The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-12

IIIll' "I'I' IN YOU IN" III"NN WHY N.
wanted YOU to sign ls william john
SOM A. % was because of the secret
work was doing for him at the time.
Q. Where did you receive your paya
A. At the Sherin's office
@. Where did YOU sign the roll? a
I'm the presence of the Sheriff
@. Then the government paid you as
William Johnson? a. Yes. my war
rant called for that.
q, DO you know any person here by
the name of william Johnson? A. None
that 1 know Of
@. II there is one, you DO not know
him? a. No.
Mr.. Holstein.
@. So you had been doing outside
work i'm connection with Detective Hat
ter? a. Yes, sir
@. Did Detective Halter have any
bodyelse? a. No. sir. ] was ac-
quainted with all the gambling joints,
etc, through my being an agent of the
Board of Health and inspecting all
these houses.
@. So Halter had no other assist
ance than yourself i'm any Of the work?
A. I was told to act with him and 10
show him certain places and to give
any assistance I could.
@. So that the seventy dollars that
! was given you was not for the work
| that was done at Iwilei? A. 1 was
given to understand l had to do any
| thing when ] was called upon by the
! Police Department.
@. What was the secrecy, or the rea-
! sons ofthe secrecy, of not having your
/ own name ON the warrants? A. I
could not tell. When l went first mt
the end of the month to receive my
pay the Sheriff cautioned me not to
tell any Tom, Dick and Harry that
was doing this kind of work; but as
far as Iwilei was concerned it did not
matter. The Sheriff asked me to sign
my name opposite the name of william
Johnson. which l did. / have lived
seventeen years i'm this country and 1
could not take this warrant and get
it passed as everybody knows me. He
told me to take the warrant and he
would endorse it.
@. The idea was to keep from letting
people know you were associated with
Detective Halter? A. Knowing that
I am a sanitary officer, it was easy for
me to get into various houses.
@. Well, was It done with any in
tention of evadng debts in case Of gar
nishment? A. No, sir.
Mr.. Cox.
@. Then by your actions from the
time you were employed from Deem
Der to March you were under the High
Sheriff? A. Any reports I made.
made direct to him.
@. And during that time at Iwilei
were you an agent of the Board of
Health? A. ! was at that time.
@. And practically you held three
offices; one as a police officer; one as
agent of the Board of Health and one
as clerk of Doctor Cooper? \. Yes
sir.
Mr. Quinn
@. AS agent of the Board of HEALTH
is any salary attached to that? a. No
sir
, Mr. Holstein
O. Then what was your principa
work at Iwile then, i'm what respect
A. Everything pertaining to the place
but principally to see that women haC
, doctors certificates and that they wert
not running round town.
Mr.. Cox.
@. What were you ordered to dc
in regard to Iwilei? A. To see tina
r. any women doing business held doc
tors certificate to see that they would
not run round the streets that the!
kept no liquor on the premises; an'
t that no boys or minors were runninl
about the place.
[ ! I'm, TyRr{I lf
A. Yes, sir. There was an order t.
move them to another section; but thi
% was countermanded.
> Q. And during all this time you wer
n acting as a police officer you receive,
? no commission? A. No, just a badge
l have. today a police commission, bu
n it is made out for the Board of Health
@. Serving without pay? A. Yes
70 sir.
q. You received no regular commits
? sion? \. None; except the badge.
asked the clerk a few days after
o started to work, and tn q answer ] go
10 was that it was not necessary.
Mr. Holstein.
+ / do not think the Committee has am
? more questions to ask. We will eX
cuse you, Mr.. Smith, and thank yo
l for appearing before the committee.
It Coelho, on the reading of the repol
moved that as a minority report was I
= be presented the report could better b
a considered in the light of what th/miu
$, GRITTY report might disclose. He sal
further that he was i'm sympathy wit
IS the views expressed.
y The report was tabled to be consider
p ed with the minority view.
!: MISREPRESENTATION