The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-26
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Stowaways who go aboard a vessel at
other ports cannot be landed in Homo
lulu If Collector Stackabie, of the GUS
toms department. has his way. Fur
Their than that, all persons who are not
entitled to land in Honolulu must be
kept under surveillance while the ves-
sci is in port, and furnish the collec-
tor with satisfactory evidence up TO
the very moment of sailing that these
persons are yet on board. Collector
Stackable had trouble with three stow
aways who landed from the Peking
after the officer had taken oath that
the men were below decks under lock
and key. The captain of that vessel
upon his next arrival Will be compelled
to explain.
Yesterday japanese stowaway on
the America Maru nomed Ito Takejro,
caused a writ of habeaS corpus TO be
| issued out of the First Circuit Court,
whereby he hopes to land here, and
had himself taken in charge by H gh
Sheriff Brown. The steamer was de-
| layed an hour and forty minutes by the
action of the Federal and Territorial
| authorities, and before the end Of that
time the Federal and Territorial oftl-
GERS We're slightly at loggerheads, and
the officers of the America Maru were
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| stood.
Ito Takejiro claims to be IN reliant
of this city, but when the America
Maru went through here on March l
he was a stowaway with dozen oth-
| ers. but was. of course, not allowed to
| land here. Instead, he was carried on
| to San Francisco. The authorities
would not permit him to land at that
port and he was being returned to
| Japan, when a brother of Ito, who re-
/ l. pI~ atsI
and had the writ of habeas corpus is
sued Attorney F. NJ. Brooks engineer
ed the affair. and had the writ issued
by Chester Doyle and Harry Flint, a
waterfront officer.
Captain Going received the writ just
| as the vessel was being prepared to
continue her voyage to Japan. but gave
orders to wait until he was through
with the officers. He gave permission
to the officers to take the Japanese out
of the vessel. They found him confined
below decks in irons, the captain stat
ing that the man was considered dan
gerous to his fellow passengers.
When the collector OF customs
heard of the incident he grew wrathy
and went at once to the office of High
Sheriff Brown to ascertain why he had
not been notified of the action. At the
same time he sent a customs officer to
order Captain Going, of the America
Maru, to remain at the dock until the
matter had been looked into. Collec-
tor Stackable explains his action on
the ground that the captain had no
right whatever to allow the Japanese
to land here, and II such was the in
tention, he should first have been noti-
fed The collector says the law clear
ly states that no vessel shall land any
rejected passenger, or other persons
not entitled at any time to land in for
eign ports, and says the law covers
stowaways as well. He considers that
the detention OF Ito TakeJiro by the
Territorial officers was not in accord
ance with the Federal statutes, and
was clearly a violation Of these laws.
Before the steamer left port Collector
Stackable endeavored to have CONSUL
tation with United States District At
torney Baird, but failed to find that
official in his office. it being his lunch
hour. In future whenever any pas
sengers of Ito's class are to be landed
the collector will be duly notified in ad-
vance. He expects the Picking will be
fined in San Francisco for violating
the regulations at this port on her last
trip up.
The case of Ito will come up in the
Circuit Court on Monday.