The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-29
GRAND JURY REPORT
JUDGE GEAR ON IMPRISONMENT
OF YOUTHS.
The Jury Thanked for Their Work and
viii be Notified When There Are
Funds to Pay Them.

you will be notified when there is
any money" were Judge Gears last
words to the Grand Jury yesterday, be-
fore discharging the jurors who have
voluntarily served without pay. The
jurors made their final report shortly
after two o'clock in the afternoon and
Gear expressed approval of it's re-
concentrations, especially one with re-
gard to the imprisonment of three boys
in Oahu jail, to await trials for lar
ceny. The jurors thought it was wrong
that boys should be confined with Grim
inals for three months awaiting trial.
1T is a shame and an outrage" said
Judge Gear but l do not know what
the court can do about it,"
The judge asked the attorney gem
erals department about the matter and
was informed by Cathcart and Dout-
hit that the jail was the only place to
confine prisoners and had always serv-
ed the purposes of a county jail as
well as a penitentiary
Prisoners of this class are kept
separate as far as practicable" said
Cathcart. They are given different
food from the convicts and are not sub
jected to the ordinary penitentiary rules
any more than necessary. The United
States has several men there now held
as witnesses only"
Gear said that the boys ought to be
let out and should have gone to the
reform school. The boys are three ma
tives, one II years old and two IA years
old, arrested last May for stealing a
small amount of copper from the Rapid
Transit company. Cathcart said that
the recommendation of the Grand jury
would be followed and that he would
enter a nolle prosequi in each case.
The report of the jury contained the
following regarding other matters:
THE Insane Asylum was visited and
found to be in the hands of very COM
petent management, as the cleanliness
and care of the inmates showed. The
Grand Jury, however, desire to re-
specially draw the attention of this
Honorable Court, to the condition of
the dining room floor, which was in a
very poor state, having decayed and
been patched, and decayed over again,
until it has reached a state where it
seemed almost unsafe to walk across
/ the room for fear of its falling in, there
are also large holes in the top floor that
have rotted away but which are COW
cred from the bottom by the floor I'M
| deTneath
THE Grand Jury consulted with Mr..
Master regarding this flooring, and
were informed that it would probably
cost from $500 to 500 but not more,
and we think that as the inmates are
all unfortunately suffering from dis
ordered minds, and unable to care for
themselves in event of danger or from
a sanitary point of view, that it is
absolutely necessary that this building
be put in immediate repair. We would
further recommend that the automatic
contrivance for opening all doors be
kept in working order, as we were in
formed by the Captain of the guards on
duty at the time, that it had not
worked properly for two months or
more. We requested the captain to put
the same in operation for us, which he
did by throwing the weight with "a
broom handle and then going around
and opening each door with a wrench
which was provided for that purpose.
As this appliance was undoubtedly in
stalled at considerable expense we think
it very careless and negligent on the
part of the authorities in not appropria-
ting sufficient funds to have these re-
pairs done, more especially where the
lives of the inmates of such a ninsttu-
tion depend on perfect working of these
appliances.
I'VE would further recommend that
more bedsteads be furnished, as a num-
Der of the inmates are without same,
and we think that with a little extra
effort on the mart of SpD-a Of the pp6plp
at the head of the Department, these
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