Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-01-12
kauai NEEDS MONEY

The Kauai Grand Jury, in returning |
its list of indictments to Judge Hardy |
Oh Jan. Sd. remarked as follows:
The Grand Jury, in the course Of its
investigation of certain offence com.
mitted at Kapaa, in the District of Ka.
waihau. learned that certain gambling
houses are running or have been run.
ming until recently at that place, appar.
emily without hindrance from the |
police authorities. The Sheriff of the
Island. Mr.. Coney; his Deputy, Mr.. |
Rice, the Deputy Sheriff of the Dis'
trict of Hawaiian, his Captain of Pc.
lice and one of his officers, were eX'
amined at length by the Grand Jury in
reference to the above. The police au'
thUrities admit knowledge of the fact
that such gambling houses exists, not
| only at Kapaa but that another exists
in the District of Lihue, but they state
that owing to lack of funds and In.
sufficient appropriations, they are I'M
! able to hire or pay informers to do the
. necessary work in order to close up
| these various places. The Grand Jury
earnestly recommends that such a sum
Of money be placed at the disposal of
the police authorities on this island as
will enable them to do and perform.
with satisfaction to themselves and the
community, the necessary police work
here.
The vigorous prosecution by the po-
lice authorities of persons engaged in
/ ln If nd "a
I very good and noticeable effect and
such vigorous prosecution, If directed
against gambling houses, would un.
doubleday put a stop to the same.
On January supplemental report
was filed by the Grand Jury. The text
follows:
10 the Honorable Jacob Hardy. Judge
Of the Circuit Court of the Fifth
Judicial Circuit, Territory Of Ha.
wall.
The Grand Jurors of the Territory OF
Hawaii, duly empaneled and sworn. in
and for the Circuit Court of the Fifth
judicial Circuit of the Territory of Ha-
wall, have considered the following
matters, and beg respectfully to make
the following report thereon:
The request that was made by the
last Grand Jury that water should be
laid on to the Court House grounds
and that proper sanitary closets should
be erected has not been complied with.
and this present Grand Jury respect.
fully requests your Honor to recon-.
mend that such needful improvements
be carried out.
The present house that Is used as q
room for the Grand and Petit Jurors
is totally unfit for such use, and the
present Grand Jury would respectfully
suggest that separate building he
erected for the use Of the Jurors and
properly appointed.
Your Grand Jury has inspected the
jail at Lihue and find 1t In much need
CT repair. In fact, after careful exam
iHation of the building, we would sug.
gest that the old building be torn down
and replaced by new, safer and more
modern structure.
We find that there is no separate
house for the detention of lepers, and
would suggest that separate building
be erected for such purpose. At the
present time lepers are kept in the
main house with the other prisoners.
From all information that we can
gather the jails in every district are
totally inadequate to their require
ments, and we would further suggest
that they be altered or newly erected.
II is further respectfully requested
that a small Jail be erected at Hama
pepe, as prisoners arrested at night
have to walk to Waimea, a distance Of
over eight or nine miles.
The Grand Jury, on inspection the
Jail, found a native woman confined
IN cell without any bed or mat, and
on questioning the Sheriff he informed
us that any complaint should be made
g. the Board OF Health; and that there
was no money in his department to buy
: beds for lepers confined in Jail. We
we're Informed that this woman was a
,uspectcd lcper. The Grand Jury feels
very strongly on this disgraceful state
Vl affairs and would respectfully draw
your Honor's attention thereto.