The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-05
INQUIsIToRIAL BODY EXPRESSES
ITS VIEWS.
Judge Humphreys Announces His Dis
sent-The Grand Jury Report-Many
Matters Touched Upon.

After the grand jury had made it's re-
port to the Circuit Court this morning,
Judge Humphreys thanked them for
their work. He said he could not agree
with their conclusions regarding lwi-
lei, but honest men might differ. Their
recommendation that the pictures of
the political prisoners incarceraled at
Oahu Jail during troublous times
should be taken from the archives of
the prison known as the Rogue's CAL
lery, was brave stand, and he be-
lieved would meet with the approba-
tion of all brave men. He censured
severely the action of the government
in locating a stone crusher near the
insane asylum, place which ought to
have quiet
The grand jury filed its report this
morning in the First Circuit Court. The
document is of some length occupy 10
typewriter pages. 1t deals at length
with the insane asylum, the reforma-
tory school, prostitution and Iwilei,
Oahu prison, Honolulu police court
clerks accounts. The employment of
minors in saloons is also mentioned.
There were 55 cases brought before the
jury by the Attorney Generals depart
ment, resulting in the finding of true
bills in 81 of them.
In regard to the insane asylum the
report says that Ward No. building
is in q very bad condition and quite
beyond repair. Continuing it says:
1.-THE grand jury especially condemning
and severely criticise the action of the
authorities in establishing the stone
blasting and crushing plant within 100
yards of the asylum building, and up
on land set aside as the asylum reser-
walton, and it seems strange and re-
marllable that whoever is responsible
for selecting this location for the pur-
pose named did not Immediately see
that it would be most undesirable for
the unfortunate inmates of the asylum.
"The grand jury believe it is general
ly an accepted fact that what is most
needed by the insane is absolute rest
and quiet, and this jury can testify
that the continual roar of the stone
crusher IS most trying Qasting as 1t
does during the entire day)-to the or
dinary person, while the blasting that
is done at intervals is always startling,
and must be terrifying to persons suf-
fering from alterations of the mind
"In our opinion the stone crushing
plant should be preemptorily removed
from the vicinity, even at a large cost
and much trouble. - ~
This grand Jury believes that more
recoveries would be made were the
government to employ "a resident ply
sician, a specialist if possible, whose
and treatment of the inmates of the
asylum. This belief is founded on the
fact that all state ard tel ritorial asy-
lums have a resident physician, and
being logical argument. ="
The grand jury also recommends that
a receiving house be established where
patients can be held on probation un-
ill it is established beyond doubt that
the patient is insane before he is COM
mitted to the asylum.
Regarding the reformatory school the
report disapproves of the present sys-
tenn of committing boys to the reform
school for trivial offenses, such as
truancy, disohedience, etc, when the
comparatively innocent are thrown
among the really bad characters, The
report also disapproVes of committing
boys for short terms. A truant school
where boys can be disciplined for their
offenSes is the proper solution.
The jury has nothing but commenda-
ton for conditions as they exist at
Oahu Prison. The jury recommends
that the photographs of political pris-
oners under the Republic of Hawaii
and the Provisional Government be re-
moved from those archives of the pris-
on commonly known as the "Rogue's s
Gallery"
Regarding Iwilei and prostitution the
report says: Complying with the
charges of the court, the grand jury
have made two visits to Iwilei and as
certained the following facts:
"There is but one corral or enclosure
used as a refuge for prostitutes, the
land belonging to John Ena, Esq, and
leased by him to Ching Lum, and
Leong Cheau, who sublet the premises
to T. Masuda, who controls, at present,
the premises under his lease.
THE place is managed bv Mr. Kane
matsu and Mr. Eugene OSullivan in
behalf of the lessee, Mr.. Masuda.
"Mr. Ena receives as ground rental
from Ching Lum and Leong Cheau
$3.50. annually. Ching Lum and Ieong
Cheau received a bonus of $4,000 from
T. Masuda for a lease Of the property
cccupied hv the corral and Mr.. Masuda