Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-10-13
POLICE INTERFERE
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nov charged, as Andrews understands I
{ with petty larceny.
Andrews says that upon the acQuit-
TAI Of the soldiers, army men crowded
around and congratulated them. A SER
gespf addressed the police officer, who
cold the men he had a warrant for their
arrest, and told him that the three sol.
.lieys were under arrest of the military
authorities.
Andrews says that the Sergeant pro-
.I0r,-d no authority. Officer Van Gle.
as,p showed the sergeant the warrant
and the sergeant made no objection.
As to the complaint" says Andrews.
made by the mems counsel to the Col.
mel ] submit, that as practicing law.
yer he knows that II his clients were
s0e Enlly re-arrested by the Government
ne has remedies in the civil courts
without running to the military au'
,hDrities or whining about oppression.
Had our Department known of the
5rIers Of the camp We would certainly
rlut have made the re.aTrest when we
Gid. but Your EXCellenCy can see the
danger of allowing the men to go when
NO such orders were shown and when
they were surrounded by large num-
Der Of their comrades who were in per.
gsct sympathy with them"
Governor Dole sent a copy Of Attor.
lsy General Andrews communication
20 Lieutenant Colonel Mcclellan.
Lieutenant Colonel Mcclellan then
NTites 10 the Governor, saying he had
carefully read the report of the Attor.
.Iey General. He goes on to say: And
aeEret much to say that find therein
the same inaccuracy and carelessness
N statement which CharacteriZes other
statements purporting to come from
Ehe same source which have recently
ge9d in the newspapers. The Attorney
General in his report states that !
complain of injustice done to these
.slShiers'; | did not do so, but | did
Th1e that counsel for defense inform.
est me that there is now danger that
u grave injustice will be done them.
When the Attorney General states
the soldiers in every. way expressing
Eheir pleasure at the result he must
surely be mistaken, and certainly
shows that he has but little knowledge
OF soldiers.
The Attorney General states that
ne told the police officer that he must
wait till the men left the court house
10 serve his warrant But the sergeant
informs me that all the soldiers were
stopped in the hall of the court house
and detained there by the police until
the three men were identified by the
police and re.arrested.
The soldiers assisted in this identi.
acation and arrest and good feeling
was shown towards the police.
The Constitution of the United
States provides that no man Shall be
put in jeopardy twice for the same OF.
tense and I am reluctantly constrained
20 say that II now seems probable that
these three soldiers will suffer this In.
iustice.
THE Attorney General states that
the evidence shows a clear case OF
burglary against these three soldiers
Since reading this statement | have
further inquired into this matter and
am again constrained to differ with the
Attorney General ana 10 say that am
much in doubt II these three men can
he convicted of petty larceny.
AS expect to depart for San Fran
cisco on Tuesday next that is today
! would urgently and respectfully re-
quest that | may be officially informed
just what the charge now is In order
That ! may correctly report 1t to the
department"
Governor Dole, replying, does not
pretend TO handle the legal question
OF how the three soldiers are held;
whether they are in jeopardy wheth-
er they are charged with the same Of
tense or not; leaving that to the Attor.
uey Generals Department, which, he
presumes, leaves 1t to be decided by
the court.