The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-06
MUCK
WORKED Up
He Attributes i1ilo Jail
Scandal to Spite
and Knocking.

High Sheriff Henry at Hilo, as re-
ported in the Hawaii Herald, display
ed some resentment at the action of
the grand jury in indicting Jailor
Maby and other prison officers. The
article containing the interview is as
follows:
High Sheriff Henry and his clerk
George Sea, were arrivals on the XII
nau yesterday. The sheriff, when seen
by representative of the Herald, did
not wear his customary smile on the
contrary he showed the effects of a
good deal of hard work studying out
the indictments brought by the last
grand jury against Jailor Maby and
his assistants.
To the reporter he said in answer to
the query:
Il am here to inquire into this af-
fair for to me it seems like a serious
matter for a grand jury to bring an
indictment against an official who has
been as long in the service as Mr..
Maby. 1t seems strange to me that
this cruelty business was never re-
ported during the regime of Mr.. An
dreWs as sheriff, and stranger yet that
the members of the jury should in
dict upon the sole evidence of the pris-
onerS.
The grand jury is an inquisitorial
body pure and simple and as such had
a perfect right to call in anyone it saw
fit who was likely to know anything
about the matter. L have no doubt
there are men in this vicinity who have
served terms in Jail who could have
been induced to come forward and give
evidence had the jury wanted that sort
of evidence but it appears to me that
every man on the jury had his ham
mer with him and it looks to me as
though there was an evident desire to
injure rather than sustain.
Il am here solely to investigate the
matter and I intend to do it to the
best of my ability. l propose to have
a talk with everyone of the men who
brought this Indictment, 1 want to
learn from contact what kind of men
they are and on what sort of evidence
they base their indictment. Mr.. Maby
has been a valuable man to the gov
eminent and is today, even though
this indictment has been presented"
Asked if he would make any change
in the personnel of the Jail officers on
account of the indictment the sheriff
replied with a good deal Of ginger:
Not by a jug full. Of course the in
dictment is a nasty thing for it hangs
over a man even if he is acquitted but
at the same time this has been brought |
against an old resident, a man of
family and one respected in the COM |
and / propose to see the thing |
out. I will see the men and talk with |
them and hear what they have to say, |
then if time permits L will talk with |
the prisoners You can understand |
that some men will say anything if |
they think it will do them any good |
and without due regard for the feel t
ings and character of others. What I |
want to learn is the animus that start
ed this investigation and what prompt
ed the men to say what they did to
the jury: want to find out if induce
ments were held out to them by any
one to give that class of evidence"
Asked as to the manner of feeding
the prisoners on Oahu he said: I'VE
give our men hard bread and tea at |
$50, and at they are fed again, that
is the men who go out to work They
are given a hearty meal at noon and
another when they come back from
work at night. 1t is the duty of the
prison physician to see that the food
is proper. In this connection let me |
speak of an episode that happened
during the plague outbreak a few years
ago. One baker has for years made
our hard bread and during the quar-
antine we were shut out from him and
had to put up with a makeshift that |
was anything but satisfactory 1 went |
among the prisoners and explained the |
situation to them and added that they |
would have to put up with the cond1- |
lions for while, to break up the bread |
and put it into their tea for l would |
have to do the same thing. Well sir, |
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