The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-31
Around the
Police Station

Sheriff jarrett may make some
changes in the detective forcesas re-
suit of a conference held yesterday af-
ternoon with Supervisors Cox and
Quinn, the police committee of the
Board of Supervisors. The conference
was lengthy one, and when it was
concluded the Sheriff stated that among
other matters touched upon was the
| Birmingham letter, which criticized the
detective force. The Sheriff, when
asked whether any recommendations
had been made by the committee, re-
piled that the conference was merely
an opportunity for discussing all phases
of police work, but that within a
couple of days there would be an an
nouneement of importance regarding
police matters.
While Sheriff Jarrett would not state
Just what this announcement would be,
yet it is understood that the police COM
mittee laid considerable stress on the
criticism being made against Chief of
it is an open secret that some of the
Supervisors were inclined to make some
effort to bring about change in de-
teetive methods and the personnel. 1t
is believed that the result of the con-
ference will be a change in the head of
the detective department or that it will
be brought directly under the deputy
sheriff, making the present chief a
subordinate officer
Even this may not result in much
good, as most of the officers on the
force have little initiative in criminal
detection or sufficient knowledge of
criminals to make themselves felt in
preventing carnival of crime in the
community.
The Auto Register.
Chief Clerk Asch of the Police De- |
partment has registered thirty-three au |
tomobiles during the month of March, |
which comes pretty near being a record |
breaker. Some of these are for old |
machines newly registered, but for the
most part represents new machines
The last machine registered bears
number BAL. Bruce Cartwright, Jr., So
ciety man and government inspector of |
dredging at Pearl Harbor, came around |
to the station on Monday and asked to
register a motorcycle. The clerk |
thought it was for some one else and |
was surprised to learn that young
Bruce had gone in for motorcycling |
himself. His machine is No 20, and |
viii be used to and from Pearl Harbor |
Mr.. Cartwright can annihilate space and |
time on the run, and it will be a much |
more convenient way of getting to town |
than to rely upon launch or the train. /
Manuel Mia.s-es ce~e.--f---vq-
* David Manuel, formerly edetee- |
tive " on the force, but who was sus-
peEded, appeared in police court yes
terday to answer to a charge of |
However, as the complain |
ing witness did not appear, and as
one or two eontinuances had already |
been granted, nolle prosequi was en-
tered. The complaining witness I
charged Manuel with having robbed
the Wundenberg house on Pacific
Heights.
Both Sides Fined.
A few days ago Porto Rican dam
sci named Crnsida was fined in court
for profanity On being released she
found the complainant, woman, and
proceeded to thrash her. Some of Cru
sida s friends took hand in the
scrimmage. and the woman she was
beating had friends who entered into
the fray. The result was bunch of
and in court yesterday Judge
Andrade handed out $40 sentences to
five of the participants
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