The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-22
The Hotel Stables.

DR.. Wood: II secured seven out OF
the nine Asiatics who were employed
in the Hotel Stables, and they were re-
moved to the battery detention camp.
only placed a guard ar the stables on
Monday night and Tuesday morning
TO get hold of these men, because |
knew that il they became acquainted
with the fact of one Of their country
men having died of the plague, they
would all of them clear out and prob
ably go into hiding in order to eyade
quarantine.
Il established no other quarantine,
| but asked Mr.. Buckley not TO do any
more business than was necessary, and
| he promised me that he would not. l
| took a list of the names of all persons
now engaged on the Hotel Stables
premises and can secure them when
! ever needs be. There are about eighty
! horses in these stables and they must
/ be taken care of and fed, and to do
this it is necessary that the men should
! be working there until the Board de-
cides what to do with the place.
Il have examined each one Of the
seven Asiatics whom I have secured
separately, and so far as / am able to
learn, their evidence substantiateS the
story that All Hung, the late plague
victim from the Hotel Stables, was not
at the stables for four or five days be-
fore his death, until he went there ear
ly Monday morning and was taken
charge Of by Dr.. Hoffman,.
THE evidence shows that An Hung
had not slept in the stables for several
weeks, nor had anyone, for that mat
ter, for there are no sleeping accom-
modations in the place, except the har-
ness repair room above the stables
from which the first victim, a Japan
csc, was taken in January, and that
room has been closed up and unused
ever since.
| Il nave been unable 10 find out where
An Hung slept in Kakaako, and L dc
not know where his friends house il
Pauoa valley is. l understand thai
the Citizens Sanitary Committee viii
help us out in locating these places;
they ought to be able to- as they have
inspectors in all districts. Perhaps the
Police Department can throw some
light on the subject.
Stables First Victim.
ION January 22d a Japanese, whc
had been working at the Hotel Stables
and who had also slept there, was re
moved to a place on the corner of Nuu
anu and Kukui streets, where he died
; His body was removed to the morgue
1.-THE postmOrtem examination shoWet
undoubted bubonic plague symptoms
and the body was Immediately ere
mated.
1T was reported to me that the ma
had formerly worked in the Hotel sta
bles, and 1 went there and found tn
room in which he had slept. It was
small room above the stables and eyl
! IDENTIFY used for kind Of harness re
pair room. l had to climb a ladder
get at 1t, and thoroughly examined tn
, place. I ordered everything remove
: and destroyed, although there wa
. nothing in the room except the beddin
: that the fellow had used at the time b
slept there.
Il saw to it personally that the ROOF
was thoroughly cleaned out; it coul
not be fumigated, as the cracks bt
tween the boards in the floor and wal
were altogether against it; besides, tn
room was open in front and any a
> tempt at fumigation would have bee
impracticabIe I ordered the plac
g whitewashed and closed up and no or