The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-15
HIS NERVE
WAS STRONG
Japanese Is Sentenced
For Double Act Of
Forgery.

! Cunning is distinguishing ingredi-
ent In certain kinds of crime nerve in
others. 1t was nerve that gave tone
to the dishonest exploits of Kobuke
Niichi, who was indicted in the fore
noon and sentenced in the afternoon of
yesterday for forgery. He pleaded
guilty to the indictment and was sem
fenced by Judge Dole to be imprison-
ed at hard labor for two years.
1t was forgery double twilled, dou-
bic filed and double struck in the weav-
ing" as the old saying goes, which
Niichi committed. He was walking
along a Hilo street when he picked up
a letter addressed to another Japa-
nese. Niichi opened the letter and
found 1t was from a brother of the
man addressed, living at Il town on the
Pacific Coast The letter was urging
the brother In Hawaii to emigrate to
the place where the writer dwelt.
Mich answered the letter himself,
signing the name of the other Japa-
nese. He told n hard luck story of
times in Hawaii to show why he the
pretended brother could not find the
passage money wherewith to join the
other in California. If his brother
would but send him the means he
would gladly go.
Then Mich watched for the mails
from oversee and was rewarded by re-
ceiving delivery of the reply to his
| lnt adj tn nfh
Japanese whom he was enterprisingly
personating in clerical capacity.
| Opening the missive he found it to en-
close n postal money order for 800.
| To this he forged the signature of the
'person. named in my letter of advice"
| receipting to the United States for the
hundred dollars, and the amount was
| handed out to him through the pay
wicket.
| But the long arm of Federal justice
| darted from behind the screen and
snatched the nervy Kobuke Mich to
| the bar. All his nerve may be needed
in the ensuing two years to brace his
system for toll in the Honolulu road
quarries.
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amendments to the Dill which the Gov
ernor had by letter requested him as
chairman of the Finance committee to
propose. He read the amendments,
which appear below.
Mr.. Achi wished to have the amend
| ments, with the bill, referred to Il COM
mittee. as there was danger of getting
all mixed up.'
Mr.. Dickey found a clerical error In
designating one of the 1908 bils to start
WITH and the matter was referred to
the Finance committee.
Mr.. Isenberg was granted leave of
absence for the rest of the week.
AT HOS the Senate took recess until
2 o'clock.
AFTERNOON. SESSION.
Mr.. McCandless presented report of
the Finance committee on House bill
No. l, the salary appropriations, rec
ommending various amendments with
which the bill should pass.
Mr.. Dickey said there was one little
item in that bill he wished to have
changed, therefore he moved the re-
| port be considered with the bill. Car
ried Mr.. Dickey said n great iniun-
tice had been done in reducing the
salary of the keeper of kerosene ana
gunpowder Honolulu from $l95 to 800
paid $3.50 month, out of which he had
been paying helper He moved to IN
sert new item of $25 month to iha
helper
Then the clerk pointed out that the
salary was Sl25 in the bill, the 800
having been mistake made on Il
former reading. Mr.. Dickey withdrew
his amendment and moved that the
amendments suggested by the Finance
committee be adopted. Carried
Mr.. Woods moved to amend the pay
of Honolulu sanitary inspectors by
making it $75 EACH the total amount
being left unchanged. Carried,
ON motion of Mr.. Brown the bill for
"A third time passed third reading on
roll call vote, Mr.. Kaiue of Maui
giving the only negative vote,
THE AMENDMENTS.
The title is amended to read, IAN Act
providing for salaries and pay of en-
ployees of the Territory"
Section is changed to read: IAN
sums appropriated by Act 10 of the
extra session of 1903, other than thosa
for items for which appropriations were
made under Act Il of said extra session,
are hereby reappropriated for the period
commencing with the first day of ian
uary, 1904, and ending with the thr-
tleth day of June 1904, aud all war
rants issued ana payments made under
said Act 10 are hereby ratified aud con-
frmod."
A new section II added, thus;
section d. This Act shall take effect
on tho hrst day of July 1904, except
section o thereof which shall take ef-
fect on the date at lls approval
NEWS FRoM HOUSE.
AMER short repass tho senate re-
fnifod Two communications nom the
House announcing 40 arilun nn "a
number Uf bills. Senate bill 30 D.
Arl I'D If lha secession lava
~ laol hal passed ilfi lfaalnH Alan