The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-05-30
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EDITOR BULLETIN


between the rising and setting of
the sun, the question invariably put
to a candidate for the office Of At
torney-General was, evil you re-
move Wilson2" When the time
came for the removal of ministry
the leading objection was always
against the Attorney Generals de-
partment because that official had
declined, through lack of proof, to
condemn and dismiss the Marshal.
Since the 18th of January, when
John III. Soper took charge, tempo
rarily, of the Station House, the
duties of the office have been per-
formed by men whose mental capa-
bilities cannot be classed above
mediocre. Soper retired to accept a
place where, when the occasion re-
quired, he could display his manly
form in an abundance of gold lace
and allow the tropic breezes to per
meate his lovely whiskers, pleasure
the wind would have been deprived
of within the four walls of stuffy
Office. Ashley's career as Marshal
began with subscription list for a
diamond studded badge and closed
a few weeks later with photograph
in full uniform.
Mr.. Ashley, let it be said to his
credit, was played to his official
death by the organ of the party that
put him in power. When the an
nouncement was made of the APP
pointment of the man upon whose
hirsute appendage is reflected the
glowing colors of Halemaumau, it
was greeted with satisfaction by
every one irrespective of party.
| There were reasons to believe, rea-
sons based upon Mr.. Hitchcock
record as Sheriff of Hawaii, that if
there were evils to be corrected he
was the remedy; if there was any
wrong-doing by any of the employees
of the Marshal's Office the offenders
would be removed and punished
rather than punished by removal. Ii
was believed, and rightly it trans.
pired, that the rendezvous for short
card gamblers would be broken up.
But has any reform beyond that
which infiicts loss upon the success.
full gambler and profit to his dupe
been established An echo, fainter
than the rustling of angels wings
whispers, "No"
Open the pages of Marshal Hitch.
cocks blotter and what do we findi
On the credit side the order closing
card rooms and the stoppage of the
pernicious habit of dice throwing in
the saloons, cigar shops and restaur.
ants. You find an order that the
force must wear white pants on white
pants days and blue pants on blue
pants days, that the baton must be
worn on the outside of the coat, and
that smoking by the men is prohi.
bited except during the night. A
few steps farther in this direction
and our police force will vie with
that of any metropolitan city. But
have there been any steps in the
direction of reducing crime? Have
any special efforts been made by the
Government to punish offenders once
they have been apprehended? Wit
ness the case of a Chinaman and
John Xavier, opium in possession
nolle pros'd on Saturday. a.,
On the debit side of Marsha
Hitchcock's blotter we fnd-what
The retention in office, mental one
we admit, of A. r. Walker, whose re-
cord was manifestly unsavory, and
through whom at least one family
was broken up, man through
whose instrumentality a dangerous
criminal was allowed to escape. We
find written on this same page the
disappearance of quantity OF
opium stored under the official nose
of the Marshal for safe-keeping
And what effort was made to catct
the thief? A review of the case may
be interesting as showing to what
extent justice has been toyed with
Simultaneous with the discovery OF
the theft of the opium it was noticed
that the paddock always used tc
fasten the cell door was missing
and smaller one substituted, and
upon this thread the police depart
ment worked until complete chain
of evidence was wrought around
Walker. The purchaser of the pad
lock proved to be woman with whom
the man boarded; link after link was
formed; the woman was question
ed and the mans guilt was settled
beyond doubt. Weeks afterwards
two warrants were issued, one for
the arrest of Walker, the other for
the woman who purchased the pad.
lock and who was believed to be ar
accessory. But the arrests we're left
until the arrival of the Monowa
from the Colonies. The result is
written in bold hand upon the debit
side OF the record book. When il
was reasonably sure that Walker
had decamped the officers of the
law promptly swooped down upor
the woman and arrested her on a
charge which the Attorney General's
Department nolle pros'd forty weight
hours afterwards. So much for The
opium episode; Walker and Bruett
are free, and the stain which is sale
to have marked the Marshal's Office
during the reign of royalty has
grown darker during the successiv,
administrations in the Provisional
Government.
When Richard Stone, Provision
al Government guard, was sentenced
to an imprisonment of six months
at hard labor no one believed hi
would serve his time out. Having
shot native policeman his sentence
was not severe, and before he hac
even learned the ways of the prison
and the lock step he was missing
According to different people Stone
has been seen in various places since