday sftsraeon>
Hen. J. s wAlxsk, President Of the
legislative ASSenatsly-Slrs Tue special
committee appointed under the hollow
ios resolutions
= Whereas the public press a this city
has lately seenaea with changes ii al
leSS>S tnessS II osslUN iron the custody II
IL, ,sosSce and custom officials II the
Si,scaoua. SnS especially frosa the Police
Station and Custom House u Honolulu,
therefore,
Resolved. That select committee Of
i've members Of the House be appointed
with instructions 10 investigate tho
rooshlv al facts connected with the
seizure, custody, sSle. export and Se-
counting tog SN opium which during the
ISIS two years has come into possession
u the police o< custom officials Of Homo
lulu, 70 report fron time 10 time the facts
soGni by them, and 10 report such Ne
commentators by bin OF osherwiSe, IS 10
SGch committee shall seem proper.
Bss leave 10 report s. follows; The
irSs place visited MAS the Custom House.
where considerable evidence SSS taken.
and she care and custody ii the opium
invaS-I-sssSi. Sni here il seems right 10
condemn the loose manner in which
cpsun : and has been taken care Of by
the customs officials, II having been kept
N ! room which Is accessible 10 shy and
81 EMPLOYEES &nd AZ all times
We had our attention particularly
directed TO the isscsS concerning two lois
u Orium which ne will call respectively
the hzhulus and F. T. opium. The first
q h4hulul i0., consisting Of e9S tins Mas
seized az hShul1i IN June. lSS9, and sent
u the Marshal. who kept it II the Sta
non House for nearly 5 yeST, and then
sent II 20 the Custom House From the
evidence presented 70 the committee, We
are o. the opinion that the opium Was
hacked in nOr'-we>t boxes and sent 10
and duly received by the POlice Depart
ment bv which 1t WAS kept, and that
thereafter. al the request Of the Custom
House officials, boxes Eere on or about
ttle trSt day u April, 1890. sent down 10
the Custom House.
From the evidence siiucsi, which IS
very conflicting, il Is difficult for this
committee to say whether the boxes sent
10 the Custom House from the Station
H0C>s were the same IS received iron
h2huIui The evidence Of the Marshal.
Ms Suboriin&tes and others establish
TIDE fscs that one Of the boxes WAS leak
ing opium and Was stamped on the out
= K q the time oi the transfer and that
they Ssre the same Is sent iron kShu-
lui and had address marx On 10 J. H
Soper. Marshal" oElI that the boxes NOW
81 the Custom House were not the same
which were sent IRON the Station House
Tney we're delivered by the Marshal 10
Nh Turril, representing the Custom
House, IN baggage wagon, driven by
yo11g Portuguese ooy, who WSs sooOm
panied by Mr. Iurril and Capt. Hop
kins of the Police Department 10 the
CuS.om House, where Mr. TurTil iisap-
pezrel, leaving Capt Hopkins to de-
liver them Capt Hopkins asked the
custom officials 20 sign receipt. slrezdy
SEItten oOt by the Marshal, for the
boxes q opium, ghies the Custom House
officials refused 10 give; and afterwards
receipt Ezs given fox the boxes said 10
contain opium"
The evidence AZ the Custom House is
10 the effect that the boxes delivered
there were redwood, had no address
marx, and that one Was leaking and
stained on the outside, that they we're
taken Upstzirs 10 the Collector-Gelerars
o[1cs, who seeing thSt one Of the boxes was
lezkng ordered them moved into the So
called opium rom. The opium room where
The leaking box was set down shows the
marks u opium On the hOoE- One Of the
native employees testified that when the
leaking box vas placed there, that there
ESs 10 opium On the door.
On the l6gh Of May the so-called IA
h1lui opium boxes we're opened and
found 10 contain bricks and straw The
Marshal J. H Soperl being notified,
vent doEn 10 she Custom House and
upon examining them, informed the
Customs officials that those two red
Eoo1) bikes were not the ones sent
down iron the Station House Your
o0r uirtes examined the boxes and also
had them taken to pieces They were
neE and hsi no stains u opium exeepi
one which showed only zn impression
iron the outside none having leaked
through, evidently the box mad been sci
down In place where opium had been
leaking iron Us c0niSEHer This discoF-
cry led the Custom House officials to
i1FthsT investigations, and accordingly
n the same or the next dsy the z T.
OPIUM zzs examined The z. I opium
as seiLei IN thirty boxes Of Eez on the
ID April. 1890, IRON the 8 5 Oceanic
ard taken the same day 10 the Custom
House, unpzcked on the 81 and left IN
the opium rOom- There we're twenty
seven Ells found In this box OF tea but
only one rI1 a. The time Of Uur exzmina-
sl01 contained opium, and strange 10 say
that Vas the one opened On the wharf
On the day 0f the sezlre, the balance Of
the tins contained earth aid straw The
solder "a them vas quite nez, and
showed but very little appearance OF rust
q age
\ singular fset vas brought 10 light |
and that Ezs that three certain tins O A!
opium belonging 10 the Board Of Health |
that we're sent dawn 10 the Custom
H01s= az the same time s. the KzhBlUi |
lOs, EeTs Upon examination By this COM
mitree found 10 contain exactly the same |
ssrz~ and earth ss the z I lot