The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-17
Leper Settlement
Committee
Report.
FATHER WENDOLlN
MUST ALSO GO
Supt. Reynolds Resignation Ac.
eepted and McVeish
y Appointed.


made by the Board Of Health In
"A to the charges OF Ambrose Hutch
inson. of cruelty to n leper at Molokai.
the resignation OF DR.. Oliver was de-
Inanded yesterday. Bishop Gulstan Is
requested to remove father Wendolin
from the settlement. and the resigna-
ton Of Superintendent c. b. Reynolds,
rendered some time ago. was accepted.
and Jack Mcveigh appointed in his
stead.
At the regular meeting held yesterday
afternoon the findings OF the commit
tee. composed OF Z. p. Dole, w. l.
Moore and J. 8. q. Pratt were approv-
ed, and the majority report recon-
mending the removal OF Reynolds and
Oliver was adopted. The matter was
all cut and dried. the action taken yes
terday having been decided upon at
Mondays secret meeting.
In the reading OF the minutes OF the
special meeting was found for the first
time the recommendation for the re-
inovaI OF Father wendolin- This was
-
hr DIR. Cooper. which read as follows:
ssI:ResoIved. That the harmony and In
krests OF the Leper Settlement will be
promoted by the removal OF Father
wendolin. and that the Right Rev.
Gulstan. Bishop OF Panopolis. be re-
quested to remove him forthwith. and
appoint some other priest to fill the
vacancy made thereby"
THE COMMITTEES REPORT.
- p. Dole. as chairman Of the COM
nittee. thereupon read the report. In
which was contained also the substance !
OF the evidence taken before the COM
mittee at MolokaI. 1t is as follows:
Report OF committee In the matter of
ed by Ambrose Hutchinson. leper
settlement
Dr.. Henry c. Sloggett. President OF the
Board OF Health.
Sir:-We have the honor to submit
the following report, based on the fore
going charges and evidence:
We find that Pilipo Mikiia and Will
liam kalani were not arrested upon q
trumped up charge or without prob
able cause: that Mikila's friends were
such food as he had was at all times
sufficient In quantity. We find that
the charges In other respects, although ,
not proved In all details, are proved in
substance and beyond reasonable ]
doubt
On December End. 1901. MikiIa and
Kalani left the settlement in violation !
OF the regulations of the Board OF
Health. John Waiamau. captain of =,
police believed and had probable cause 1,
to believe. that they had been stealing
sheep. No one being on trial for steal :
ing sheep. the committee declined to Z
the truth OF this charge, !
keyong the question whether there was :
kcbable cause for arrest Upon the !
return OF Miklla and Kalani. December :
lth, Waiamau arrested them and put 3
Them I'm Jail. r
Ealani made a confession. and was q
put IN a light. airy CELL '
Mikiia denied guilt, and. as pun @
shment. was put in a cell with no out I
ode window. comparatively dark and c
lly ventilated. He was given a diet r
Il salmon (Which he chose instead or q
neat). bread and water. and was S
more or less closely confined for about c
week as a punishment. After that. ;
~ had ordinary rations and the liberty o
" the jail yard: during all OF the time
,e was In Jail. from December 9Th. r
sol. until March 18th. 1902. he was not e
lrraIgned on any charge. and no writ S
en- accusation was made against him. b
He was I'm an advanced stage. of lep- e
oey when he was arrested. As the Il
'isease progressed he became very c
weak, and was little more than skin a
md bones AS early as about the first O
q March his hands and feet were alive V
With maggots The stencil was Often a
i've On the 18th OF March he was c.
AIKEN home by members OF a fraterni- Z,
y to which he belonged He died on Js
he 18th. He had no proper care before In
saving the Jail. He had no medical o
lttentiOn. worthy OF the name. at any II
ime Z,
There IL only one district magistrate W
n the island OF Molokai- He lives at 81
'ukoo. thirty miles away-but as dis u
ant. as far as the physical difficulties i.
" getting TO the settlement and leaving n:
are concerned. as New York Is from L
-hisaso- He did not visit the settle
- while 8rikiIa was I'm jail With
-" magistrate in the settlement.