The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-25
VIOLENCE
AND VICE
SHERIFF ANDREWS OF HILO AND SHERIFF BALD
WIN OF MAUI GIVE SOME STARTLING STATE
MENTS REGARDING CRIME IN THEIR REPORTS
TO THE HIGH SHERIFFSTRAFFIC IN WOMEN

SheriA Baldwin and Andrews of Maui and Hawaii have
number of interesting criminal conditions those
islands in their reports the High Sheriff. which made
part OF the Attorney Generals report distributed among
bers of the legislature On Maui especially the Porto Rcans
appear have developed dangerous class while Baldwin
reports revolving traffic in women among the laps and alarm
ing increase in the use of opium among native Hawaans Bald
says:
That Japanese often commits acts of violence and that
difficult to obtain evidence in where they
well known facts however rule their violence
among themselves But for offences of BURGLARY robbery
larceny do they are as rule frequent Of
tenders But with the Porto Rcans and Negroes this differ
ent his crimes have range that know limit and for frequent
violations OF our laws they are without parallel
During the six eight months just past numerous
plants to the office OF hodup and of robbery by
Porto Rcans which occurred in the outside districts While
known that they Porto Rcans further than this their
identity could be proved and consequently difficult to
get convictions There organized of these
robbers in the Porto Rcan camps various of the plantations
OF the Island who after ngha would make their raids pass
ing travellers.
n connection with Japanese custom they have of traffic
ing their buying and selling their wives
should be looked into and there remedy to me
should be sought applied with vgo that would
make practices of this nature, which demorazing an
outrage in civilized community impossible Again
little that this fruitful source and to which cause might
often be traced the motive Of the violent have
been committed by Japanese Island In support this
we have the OF Sagaa the wife and child murderer who
acuated to commit crime the revolving of which we have
any record because he had only received oneha the price for
his wife that had been agreed upon.
Opium joints plentiful and these instead of being confined
and put under decent control openly and nuisance
and an otense the community. satisfied the use of
OPIUM by the Chinese and the native Hawaans we'll
Creasing
There many native Hawaians who addicted to the
OF and to be remarked that with them
habit acquired they become ncurabe victims OF same
Il have taken pains investigate and find the present
time Naiku alone and immediate vicinity there
forty sixty native Hawaans who addicted the use of
opium in form another
Sheriff Andrews says:
During the years last past there has been high
crime than usual the Island OF Hawaii This arbut-
cd to three all OF which certain temporary
in their effects. These causes
DISCRIMINATION to the United States abolished our long
tabshed OF labor by with penal consequences
the aborer for non-uhment and the transition period which
inevitably followed many OF the working class left the plantations
and wandered about the country unemployed.
"2nd-lhe importation of the Porto Ricans aborers
meet the increased needs OF the plantations has proved
exception the general rule that is the worthless and
most adventurous classes that always go first from their homes
a
Among these first Porto Ran who here many
the criminal classes many who comparatively bad and
worthless people home whom their friends and acquaintance
wished to have away from their country while only
natural that the best and valuable people urged by
their employers remain home AT first the Porto Rcans
seemed think that they going this country suit
themselves by the free knives but they have been taught
that the unlawful OF knives lands them in JAIL and while
first a temporary homes of criminal and
Rcan the has decreased they work
their short and better and industrious
AT the time the few who bad being gathered
in long prisoners The Porto Rcans improving
they become civilized and the Younger generation will probably
be all right.
rd-Our laws such that several ofenses which under
various in force here before annexation
only mSdemeanorS, under the constitution of the United
crimes and trial by only be mad after indictment by
grand jury"