The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-06
ONO AFTER SH|0zAWA
Continued from Page l.,

| until he was called in court and an
! emphatic exception to the statement
| that he was taking the side of Douse
because he was a white man, as well
as to 1.-The intimation that the inter
| ests of the plantation seem to have
| controlled the coroner's inquest"
At the second interview Mr.. Bald
win said:
ST am leaving for Maui this noon. I
| would like for you to understand that
I am quite impartial in the case of
Douse. I deeply sympathize with the
unfortunate japanese, Yamagata. He
was my employee. Mr. Saito, L wish to
donate sum of money to his family
or to his heirs in Japan. Will you
kindly forward it and convey my SYM
patty to his family? I will send my
check to you when 1 return
Mr.. Saito received check from Mr.
Baldwin on August % and he wrote to
) Mr.. Baldwin as follows:
Il agree with you that the news
paper has already commented too
much on the affair, but allow me to
suggest that think it would be 6. good
| thing in some way for you to COM
municate this action of yours to your
laborers on your plantations"
| The money was forwarded to the
L
the 18th of September, 1905, by a draft
of the Yokohama Specie Bank here,
exchanged to Japanese currency
amounting to Y1002. so. In the mean
time Consul Saito had on investigation
obtained clue to the relatives of va
nagata living in Japan.
On September %, Consul General
Saito wrote to Mr.. Baldwin, enclosing
| copies of Mr.. Shioza.wa's articles in
the Hawaii Shinpo of the 23rd and 25th
of that month. In mentioning the re-
ceipt of the dona ton of $500, he says
| it was received from Mr.. Baldwin,
| rot from any gentleman named Kin
Iney, nor from anyone who is attorney
for Mr. Dowse.'' adding his under
| standing of the gift thus:
But was given by you because Of
| the fact that Yamagata, who died
from unfortunate cause was your en-
ploye, and that you deeply sympathized
| with him and wished to donate $4,000
to the heirs of Yamagata in Japan, as
| best way to do it you thought was
| through my hands and so that your
sympathy could be conveyed to his
| family, with the request that you
would prefer not to have this donation
published in the newspaper until the
trial comes off, seeing that there was
| too much already said in the news
papers regarding this case. The
money which you RENTED to me has
Ialready been forwarded to the foreign
office, Toxic, together with your
pressions of sympathy, and, I think,
by this time, it is in the hands of
theirs of the deceased"
Mr.. Saito also informed Mr.. Baldwin
that he would lay the facts of the case
| before the Attorney General. That he
did so is shown by letter from the
| Attorney General, dated Honolulu.
| October 2.
ATTORNEY GENERALS LETTER.
| Attorney General Lorrin Andrews
| referring to the translation of an al
| legged interview with himself published
| in the Hawaii Shinpo on September
| %. stated that Mr.. Shiozawa called on
| him the previous day and requested
| information of whether his department
| intended to drop the prosecution of
| Douse, saying he had heard such was
| the fact. Il denied that such was the
| case" the Attorney General writes,
| land explained that our office was
ianXious that the matter should be Wig
orously prosecuted
Mr.. Shiozawa asked him whether it
was true that Mr.. Kinney had inform
ed him that he had paid the japanese
consul five hundred dollars for the
heirs of Yamagata'' The Attorney
General answered by referring him to
Mr.. Kinney.
No further mention was made of
yourself and of the receipt of $500,
the letter concludes land all state
ments set forth in the translation as
looming from me that Mr.. Kinney had
given yourself $500 and that 1 was
afraid that the japanese on the side
of the prosecution might be blinded by
the money and bought out and that
there was any question of arbitration
in connection with the case, are not
correct.
Knowing very well the relation be
tween yourself and Mr.. Shiozawa and
Ibis attacks on the Consulate, if for
no other reason I would have been
Especially guarded in any statements
1 would make to him, and I confined
myself in this interview to suggesting
that he see Mr.. Kinney, when he ques-
Itioned me as to this matter.
'Regretting excessively if the pub
hshed account of this interview has
caused you any annoyance and wish
ling to assure you that the Territorial
authorities appreciate your consistent
land vigorous protection of all japanese
lcitizens within this Territory and ap-
preciating that there is absolutely no
chance for criticism of your attitude
| in this matter, I remain
Yours truly
LORRIN ANDREWS,
Attorney General"