The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-20
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| Vida, foaming at the mouth. sub
sided.
| He only smacked scamp" driveled
Lucas, I'D have done it myself under
the circumstances
DO you make that assertion person
ally or as a SUPERVISOR" queried the
| chair
Lucas gave an imitation of man
! thinking
| Personally" he replied
81 would like to know if my report
was Incorrect said Adams. 1T said
that Townsend had been assaulted in
| the police station by Vida and it was
| this that a committee was appointed
to investigate. Vida told Townsend
that Brown wanted to see him and
| Brown denied that he had told Vida
thing thoroughly investigated, Vida has
stated that worse cases than this have
occurred, and such assaults should not
be allowed to so 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
be threshed out by the supervisors
Here Moore took up cudgels for the
police department. with his customary
alacrity and declared that Vida was
under Brown and that correction, if
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
Vida be suspended squeaked JACKIE
Lucas. 1T looks like feeling
Adams said that there was feeling
but of different nature than was gen
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 I want to know said Adams,
SIS 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 suffi-
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 suffi-
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 it be allowed
to go unpunished?" demanded Adams.
mo bad effect replied Brown.
my constant care is to guard against
undue roughness on the part of Off
GERS and only the other day I sus-
pended a man for ill-treating d pris-
oner''
Al vote on Moores motion to dis
charge the committee was taken and
it went through, Adams and Smith
voting against it.
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 Special officer Vida.
has been able to determine, an assault
was committed by officer Vida on Mr..
Edward Townsend, which assault is
admitted, therefore be it
Resolved, That the Board of Super
visors desires to express it's severe con-
demnation 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
Tt was finally agreed that Captain
Berger's request for a bandstand at
Aala park was a reasonable one and
it will be built right away.
The matter of the payment of the
Pike 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.
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