The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-03-24
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On Holstein's motion the Attorney
Generals excuse was accepted and en-
tered on the record
NAMED. A COMMITTEE.
Harris moved that to save confusion
a committee of three should be
appointed, through whom questions
might be put. The motion was adop,-
ed, Speaker Rnudsen naming Smith,
Andrade and Fernandez.
The committee moved to seats near
the clerks table for convenience sake.
and Pinkham was asked to take a seat
in front of the stenographer.
In opening. Smith stated that It was
the understanding of the Committee
that there were two matters for inves-
tigation. First: That at the recent
visit to the Leper Settlement there had
been breaches of the segregation laws
and that the members of the Health
Committee of the House had been re-
sponsible for these breaches, these
charges had been made particularly
by the President of the Board of Health
and the House wanted the facts.
Secondly: A committee of the House,
acting under resolution, had asked te
make a medical investigation into the
condition of certain suspects at the Ka-
lihi receiving station. The committee
had been instructed by the President
of the Board of Health that such inves-
tigation should not be made. The
House wished to know how this mat
ter stood and under what legal author
ity the Board of Health was acting
Coelho interjected that Pinkham had
persistently interfered with the work
of the Health Committee and 1t was
the desire of that committee to sift
matters to the bottom.
PINKHAM WAS NERVOUS.
Pinkham looked decidedly nervous as
the inquisition started it's work. He
twisted his hands together painfully
and mopped his brow frequently.
Smith asked him first to relate as
closely as he could the conversation
which took place on the Kinau after
she stopped at Molokai on Sunday
morning.
There were, said Pinkham, ALB people
aboard the Kinau he understood. They
had passes from the Board of Health.
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the landing. 1t was quite dark when
the Kinau anchored. Later a boat
started for shore only with members of
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had been selected by the High Sheriff.
Six were sent at his (Pinkham's) re-
quest. His idea was that the police
should follow on the boat following the
one that took Plnkham ashore.
| When the first boat returned Il was
announced to Pinkham that a landing
was impossible. An hour passed and
he heard many mutterings of discon.
tent from different people. He asked
Captain Clarke to put him ashore, but
both he and Purser Beckley with
CAPTAIN Naopala strongly protested
Finally he insisted on going ashore and
agreed that it was at his own risk.
| He did not understand that the Of
ficers of the ship were in any sense un,
der his Instructions as to making the
landing.
A boat was lowered and a ladder was
let down at Pinkham's request, Cap
tain Naopala ordering n crew to lower
it. Henry Never was standing there
looking wistfully ashore and Pinkhan
asked him II he would like to take his
chances and get to his home over the
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Smith continued the questioning.
Pinkham said that his landing wa
made with difficulty and after landin
; he consulted with Supt. McVeigh re