The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-24

ashore and made no effort to keep them
in the corral. Nobody told him TO. Did
not tell Chairman Fernandez of the
House committee that Pinkham had re-
ferred him to that gentleman. Fernan-
dez gave the order for people to be
taken ashore from the Kinau.
In response to a question from Pink
ham, he. said that officer did not order
him to get his men together and keep
the crowd from going ashore.
A native named Manunui told of
landing and going through the crowd
to McVeighs s house. The officer told
him to go right along. Nobody told
him to stay in the corral. He could
have gone into it if ordered. In an
swer to a question by Pinkham, he said
there were two gates to McVeigh' s
yard, although but one was open.
]. F. d. Freeman landed, met his
daughter in McVeigh's yard and kissed
her and embraced her. They said she
was "A leper. He did not think she was.
He also met his cousin, and his wife, as
well as another woman. He embraced
them all. Others landed when he did,
and went to see their friends He
thought the corral proviso in his permit
was bit of play acting. He would
have been the first to fight against
going into a corral. He did not see
Pinkham on shore. Nobody told him to
go into d corral.
George See corroborated the evidence
of his brother officer. He had been told
by the High Sheriff to hold himself at
Pinkham's order, but Pinkham gave
him no orders. He had said the COM
mittees of the House and Senate had
full charge. Pinkham gave no orders
to separate visitors from lepers. Nc
Weigh told him to send visitors to mis-
house.
Representative Mahelona saw a num-
Der of men and women among the lep-
ers outside McVeigh's house. Saw no
officer keeping the clean apart from
the unclean.
Representative Cox saw about what
Mahelona did, and also saw man with
a kodak. The man was a stranger to
him.
"A friend of P. c. JONES' said Coel-
ho, who was in the back part of the
room.
There was nobody went into the cor
raj" said Pinkham at this point.
That question is not disputed by me,
or McVeigh OF anybody else. All this
is waste of time"
Representative Broad saw women
from Honolulu among the lepers, saw
them go into their homes, and saw six
people with the lepers in the Mormon
church. To his knowledge there was
kissing and embracing among them.
A number of other witnesses were
called. their testimony developing moth
ing new and Mahelona and one other
were recalled by Pinkham evidently
with intent to show that it had been
the purpose to make McVeigh's yard,
where a luau had been spread, serve as
a corral after the crowd escaped from
control Incidentally, questions were
asked by Pinkham through the course
of the examination of divers witnesses
as to whether they did not understand
that McVeigh had agreed to handle the
crowd with his MoIokai police. Evi-
IDENTIFY. if the President OF the Board
of Health cannot pass the responsibility
upon the House and Senate committees,
Jack McVeigh Will have to carry the
burden.
The COMMITTEES adjourned until 7:3o
D. m. on Saturday
GRILLED IN THE HOUSE
In response TO the request OF the
House of Representatives.. most OF the
members of the Board of Health at
tended the afternoons session in or
der TO explain just what did and what
did not happen at the recent visit TO
the Leper Settlement at Moiokai. 1t
was a solemn looking body which filed
in. President Pinkham in the lead, car
rying a big bunch of papers. DR.. c. B.
Cooper following with A. y. Fernan-
dez and NJ P. Robinson,
Attorney General Andrews was ab-
sent. but Coelho stated TO the House
that the Attorney General had asked
him TO pre=ent his excuses. that he was
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