The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-27
THE CASE OF W JOHNSON
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Statement Of E. d. Tenney.
On behalf Of the Citizens Sanitary
Committee / presented the matter con-
corning W. Johnson to Collector of
Customs Stackable. | have read the
foregoing statement made by Mr..
Stackable, and it is correct in every
particular.
Statement of L. Schweitzer.
On Monday last Leong Cheu, clerk
to zee Chan, a storekeeper on Nuuanu
street, stated to me that one W. John
son had asked him for a present of a
hat on Sunday, which he had refused,
but the man had taken it anyhow, say
ing that others had made him pres
ents, and that if they did not want to
give It to him he would see the boss
later.
/ thereupon went to the Citizens
Sanitary Committee and reported the
facts to Mr.. Thurston, who said he
would investigate it.
After this l went to DR.. Pratt, and
he told me that the man in question
was a customs employe, hired by him
as a paid inspector under the Board of
Health: that he had not been an in
spector for ten days and had no bust
ness in the district DR.. Pratt and ]
then went to Marshal Brown and told
him of Johnson's actions concerning
the hat. the pants and the cigars. DR..
Pratt said Johnson came of a good fam
lily and he hated to see him prosecut-
ed. Mr. Brown then said, "Send him
to me and / will give him a good talk
ing to-" Johnson heard of my action
and came to my house in the evening
and asked if ! was Mr.. Schweitzer. /
said Yes He said his reputation
was at stake; / said / had told Mr..
Thurston and Marshal Brown about
what he had been doing; that he knew
he had no business to do as he had.
He said he knew he had made a mis-
take. / told him that the best thing
for him to do was to go and pay these
people for what he had taken. He said
he would. / went with him the next
morning and saw that the money was
paid for a hat at zee Chan's, a box
of cigars at Kwong Sang Yuen's and
/ a pair of pants at Sing Tai's. He had
already paid Wing Wo the night be-
| fore for some shoe polish.
/ then again reported TO Mr.. Thurs
ton what had been done and suggested
the matter be dropped. He said that
he would do nothing about prOsecut-
| ing, but that a man of this character
should not be in the employ of the
| Government. and that he should re-
port it TO the Collector of Customs.
Statement of Leong Chu, Clerk for
zee Chan.
About $3.50 last Sunday morning w.
Johnson came to zee CHAINS store and
asked a clerk to make him present
Of hat. The clerk refused, but John
son insisted. The clerk then called
me from upstairs. / came down and
Johnson asked me for a hat. / said
could not give him hat, as ] was not
the boss. He said | could give him
the hat l said why should l make
you a PRESENT." He said Everybody
on this street is giving me presents"
l said why. He said because l have
been an inspector for three weeks and
have made you no trouble. l said
what business have you to make trou-
Dlts w z al z oil liEul. Ilt Sdlls Nttls 4
never made you trouble and you bet
ter give me the hat. 1 said 1 won't.
The hat cost me 81 and If you want 1t
you got to pay. He still urged me to
give it to him, and said you tell the
boss he better give me the hat, and he
took 1t. i protested, but he took it.
said what Is your name. He said w.
Johnson. l said / will tell my boss
you must pay for that hat. He said
you tell your boss he must make me
a present of ii. He then went, taking
the hat. He went next door to a shoe
makers and left his old hat there.
There was nothing the matter with
his old hat except that it was a little
soiled. / told him his hat was all
right, but he said he was going to have
a new suit and wanted everything new.
he d. not ell me he was from the Gus
tom house, nor give me card. / wrote
down his name. / did not know him.
/ told Mr.. SchweitZer of this Monday
morning, and asked for his help. He
said he would. Later in the day
Schweitzer and DR.. Pratt came to my
store and questioned me. They did not
tell me to refuse to take pay from
Johnson. About s o'clock in the even
ing johnson came and wanted to pay
for the hat 1 said you see Schweitzer
first The next morning he came
with Schweitzer and paid for the hat.
Statement Of Tom Kau, Clerk for the
Wing Wo Shoe Store, Nuuanu st.
Last Sunday a man who had been
inspector of our street came to my
store and asked for a present. 1 did
not know his name. 1 said was not
the boss. He said l was, and said he
wanted a pair of shoes. / refused. He
insisted on a present, and said he
would take bottle OF shoe polish, and
went TO the shelf and took it. / let
him take 1t then because / wanted no
trouble, and Il was a small thing. In
the afternoon he came back and want
ed another bottle. / refused and said
he must pay. He said he did not like
the first kind and went to the shelf and
| took n hottie of a different kind of