The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-18
OFFICIALS
ARE LET OUT.
Leper Settlement
Committee
Report.
rrom Thursdays Daiiy3

IA 20 the charges OF Ambrose llutcn-
,uson, Of cruelty 60 ieper at MolokaN
nc resirnation OF pr. Oliver was de-
n,,aed Yesterday. Bishop Gulstan u
roouasted 90 remove Father Wendohh
from the settlement. and the resirna-
tim Of SUPERINTENDENT G. II. Reynolds
rendered some time ago, was accepleu'
and Jack McVeigh appointed IN ms
stead.
A, the regular meeting held yesterday
,rternoon the findings Of the commit
tee. composed OF Il. p Dole, w. l.
Moor. and ]. :. Il. Pratt were approN-
ed. and the majority report re'oH'
mcnding the removal OF Reynolds anu
oliver was adopted. The matter was
all cut and dried. the action taken yes
terday having been decided upon al
Mondays secret meeting.
In the reading Of the minutes OF the
sneoial meeting was found for the first
,,n. the recommendation FOR the re-
moyal OF Father wendolin. This was
embodied In a resolution, introduced
hy DIR. Cooper. which read as fololws;
"Resolyed. That the harmony and IN
terests Of the Leper settlement VIII be
promoted by the removal of Father
wendolin. and that the Right keN.
Gulstan, Bishop of Panopolis' De re-
ouested to remove him forthwith, ana
appoint some other priest to I'LL the
vacancy made thereby
THE COMMITTEES REPORT.
uP. Dole, as chairman OF the com
mittee, thereupon read the report III
which was contained also the substance
of the evidence taken before the com
mIttee at Molokai. 1t is as follows:
Heport Of committee in the matter OF
the investigation of charges present
cd by Ambrose Hutchinson, leper
settlement.
DIR. Henry c. Sloggett, President OF the
Board of Health. d..
slr.-Ne have the honor to submit
the following report, based on the iore-
going charges and evidence: ,,,
We find that Pilipo Mikila ana VIII
liam talani were not arrested upon a
trIImped up charge or without PROB
able cause; that Mikla's friends were
not denied access to him; ana thdl
such food as he had was at an tiines
sufficient in quantity. We hhd tha'
the charges in other respects, aIthoush
not proved in all details, are proved IN
substance and beyond reasonable
doubt
On December 2nd, 1901, Mikila and
Kalani left the settlement in violation
of the regulations of the Board o,
Health, JOnn Walbildus Nhpt''i''
police. believed and had probable cause
to believe, that they had been steauht
sheen. No one being on trial for steal
ing sheep, the committee Declined u
investigate the truth OF TINS charse
beyong the question whether there Wa'
probable cause for arrest upon th'
return Of Mikila and kalani, DecenpeI
1ih. Waiamau arrested them and pu
them in jail.
Kalani made n confession, ana "a'
put in a light, airy cell.
M;k!la denied guilt, and, as pun
ishment, was put in cell WIN no OUT
side window, comparatively dark anC
1IIv ventilated. He was given a die
of salmon (Which he chose instead o
moaD, bread and water, and wa
more or less closely confined Tor aDou
week, as n punishment. AFTER that
he had ordinary rations and the llpertI
Of the jail yard during all of the time
10 was in iail, from December 4th
1901, until March 18th, 1902, he was no
arraigned on any charge, and no writ
ten accusation was made against mn,
He was in an advanced stage or lep
rosy when he was arrested. AS th
disease progressed he became Yer!
weak, and was little more than ski
and bones AS early as about the mrs
OF March his hands and feet We're alive
with maggots. The stencil was oneh
sive On the 18th of March he was
taken home by members of fraterni'
ty to which he belonged. He died or
the 18th. He had no proper care before
leaving the Jail. He had no medica
attention, worthy of the name, at any
time.
There Is only one district magistrate
on the island of Molokai He lives al
Pukoo, thirty miles away-but as dis
tant as far as the physical difficulties
Of getting to the settlement and leaving
il are concerned, as New York Is from
Chicago He did not visit the settle
ment while Mikila was in jail. With
out magistrate in the settlement
prompt arraignments and trials ar,
virtually impossible. A resident mag
istrate can be appointed under existing
laws although there is no appropra
ton from which he can be paid. w
recommend the appointment Of mag
istrate to be paid such salary as tn
next legislature may appropriate.
In transforming the old church a
Kalaupapa into jail, windows shoul
have been cut to give every cell plent
Of air and light. We recommend tina
this be done now.
The arrest of Mikla and kalar
probably comes within the provision
of Sections 5i6 and 5i7 ut the Pena
LaHs, which are as follows: when
ever a crime is committed. and the of
tenders are known, and any persO
shall be found near the pac, wheI
the crime was committed, either Ell
deavorins to conceal himself or er
deavoring to escape, or under sue
other circumstances as to justify
reasonable suspicion of his being Il
offender, such person may be arreste
without warrant, Policemen, or 9th,
officers OF justice, in any seaport
town. even in cases where it is NJ
certain that an offense has been con
mitted, may, without warrant, ARE
and detain for examination such pc
sons as may be found under such ci
cumstances as justify reasOnah
suspicion that they have committ
or intend to commit an offense."
Section 55l OF the Penal Laws is
follows: In all cases of arrest {
examination, the person making I
MI II,