The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-14
JAPANESE
WORKED UP
Maysue Company
For Death Of
Man.
Besides Charging Douse
With His Wilful
Murder.
Meeting Of Supervisors. Road
Work on Maui--A Great
Storm.

MAUI, August lion wednesday
the 9Th a Puunene Japanese mill
laborer died at the plantation hospital
under such circumstances that coro-
ner's jury was summoned to investl-
gate the cause of his heath.
On the 10th the county coroner,
Sheriff w. G. Saffery, impaneled jury
which. after viewing the body of the
Japanese at Puunene, adjourned to the
Waikiki courthouse where, after list
ening to the testimony of DR.. Refs and
others, brought in verdict to the eff
feet that the mans demise was caused
either by heart Or kidney disease which
may or may not have been aggravated
by injuries received.
AS regards the injuries received
the following is the japanese story OF
the tragic incident: On Saturday the
5th Alfred Douse, second engineer at
Puunene mill, ordered his japanese
helper to get some kerosene Oil but he
brought a small quantity of gasoline
in a tin container instead of kerosene
as requested. Douse, so it is alleged,
becoming very angry because of this
blunder, grabbed the Japanese, shook
him, struck him with his fist. and
finally threw upon him some of the
gasoline to which he set fire, burning
A. Tho To,
Immediately taken to the Puunene hos
pital, where after four days of suffer-
ing he died from the injuries received
at the hands of Douse, SO it is charged.
On the contrary the doctor in his
testimony declared that death could
not have resulted from the injuries,
and probably was occasioned by heart
or kidney disease. The jury while
viewing the body at Puunene found
the left side of the face burned and
both arms badly burned.
Puunene Japanese are much agitated
over the affair. Forty of them went
to Manager H. P. Baldwin, requesting
Douse's removal from the plantation.
They also employed Attorney ]. NJ.
Vivas to prosecute the engineer in the
courts and afterward, so it is rumored,
to sue H. c. & S. Co. for damages.
On Saturday-soon after the assault
leased on $4,000 bail, but since the
death of the Japanese he has been
rearrested and held without bail on
the charge of murder pending the pre-
liminary examination which will take
place today or tomorrow, as soon as
County Attorney Case is ready with
the prosecution.
COUNTY BOARD MEETS.
The Maui supervisors held their
regular monthly meeting of the board
in their rooms in KepOikafs block,
Waikiki. beginning on Tuesday the
LIST and extending to the 4th. They
met evenings during those days until
10 D. m.
The principal business transacted
was the payment of monthly bills. The
Waikiki bank discounted at 1 per cent
the warrant for $4,000 received from the
territorial treasurer.
Harry Copp, the Puunene policeman,
was promoted to the captaincy of the
Waikiki police force and w. B. Ke-
anu, at the request of the H. C. & s.
Co., was made plantation policeman in
Cops place.
They also passed an ordinance al
lowing the Kahului R. r. Co. a per-
manent right of way for track across
the county road at a point between
Spreckelsville and Paia. This track is
the one leading to the new Paia mill.
In view of the Trent affair." in Ho-
nolulu the supervisors are trying to
avoid making individual warrants
transferable. In fact Supervisor
Church had an interview with Terri
torial Auditor j. H. Fisher last Satur-
day concerning the matter The super
visors wish to adopt new warrant
forms entirely. Mr.. Fisher admitted
that some portions of the present war
rants were rather obsolete. He said he
would consider the wishes of the Maui
people and consult Honolulu authori-
ties so as to better advise the Maui
supervisors as to their course of ac-
ton. The supervisors are most de-
sirous of a change in regard to, the
wording of the warrants. The present
form resembles a bank check They
prefer the form of a draft to bear the
signature of the beneficiary.
On Friday they adjourned until Sep
TENDER.
NOTES.
Teachers examinations began in the
Wailuku schoolhouse yesterday and
continue through today.
The Picanco Brothers, after COM
pleting the Kailua- Huelo raad in about
a month, will begin the long looked for
lao valley thoroughfare, which by the
way will mean much both to Wailuku