The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-09
MINUS
A MARSHAL
H. j. Metz Dismissed
Yesterday.
JUDGE ESTEE'S ACTION
Ray Requested That His Deputy
be. Fired--More Citizens
NaturaIized.

II. J. Metz - no longer deputy United
States Marshal at Hilo. Metz is the
young man who was reported some time
up afterwards in San Francisco where he
searched a vessel for opium Yesterday
United States Marshal Ray requested
Judge Estee to remove Metz for leaving
the Territory without informing his SUI
perior officer. The action was taken at
once and .IIilo is without a Deputy United
States Marshal.
There has been no lack OF applicants
for the vacant position. AS soon as the
word came of the disappearance of Metz,
the candidates for the vacant position be-
gan to flock into Mr.. Rays office, but as
yet he has not filled the position.
II don't understand Metz's actions"
said Mr.. Ray yesterday. HE came to me
with the highest recommendations. 1t
seemed as though all Hilo had signed his
application and the recommendations
were of such a character that 1 had no
hesitation whatever in appointing Metz to
the position. Either he has found that it
would not pay as much as he had thought
at first or he had an entire misunder-
standing of the duties of the office and
has given it up. His action in San Fran
CISCO III SPdTCnlUB d Vessel lOT opium was
entirely without authority. He Is not an
Internal Revenue officer and he has no
Authority to act as such nor to take any
faction outside of Hawaii without author
lily from me. The statement that he was
to return by the next steamer to the
Islands / do not believe, for three have
come since he is alleged to have made II
and he has not come; neither has any
word been received from him. I have not
decided whom 1 shall appoint to the va
cant position as yet"
Besides removing Metz, Judge Estee did
considerable business. Owing to the fact
that no Grand Jury had been drawn for
the term, the case against Captain Adolph
Frietsch, charged with assault and bat
terry on the high seas. was continued for
the term. Captain Frietsch was released
on his own recognizance and the two
sailors who have been under arrest
awaiting the trial as witnesses, were like
wise released.
The cases against Lau King and Chur
Hoy, who are accused of being in the
Territory without right, were continued
until tomorrow.
| There was another flood Of applicants
for naturalization and forty-one received
their papers during the two sessions OF
court held. They were as follows:
! NJ G.. Correa, Azores; s. q. Santana
Madeira; J. Costa, Azores; Olof Tideman
Norway; Chas. 8. Chillberg, Sweden; Fritz
Vesseke, Germany; John Dolf, Finland
VIM. Fernandez, Madeira; John J. Sulli
van, Ireland; o. ]. Fetter, Germany; A. H
Edsmap, Sweden; G. j. Cabral, Azores
Joel Schuelmeister, Austria; Alex. Shep
pard, Scotland; Manuel Comes. Madeira
A o. Rosa, Azores; j. c. Freitas. Ma
deira: ]. G. Henriques, Madeira; Manue
G.. Silva, Azores; Harry Aathke, Sweden
T.. Stengrimsen, Norway; A. G. Martinsen
Norway; Chas. Halvorsen, Norway: Jor-
dao Silva, Madeira; John Halvessen. Nor
way; NJ. g. Perreira, Azores: ]. w. Pick.
ard, England: Frank Fisher, Germany
VIM. McCourt, Scotland: Carl II. Wiley
iGermany; J. G.. Carlson, Sweden; NJ
Phillips, Panama; A. Guild, Scotland: j
Hamburg, Germany: ]. s. Andrade, Por-
tuGal; s. A. Schumann, Germany; E
Rcbbins, Canada: F.. B. Angus. Canada
John Nelson, Germany; H. Batz, Hol
Hand.