The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-31

the evidence and details, find the facts
to be, that on the evening of November
10th. between the hours of 7 100 p. III.
and 10 As p. m, the said Toepelmann
had INDUCED in an undue amount of
sDirituous liquor; that he was last seen
at HOO p. M, on the corner of King
and Fort streets of this city, at which
time he appeared to be under the in
huence of liquor; that at about II 20 p.
m of the same evening thereafter, Toe
pelnlann was found in an unconscious
condition. lying on his right side, on a
small roadway running at right angles
to King street, and 100 feet more or
| less Eva of the Eva corner of Liliha
and King streets. The place where he
was lying was six feet from the corner
of the sidewalk abutting said roadway,
and the curb of the sidewalk stood from
3 I-2 to 4 feet above the roadway.
| A police officer, upon finding Toepel-
mann, summoned the police patrol
wagon, by which agency he was taken
| to the police station and detained upon
the charge of drunkenness. From the
| time of his discovery until several days
| thereafter, he remained IN practically
the same unconscious condition in which
! he was found. Upon his receipt at the
police station no marks of violence. or
wounds were visible upon his person;
! from his nose there was a slight dis
charge of blood The arresting officer,
the officer in charge of the patrol wagon,
| two turkeys and a receiving clerk tes-
| titled that the man smelt noticeably of
| liquor Neither at the time of his ar
rest. nor at his reception at the police
station nor afterward while in the GUS
| tody of the police, was Toepelmann
| conscious or able to speak Subsequent
examination developed confusion upon
| the right side of the head, running back
4 from the hair line, two or three inches.
and hidden by the hair, and an abrasion
| of the skin upon the right shoulder and
the right elbow.
EXONERATES POLICE.
Toepelman was confined while at the
police station, in cell by himself, and
| there administered to by the turnkey
| in charge Medical evidence adduced IS
to the effect that Toepelmann was, at
| the time, suffering from partial pa
| ralysis of the right side of the body,
| and that it would have made no differ
/ ence, as far as Toepelmann's condition
| was concerned, whether he had been
conveyed to a hospital upon the evening
! of his arrest, or upon the following
morning.
After full and complete investiga-
| ton, we are, therefore, able to report:
/ 1. That the Police Department exer-
cised every precaution called upon by
the facts of the case.
e. That this grand jury believes that
/ Toepelmann, while intoxicated, stepped
off a high sidewalk and, falling, was
thereby injured.
During the investigation of the fore
going matter, this grand jury became
| cognizant of the fact that there is not,
! located permanently at the receiving sta
ton, police doctor; that the physician
| now in charge makes but a short call
daily, about the noon hour, and that the
only way that the receiving station ply
| sician could be summoned would be by
transmission of a message to that eff
feet by bicycle police officer to the
| place OF residence of such physician,
which is some distance from the police
! station Your grand jury believes, and
therefore reports, that everything pos
sible was done for Toepelmann, by the
police authorities in charge, at the time
of his reception at the police station, III
| view of all the facts and circumstances
of the case and the condition in which
/ Toepelrnann was at the time. But
/ whether man is suffering, simply from
| extreme intoxication, or whether that
| same man is suffering from stroke of
| paralysis, caused by a fall had while in
! toxicated, is a matter difficult OF decis-
ion to the mind not trained on medical
lines And We would therefore respe---
fully recommend that proper provision
be made for the constant attendance
| upon the receiving station of physi-
clan, or physicians
| ELECTION FRAUDS AND MISDE-
MEANORS
/ 5. This grand jury investigated mat
ters pertaining to the last election, at
considerable length, and find:
/ That the law now IN force guarantees
secret ballot, but through the alleged
i ignorance of the inspectors of all the
precincts on this island, in which there
was large Hawaiian vote, and more
especially where there was a large vote
of men employed on Government work,
the ballots were deposited in the box
without removing the numbers there
from thereby ending all secrecy This,
coupled with the fact. as testified to be-
fore us. that in some instances the vot-
ers were told that it would be known
how they voted because their ballots
were to remain numbered, certainly
would, and we believe did, intimidate
many of the electors