The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-09-07
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ter.
After much effort the Board man
aged to keep from scolding the police
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 were overly strenu-
| Gus.
In the case of the illegal and I'M
warranted detention of Komori. the
japanese, the Board handed Sheriff
Brown a stiff and personal dose OF
censure. That he had been guilty of
meddlesome IL not criminal 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 II 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 norton on the Piianaia and
other vouchers.
| Moore sprang a good old vote-earner
in the shape of a resolution allowing
a county employe to hold what politi-
cal opinion he likes without being in
danger OF losing his job. Moore's a
cannle 'crat!
The Supervisors were to have met in
secret session at p. m. yesterday. to
discuss the police Investigations.
Chairman Smith 'phoned that he
would be late and told his fellow Su-
| tn Uat
into secret session at 1880 p. M. the
door being opened ten minutes later.
| At TAO .. m, the chair arrived and
the meeting was called to order, the
minutes of the last meeting being read
| and approved.
Present were: Chairman Smith and
Supervisors Archer, Moore, Cox, Lucas,
Dwight and Paee
The following appropriations were
made:
Waianae road district, $40.
Waianae road district, S159.50.
Koolaupoko road district Especially.
s247O5.
County Attorney. s12450.
County office rent, 1920.
Koolauloa road district, No. (spe-
ciaD, $137S5.
Eva road district Especially, s1,49s.20.
Eva road district, $365.60
Road department. s4,b59.39.
Garbage department, $7lS75.
| Electric light department, $40.
Pail road, $1S60.10.
| Waialua road district, s25S.53.
| County Auditor, sl4.
Eva road district, s5s1.9s.
| County Engineer, si13.S5.
| Koolauloa road district, No. 1 (spe-
cial $3.50.
| County Engineer, s140
| Koolauloa road district, No. I, sG.15.
] Police department, $50.
Police department, s254.10.
LUCAS KICKS.
Quite breeze was created when the
police department bills for $50 and
S254.l0 came up for consideration. one
Of the vouchers called for $50 for A.
ST. c. Piianaia for detective work"
| The $254.l0 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. l. 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 Pianaia can't show where he has
done a days work for that 500. This
thing of having political wirepullers
on the police department doesn't go
with me any longer. / know what I'm
talking about in this matter.
VOUCHER AND ARCHER.
II charge Messrs. Dwight and Cox to
investigate these vouchers and find out
IL the services named have really been
rendered" said the chair. THE COM
mittee will report at the next meeting
of the board. | wish 1t understood that
my action Is no reflection on Mr.. |
Lucas
The report on the investigation OF
charges against Supervisor Archer was
again held over.
CRUELTY NOT PROVEN.
The matter of the police investiga-
tion was next brought up.
There is not evidence enough In the
Korean case To warrant a censure OF
the police department. The statements
of the police and Y. Marn Young were
entirely at variance. l believe that
the department may have used undue
force in the matter, but that the man
was kept without food and water for
three days is undoubtedly a lie"
IT'S very hard to prove the charges"
remarked Archer.
/ IAN police departments have to use
a certain amount OF bluff" said Moore.
in order to get evidence from man
who has committed crime and lied
, about II. i do not think the police de-
partment ought to be censured for
having used force in order to convict
a man who has tried to murder an
other man.
"The chair agrees with the majority
of the board" said Smith, I'VE We're
placed In an unfortunate position. There
is no one to corroborate Y. Marn
Young's story. while Ave police officers
gave the lie to 1t, under oath"
SHERIFF CENSURED.
In the case of Komori, the Japanese,
the following decision was rendered:
In the matter OF the alleged illegal
detention OF one Komon (Japanese) In
oahu Jail, the board finds that the
facts furnished fully justified the ar
rest Of the Japanese and his detention