The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-11-25

mount from his horse and exchange
clothing with officer Akau. In this
guise Akau went ahead of his COM
panions. When close to the place where
the cabin stood Akau went ahead. As
he came in sight of the habitatlon he
saw one of the lepers Kapea. sitting
before the door, pounding poi Kapea
looked up and, supposlng 1t was the
native known to him, made no move
ment at first but he quickly discovered
his error and jumped toward the house
where he got "A knife. Before he had a
chance to use 1t Akau had pinioned
him to the ground. The struggle arous-
ed the other lepers who rushed to where
their guns were kept. Captain Parker
and the other officers had by this time
sprung into the clearing, and before the
guns could be brought to bear upon the
invaders, they had overpowered the
men. The lepers put up a desperate
resistance but without result.
The officers found evidences of the
raids which had been made upon the
cattle herds and also had chance to
see the, way in which the lepers kept
guard and watch upon the outlying
country. They had arranged places
from which they could see without be-
ing observed and much of the railroad
and the approaches to their haunt were
covered in this way. The fact that
officer Akau was clothed in the gar
ments of the native who had often
visited the camp gave the officers their
chance, for otherwise the lepers would
have been able to use their rifles upon
them, and undoubtedly with deadly eff
feet.
When the men were brought to the
city they were taken to the leper de-
tention camp under guard. They have
been declared lepers by physicians and
will shortly be sent to Molokai.
The High Sheriff has information that
there are two more lepers hidden in
the range of hills in the same vicinity
but it is almost fororn hope that they
will be captured. Provided with arms,
assisted by friends and concealed in a
cabin which cannot be discovered ex-
cept by chance, they are fairly secure
from capture.
Captain Parker and his officers We're
] complmented for their work by the
High Sheriff
&. cr.>:EcoSoSo(S.S(.0S S(.0S.r.r.r.y.(.r.roo.ES
subject to my order on drafts for the
construction of the work agreed upon
unless it should be agreed upon by
| Messrs. Theo. II. Davies & Co. and
in as government realization" The
amount is available at moments no
tice and in passing l beg leave to say
that the construction of the work and
deposit by Messrs. II. II. Davies & Co.
found its incipiency and approval at a
cabinet meeting, the minutes whereof
l respectfully refer you to.
To the second question, / have to say,
that the words spoken to you, Sir, by
me must have been very greatly mis-
understood from the construction pre-
sented in your letter. Moneys received
! from land sales have all been entered
but, as the final payments on the sales
had not been completed the account re-
mained open. 1t had been my intention
to have had payments all gone carefully
! over and checked before making the
final deposit with the Treasurer and
had laid out this as part of the un-
completed work to be finished by me
on my return from the coast, as 1 had
had no premonition Of any evil hap
penings. / believe the word "restitu-
| ton" used in one of the sub-questiOns,
demands passing notice and l re-
spectfully present, Sir, that the use
thereof is inapplicable to any official
transaction of mine, as all the moneys
| Territory of Hawaii, have neither been
given nor taken by me for other than
purposes legal and lawful and the sums
coming within my personal keep as
Superintendent of Public Works are
open for inspection and for proper dis
bursement; l consider that the word
was inadvertently used and therefore
subscribe myself
| Very respectfully,
(SignedD JAS. ii. BOYD,
| Superintendent of Public Works.
on the same or the next day Mr.
Boyd paid in at the Office of the Public
Works Department $4,000, representing
the money referred to above received
by him from Messrs. .Theo II. Davies &
Co. and also 1896 stated by him TO be
on account of land sales, and also $23l.-
~, stated by him to be on account OF
interest on deferred payments. The
Item OF s2,995 was for collection on ac-
count of land sales received by Mr..
Boyd during the months of April, 1901,
and February, 1902 The transaction OF
| April 1901, was an account of receipt
from Mrs. Rose of $500 which appears
TO have been entered in the cash OF
October 27th, 1902.
In connection with the payment Of
| the Theo. IL. Davies & Co. fund OF $4,000
Mr., Boyd verbally informed me that
s2oOO OF this amount had been deposit
ed with Messrs. Spreckels & co. and
that the balance of $500 had been placed
In the safe under his personal control
In the Public Works office with a tag
explaining the status thereof and re-
ferring To the balance deposited with
Messrs, Spreckels a 60,
MI Boyd's reply Of October 27th, was
most unsatisfactory for these reasons:
II declined 10 answer the questions of
my letter OF October Goth relating 10 the
moneys received from land sales, not
deposited In the Public Works Once,
nor entered IN the official books; II eI-
hlblled as IL seems 10 me, want ~
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