The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-09
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Sheriff Jarrett has been served with |
papers in damage suit against him |
in his official capacity calling for sso7. |
the suit being entered by one, II. Saito,
a japanese, who was the proprietor of |
the High Wage show which he propos-
ed to present at the different planta-
ton towns on this island. Saito was
to give the show, the plot of which |
was intended to agitate the japanese
in the higher wages matter, at Aiea.
and went TO Deputy Sheriff Fernandez
OF Eva district for the required IL
eense. Fernandez is said to have ac-
eepted the fee of So, but did not issue
license, as this has to be issued by
the Sheriff here. When Sheriff jarrett
heard of the proposed show, he refused
to permit it to be produced and would
not issue the license. Saito claims that
ne expected certain profits, was put to
great expense, and alleges he was dam.
aged to the tune of over $500. At
torney Lightfoot is bringing the suit
for Saito. Sheriff Jarrett has been as
sured by many leading attorneys that
If he needs legal assistance to call
upon them and they will willingly help
him if the case is brought to trial.
The High Wage show was produceds
here in order to strengthen the propa-
! ganda of certain japanese agitators
/ who wanted the japanese plantation
/ laborers to demand more wages from
/ their employers It was opposed by
the authorities ON grounds Of public
policy
/ Cottreu Gets Six Months.
/ E. Cottrell, the white man who was
| arrested while in the act of trolling
man named Lindsay in Aala Park
on Thursday evening, was sentenced to
six months In Oahu Prison by Judge
Andrade yesterday morning. His story
of why his hand happened to be in
Lindsay's pocket was fimsy.
Seven Years at Large
HILO, May AFTER nearly seven
years of freedom in Kau, a Chinese
named Kan Kau has been captured
and returned to the Hilo Jail by Sheriff
Pua.
On January s, 1902, Kan Kau was
convicted on two charges of assault
to murder, sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonment and to pay fine of $3.50
with 500 costs. He was convicted in
the Fourth Circuit Court by Judge
Little.
II Kan Kaa escaped from gang of
| 1 bn rI,ae
J ground on Sept. 20, 1902 He was heard
} of several times, but never seen by the
police until Sheriff Pua found him in
I Kailua this week raising pigs and sell
7 ing them at retail. During the whole
( seven years he had only been in the
& village of kailua twice, living all the
{ time in a house belonging to the taller
s who had never been notified Of thu
) Man S escape. Pua got a tip that b,
) was in the neighborhood, found hin
and arranged to buy a pig to be de
livered to the Sheriff in Kailua. Ton
2 Spencer. who knew the man, was abl
Z to IDENTIFY him. and he is now bacl
< at mis- old boarding house, the Hill,
< jail.
ri When Kan Kau escaped. the pres
\ emf Judge Andrews was Sheriff. H
" NtA9 "loo 1ASS uuiiHS LHe IeTu1 u outi
. If Searie. two terms of Sheriff KeoIa
Q nui and only four months of Sherit
2 Pua S term. He will be brought befor
= Judge Andrews on a charge of escaI
x ing. being prosecuted by Deputy Cour
Z ty Attorney Carl Smith, who defende
K him seven years ago on the assault
x murder charge.
& He wore chain attached to hi
D ankle at the time of his escape Som,
O time afterwards skeleton was foun
Q in the hills and at the feet was
. shoe with a peculiar slash in the bacl
> and a chain. and these were deutife
= as having been on the person of Ka
X Kau at the time he slipped away tt
< skeleton was therefore believed to /
< that of Kan Kau
Qi McGannons Black Eye.
81 During the inquest over the body
Y McGannon, who died from injuries r
& ceived at the corner of Bethel ar
@ King streets last week, much was sa