The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-29
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SETTLEMENT.
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he had protested against the employ
ment of Honolulu policemen. because
his people would not like to be driven
about by strange men in uniform.
Pinkham, needing this protest, had
agreed to leave the matter to the Mo-
lokai people. McVeigh had intended
to substitute his yard for the corral.
Pinkham-Did you have plenty Of
rope to fence off a space for the pep
pie, if your yard had not been big
enough?
McVeigh-Plenty of rope.
Pinkham-Did you intend to fence
off such a space?
McVeigh-I did not. After your
wireless message, did not think it
was necessary.
McVeigh then went on to state that
the first persons he saw break the
laws of segregation were member OF
the Board of Health and a member of
the House. His people tried to do their
best, but they practically lost con
troll of the crowd. Some of them
were slugged by people from Honolulu.
Question by Pinkham-Was one leper
struck?
McVeigh-l es; but only once. The
man did not strike him again.
And it was at this point McVeigh
said that fifty per cent of the people
who came ashore were drunk. 1.-THE
man Freeman. who testified that he
kissed his daughter in my yard was
drunk, - said the witness. 'EThe daugh
ter protested, saying that the haole
(meaning witnessJ had told her con-
tact was not allowed, but her father
had said, "To hell with the haOle."
The next day the woman came to him
and apologized for her fathers action,
saying he was drunk"
In his cross-examination of McVeigh,
Senator Achi went at great length
into the setting aside of the terms of
the permit by the Superintendent, and
the sending of instructions to McVeigh
by wireless that were contrary to the
teEms of the permit. MeVeigh said
he had not nut the people into the
corral. considering himself absolved
bv Pinkham wireless message, and
admitted that he had lost control of
the crowd. He had not asked Pink
ham, when that official came ashore,
whether the wireless message was IN
tended to supersede the permit. He
had not thought the people We're com
ing ashore When they did come, he
still had not asked Pinkham about the
permits. Anyway, the people could not
all have been put in the corral without
danger to life.
McVeigh. did not believe David Car
ter had kissed his leprous brother 100
times. Carter was too drunk when he
came on shore to know whether he had
kissed his brother at all. And he was
still drunk when they had to get
wagon and haul him down to the land
ing.
But ne admitted again that he had
lost control OF the crowd, because
lot of drunks had Knocked his people
down.
Question by Aehi-You considered
yourself under Pinkham orders!
McN e1gh--CerIa1nlN.
Aehi-You would have put the peo-
pie in the corral, if he had told you
to?
Achi-And you could have put them
there?
McVeigh-Yes.
Achi-And fcould have kept them
there?
McVeigh-I think so.
Achi-After YOU found out that the
people were coming ashore, no order
was given by Pinkham to keep them
in the corrals
McVeigh-No order.
Achi-Is it not fact that when
you got this wireless message, you lost
all idea of keeping the people in the
corral?
McVeigh-That is a fact.
By Pinkham-Did you not have the
idea that you would put them IN your
ward, and send them out into the Set
Element under escort, in small PARTIES
McVeigh-Yes; that was the idea.
Witness told Dickey that it was
! Abraham Fernandez of the Board of
Health and Representative Broad who
had first violated the segregation law.
! Then he said it was the lepers set to
/ GUARD the gate of his yard who had
been knocked down by Honolulu
man. and that closed his testimony.
/ Abraham Fernandez, of the Board of
/ Health. was called and admitted vio-
lating the segregation law.
| And then came Achi. who told Pink
ham that not even Governor Carter
| had anv power at the Molokai Settle
! ment against the power of the Presl-
dent of the Board of Health, under the
| law. Pinkham tried to get Achi to adj
nit that he had given away his SON s
permit to somebody else, but this fail
/ ed. as Achi had not done it. After a
pretty sharp exchange between the
| man on trial and the head of the COM
! mittee. the hearing was adjourned IN
til Thursday. At that time Pinkham
| will submit written statement to the
| committee, and will appear TO be ques-
/ toned.