The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-09-05
CENSURED BY
THE COUNTY
SUPERVISORS
Sheriff Browns Detention of Komori was a
Piece Of MeddIesome Offciousness---
Graft in Police Vouchers.

Last nights session of the Board of
Supervisors was of a snappy charac-
ter.
After much effort the Board man
department for the alleged brutal us
age of Y. Marn Young, although mem
bers of the Board practically admitted
that the methods used to elicit evidence
from the Korean We're overly strenu-
Gus
In the case of the illegal and un-
warranted detention CT Komori, the
Japanese the Board aanded Sheriff
Brown a stiff and PERSONAL dose of
censure. That he had been guilty of
meddlesome If not stiminal officious-
ness, was unanimously agreed upon.
Jack Lucas scented political graft in
a police voucher calling for the pay
ment of $50 to A. ST. c. Piianaia for
detective services in connection with
the police department and said so. He
stated that it was a case of having
a political wirepuller on the police
payroll who had done nothing to earn
the money asked for.
The chair appointed a committee to
hold post mortern on the Piianaia and
other vouchers.
Moore sprang a good old vote-earner
in the shape of a resolution allowing
a county enploye to hold what politi-
cal opinion he likes without being in
danger Of losing his job. Moore's a
cannie craft
$ The Supervisors were 70 have met in
secret session at q. m. yesterday, to
discuss the police Investigations.
Chairman Smith 'phoned that he
would be late and told his fellow Su-
pervisors to get together. They went
into secret session at 1880 p. M. the
door being opened ten minutes later.
At 7:40 D. M. the chair arrived and
the meeting was called to order, the
minutes of the last meeing being read
and approved.
Present We're: Chairman Smith and
Supervisors Archer. Moore. Cox, Lucas.
Dwight and Paele.
The following appropriations were
made:
Waianae road district, $24o
Waianae road district, $159.50.
Koolaupoko road district Especially,
S247.05.
County Attorney, s12450.
County office rent, S120.
Koolauloa road district, No. 1 (spe-
ciaD, s1S7S5.
Eva road district Especially, s1,49s.20.
Eva road district, $S65.60.
Road department, $4,559.S9.
Garbage department $71S.75.
Pail road, S1S60.10
Waialua road district, $25S.53.
County Auditor, s14.
EVA road district. $5S1-98.
County Engineer. S413S5.
Koolauloa road district, No. 1 (spe-
cial s17.30
County Engineer. $140.
KoolauIoa road district, No. 1, s6.15.
Police department. $50.
Police department, S254-1O.
LUCAS KICKS.
Quite a breeze was created when the
Dolice department bills for $50 and
s254 10 came UP for consideration. One
of the vouchers called for $50 for A.
ST C. Piianaia for detective work
The s25410 item was also for alleged
detective expenses.
Lucas fatty refused to vote aye IN
either case.
II don't propose to pay for services
not rendered" said Lucas. THESE So
called detectives are the leeches of the
police department. I won't vote TO
pass these bills. It's time a stop was
put to this kind of thing, which has
been going on quite long enough This
man Piianaia can't show where he has
done a days work for that $50 This
thing of having political wirepuHers
on the police department doesn't go
with ME any longer. I know what I'm
talking about in this matter.
VOUCHER AND ARCHER.
81 charge Messrs. Dwight and Cox TO
investigate these vouchers and find out
If the services named have really been
rendered. said the chair The COM
xnittee will report at the next meeting
of the board 1 wish it understood that |
nv action is no reflection on Mf<f
Lucas"
The report on the investigation of
charges against Supervisor Archer was
gain held over.
CRUELTY NOT PROVEN.
The matter of the police investiga-i
ton was next brought up.
''There is not evidence enough In the
Korean case to warrant censure Oh
the police department. The statements
of the police and Y. Marn Young were
entirely at variance. / believe that
the department may have used UNDUE
force in the matter. but that the man