The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-10-20
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Vida. foaming at the mouth sub
sided.
He only smacked a scamp driveled
Lucas, "Td have done II myself under
the circumstances"
DO you make that assertion person-
ally or as SUPERVISOR" queried the
chair.
Lucas gave an imitation of a man
thinking.
Personally" he replied
II would like to know II my report
was incorrect" said Adams. at said
that Townsend had been assaulted in
the police station by Vida and II was
this that committee was appointed
to investigate. Vida told Townsend
that Brown wanted to see him and
Brown denied that he had told Vida
any such thing. I want the whole
thing thoroughly investigated Vida has
stated that worse cases than this have
occurred, and such assaults should not
be allowed to go on. Brown has writ
ten to me saying that the Advertisers
report of the matter was much ex-
aggerated. that he had called down
Vida and that he wished the matter to
bt tnTtSutu OUT ny the SuDtTNlSOTS.
Here Moore took up cudgels for the
police department with his customary
alacrity and declared that Vida was
under Brown and that correction, IL
needed, should come from Brown
alone.
Let us drop the Vida matter" said
Moore. "There will be no reflection on
Adams. The sheriff has not suggest
ed that Vida be suspended. Townsend
has written a letter withdrawing his
charge against Vida, entirely OF his
own accord
Brown hasn't recommended that
Vida be suspended" squeaked JACKIE
Lucas. st looks like feeling"
Adams said that there was feeling
but of different nature than was gen.
orally thought. He said that Brown
had told him that he knew that he
ought to fire Vida out but the fact
that he was an efficient officer weighed
with him.
What 1 want to know" said Adams.
is If the public are to be invited to
the police station and thrashed."
Moore. through the chair, asked Vida
If he had assaulted Townsend.
Il slapped his face" responded Vida.
Moore then asked Sheriff Brown If
he thought Vida's offence was of sufii-
cient gravity to warrant his suspen-
sion for thirty days.
Brown answered in the negative.
Asked to state reasons by the chair,
Brown said that he had reprimanded
Vida and thought that this was sufii-
cient punishment. If the offence were
repeated suspension would follow. He
thought that the matter had gone far
enough.
What effect will Vida's conduct have
on the rest of the force If II be allowed
to go unpunished?" demanded Adams
No bad effect" replied Brown.
My constant care is to guard against
undue roughness on the part of offi-
GERS and only the other day / sus-
pended man for ill-treating a pris-
oner."
A vote on Moore's motion to dis
charge the committee was taken and
1t went through, Adams and Smith
voting against 1t.
The following resolution was then
introduced by Chairman Smith and
unanimously passed:
Whereas, That as far as the special
committee. appointed to investigate
the charge against Speca, officer Vida,
has been able to determine an assault
was committed by officer Vida on Mr..
Edward Townsend, which assault is
admitted, therefore be 1t
Resolved. That the Board of Super
visors desires to express its severe con-
domination of an act OF this nature by
an officer of the police and that this
Board calls upon the County Sheriff to
see that no further brutality be per-
mitted by any member of the police
force.
1t was finally agreed that Captain
Berger's request for bandstand at
Aala park was a reasonable one and
IL VIII be built right away.
The matter of the payment of the
Piko warrant to the wrong man came
up again and the outcome of the dis.
cussion was that hereafter the fore
men OF gangs must identify their men
before the warrants will be paid.