The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-08-17
THE HARD LUCK OF A
MAN WHO WAS ROBBED

hoped I would wait triflc longer
Meantime my aged mother in japan
fell dangerously i'll and my folks over
there wrote me repeatedly urging me
TO pay visit home. Therefore, on
the Both of November, ] went to cir
cult court and requested that the mat
/ ter be settled soon. as my folks at home
had urgently written me to come home
on account of the critical condition of
my mother. A week or so afterwards
/ to wit, on the 9TH of December, at
] about p. M, ! was surprised to be
arrested and taken to the police sta
tion. | asked of the cause of arrest
through Mr.. Mkt, as ! could not speak
nor write English. Mr.. Mkt told me
that it became known that | was go
ing TO Japan, and that, as the case
would soon come up, if ] should go
away fhe government would lose an
important witness, and that / was de-
tanned for the purpose, and that / could
be released on bail of $500. There
upon, / telephoned to Mr.. c. Miyamo-
to. BY the assistance of Mr.. Miyamo-
to and Mr.. Ammo | was released about
10 p. m. that day.
/ have been waiting since for the
day of trial, expecting it would come
today or tomorrow; weeks and months
passed, but nothing come to my knowl-
edge. On the 9th of May of next
year, about 2:15 p. m, ] met Mr.. Nc
Daflie ca who told me that the case
is pau and that / can get things at the
court, if i 90 there on Monday or
Tuesday following. ! went court on
the following Monday, which was the
Sth of the month. The Attorney Gen
eral told me to come next day. So i
went to the court again on the 9th,
when the Attorney General told me |
could get my things in the police sta
tion, and he said something to a police
man in the court, who gave me piece
of paper on which he wrote something,
and told me to take it to the police
station and can get my things. At
the police station, ! handed this scrip
to person who looked a happa. He
told me to accompany him, and we
made a search for about half an hour,
but failed to find the things He ad-
vised me to see "Charlie," as it was
already noon by this time, / returned
home. And in the afternoon / again
repaired to the circuit court and asked
assistance of Mr.. Yamada. Failing to
find any remedy | turned to the Japa-
nese Consulate.
On August 18th ] called on the Con-
sulate, when Vice Consul Matsubara
told me to wait little longer as the
police court answered to letter of
his by saying that the court was max.
ing search for my things. Since then
/ have been to the Consulate five or
six times, yet could not get my things
back. 1 despaired.
/ considered what is best to do.
Finally | asked the assistance of Mr..
Fujisawa, and he consulted Attorney
Charlie. Mr.. Charlie said that he has
turned it over to Henry, and Henry
says that he turned it over to the Cir
cult Court, and the Circuit Court says
that it had not received it. / was ex-
tremely surprised at the turn of the
affair. How many times the principal
officers may change, and no matter
how long a period of time may inter
vene, the police and the court itself
should remain the same, and the court
should preserve record of all business
transacted therein. There must be
some way to get at things if these
records are examined. | then asked
Judge Gear to find me my things. He
has done all he could. But he could
not get me my things.
In my opinion, the thing is thus left
in mystery as / am a japanese. Should
be white man this thing would
have been squarely fixed up very soon.
If the police court faithfully enforce
the laws and regulations, it would be
a very easy thing to find out the
things and offenders, in the course of
a few days or weeks. ! beg to ask
your opinion in the premises.
Respectfully,
SHINHICHI KAMITANI.