The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-10
ANTOINE NOT
TREATED
Governor Garter Finds
Attorneys Complaint
GroundIess.

| On February 3 Governor Carter re-
ceived a letter from Harry T. Mills
| an attorney of KaiIua who had de-
| Tended one kama Antoine convicted
before Judge Matthewman on a charge
of arson. stating that the fact had been
established by evidence given at the
| trial, and not contradicted, that An
| tone had been cruelty and inhumanly
treated while he was in Oahu prison
| awaiting trial. 1t was said by Mills
| 1T his letter that the man had been
| closely confined for thirteen days, and
had been subjected to great depriva-
ton by such confinement, and further
that he was denied the use of water
| necessary for personal cleanliness, and
that after thirteen days of this torture,
claimed by Mills to have been inflicted
| for the purpose of extorting a confess
sion, the man was released from the
solitary cell.
Governor Carter answered the letter
| of Mills and then began an investiga-
ton of the charges The result of
this investigation appears in the af-
fidavfts that are printed herewith. In
the first of these the man kama An
tone himself queers the claim made
by his attorney to the Governor:
In the matter of charges made by
L of he
one kama Antoine by the jail authori-
ties of Oahu Jail.
Territory of Hawaii, Island of Oahu,
SIS.
kama Antoine being first duly sworn
says: 1 am the Kama Antoine who
was convicted of the crime of Mali
cious Burning at the last term of the
Circuit Court of the Third Circuit held
al Kailua, Island of Hawaii, in which
case my attorney was Harry 7. Mills
appointed by the court and not en-
ployed by me; that 1 never at any
time, either in open court or other
wise, stated that while in Oahu Jail,
awaiting trial, L was closely confined
in a small cell for thirteen days (from
September 20 to October l. 1900 or
any other time, or that [ was not dur
ing or any other period allowed TO go
out of the cell for any purpose what
ever, or that L was shut or Gagged up
as a wild animal would be, or that
I had to eat, sleep or perform the
necessary calls of nature in the cell,
OF that L was not allowed to wash my
body or to have water for that pur-
pose while so confined or that the
purpose of any such treatment was
to make me confess. Nor have I at
any time made any statement in sub
stance as above set out, or any part
of the same. That each and all of
the matters which are set forth above
are without any foundation in fact; |
that 1 was never so treated either at |
said times or at any other time; but |
on the contrary, during all the time |
of my confinement, in Oahu Jail, |
awaiting trial, and since. I have been !
well treated and cared for by the Jail |
and upon leaving Oahu
Jail to go to Kailua for my trial I was
in much better physical condition than
when arrested and brought to said
Jail
KAMA ANTOINE.
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this 9Th day of
February. A D. 1905
WILLIAM SAVIDGE.
Public. First Judicial Circuit,
Territory of Hawaii.
VIM. Kamana.
VIM. H Kealakai,
JOS. Kapono.
Accompanying this affidavit are 9TH
rs from High Sheriff Henry, who was
Warden at Oahu prison when Kama
Antoine was confined there awaiting
lis trial for arson, and from VIM t
now Warden and then Depu- t
Y Warden:
Territory of Hawaii. Island of d,
oahu, SIS. :
VIM. Henry, being first duly sworn =
avs: q
That 1 am High Sheriff of the Ter
ftory of Hawaii, and as such have r
eneral supervision of all persons con- f
med in Oahu Prison. 1 have known :
Kama Antoine. Have read his charge :
gainst the prison authorities. At the +
ime stated in his affidavit l was jailor r
nd was well familiar with his case. f
Upon his arrival. September IS, 1904. .
ordered him confined. He remained T
onfned for two days and all that g
ime was accompanied by an officer, q
ID. Mokeha. After such confinement G
g was freed in the yard and was
ever again confined up to the time +
3 left for Kailua Hawaii. He was h
OF to my knowledge put in solitary t
onfinement for thirteen days: C
He was regularly fed with three n
reals a day composed of usual prison Y
are that is allowed to the other men r
waiting trial and was not at any i.
me fed on crackers and water. I
VIM. HENRY. n
Subscribed and sworn TO o
afore me this Sth day of o
February. a. D. 1905.
P. H BURNETTE, il
otary Public. First Circuit, Terri I
tory of Hawaii. C
TERRITORY of Hawaii Island Of "