The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-03-24
4 Siaksnin5 Narrative to Re-
lata Of Neglect Towards
q Lspa'.
CONFINED wrRHour TRIAL.
The Case of Man Eaten by Worms
While Yet Alive IN the Leper
Settlement.

ENT OIL the treatment accorded TO-
Gently to a member OF the country's
leper colony, native by the name
OF Pilipo Mikila, which Tor heartless-
ness and neglect it beats anything
we have ever known here, and more
especially, while we are under con-
troll by country who lately fought
aud bled for humanity's sake, audeis
still fshtlng to this day for that
cause. The case, in point is very
sickening one to relate, the narration
of which would no doubt sicken
anyone and is a shame upon this
supposed and alleged Christian COM
munity.
Never was q case known. OF the
likes of this. Bat OF course, it is
knownoin the years that have gone
by where man, woman or child's
liberated extremities and body full
OF maggots all alive from neglect
aud want of care taken into the old
hospital at Kalawao and which'we
have heard told OF by old inmates of
the Lsper Settlement. From all &C.
counts the matter to be herein told
is sicksning narrative to relate,
and which fer heartless treatment
of a man who, without tiis', was
condemned by the powers that be
aud confined in the Kalaupapa lock-
up for alleged infraction OF Board
OF Health regulations g3verning the
reservation. 1t is said that there
was also vague suspicion Of lareeny
OF sheep and thst this case has no
known precedent nor has it ever
been known here where man in the
full enjoyment of life and his taeul-
ties, who wa, in the power of police
officers, waa utterly aud entirely
neglected and left 70 die OF weakness
and insnitioa aud without ufriends
ald quite helpless. The story is as
foil owa:
Two or three days before Christ
IN as, two native lepers named Pilipo
Mikila aud Willie X alani, were taken
from their residence at Puahi by
the police officers and confined in
the Kalsupapa lookup on atrump-
ed up charge OF leaving the Leper
Settlement without permission aad
OF larceny OF sheep on the Meyer
Estate ranch at Kalae. This method
was employed to force the man to
divulge and admit that they were'
guilty a, suspected. 7'.ta1
They wsre kept in CLOSE conaasiSy 4
ment and given oneeake Il hard tack
(bread) and cup of water each day.
The result OF this rigid treatment
was an alleged confession by Will ie
Kalani, who wss then allowed out
and the freedom OF thu prison en-
closure, while Pilipo Mikila would
not own up and was still kept 10
close confinement.
This soon told on Pilipo's health,
who was leper in an advanced
stage OF the disease Sores broke
out and leprous fever set in. DR..
Oliver, the resident physician, was
called in and who, sesing the poor
man in the condition he was in,
went to @. b. Reynolds, the super
intendent, who was there at the
time, and told him that the man
had no busin ess to ein the lookup \
The doctor wanted the man re-
moved immediately to the Bay View
Home, but Mr. Reynolds would not
have it, for he told the doctor that
the man would be better taken care
OF in the jail than he would be in
the home, and also that ha would
see that he was made comfortable.
On this assurance Of the Superin-
tendent, the doctor assepted and