The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-03-20
BY
H|L0 GRAND
JURY

Last night High Sheriff Henry ar
rested I. NJ. Rowland upon three
charges of embezzlement on warrants
sent to him from Hilo. where Rowland
was indicted by the grand jury. The
indictments of Rowland were placed on
the secret file pending his arrest In
Honolulu.
1t is charged in the three indictments
returned against the man that he ap-
propriated to his own use and benefit
money collected by him from certain
Japanese for license to do business in
Hilo. Rowland was a captain of the
Hilo police under the old regime, and
presumably the money that he is al
legged to have embezzled was taken
when he was in that office. He
will be sent to Hilo for trial on the
next Kinau.
Rowland is of a Honolulu family,
and is one of the most prominent
young Hawaiians in the Territory. He
was a leading Republican politician
during the county campaign in Ha-
wall, and when the Home Rule sheriff
was elected was one of the policemen
who continued to claim his place after
the sheriff had appointed his own
policemen, the old crowd with Row
| land holding on by commission from
the Board of Supervisors. Rowland
remained in Hilo for some time after
| that matter was settled In favor of the
, sheriff, and when charges We're made
against Jailor Maby recently, OF
! cruelty to prisoners, Rowland was
Rev. Mr.. Desha's candidate for the job
of 1ailor. He came to Honolulu on
this business some time ago, having
the backing of the Hilo Young Mems
Republican Club. and presented his
claim to Maby's job to the High
| Sheriff and to the Governor.
There was nothing doing, as the OFF,
| cials had concluded to give Maby
chance to be heard in court. and so
| Rowland went to work as a lineman
for the Telephone Company here. He
has been in this employment for about
two months. but always with a wealth
er eye out for political doings.
At midnight, Rowland was released
| on bail
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charge offered by a member of the
| Poard of Supervisors against road de-
partment employees, but found no Of
Tense of II criminal nature to report.
Ihey suggested that discharge of the
person or persons charged was all the
, case called for.
| Practically similar report was
made with regard to charges the same
| Supervisor made against the Sheriff's
department
They. however, censured the former
| clerk OF the Sheriff-the one appointed
by the board contrary to the Sheriffs
Wishes-for retaining $265 bail money
after the supreme court decided that
his appointment was Illegal and void.
He turned over $3.50 while the grand
jury were In session, but retained $40
because he could not account for It.
They find shortage In this amount
on the bail book and say the ex-clerk
should hand the money over to his
successor. adding:
! I'VE can not understand why this
shortage was not discovered when tho
books of the Sheriff's clerk were audit
ed by the Auditor of the Territory"
BAD CONDITION
Relative to the setting at large last
year of boy committed to the Ter
| rltorial Industrial School by Magis-
trate Hapai, because of dispute be-
tween Territorial and county authori-
ties over his transportation, the grand
| jurors say:
| we condemn the condition of affairs
which permits of the release of any
J persons, either when committed to the
reform school by due process of law
or to any other Territorial institu-