The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-08
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Around the
Police Station .

salaries or the sheriff and deputy, have
| been very materially raised since Jan
uary 1, by a strange manipulation of
the department monthly allowance,
the only salary which has been reduced
is that of the chief of detectives. I'm
der the Iaukea administration the sal
airy was $3.50 per month. When the new
! sheriff came in it was reduced to $40.
When Kalakiela failed to make good, |
and the cry went up for man who |
could quell the criminal classes and |
clean up the town again, Joseph Leal
was picked out as man who could |
make the town safe again and give a /
sense of security to householders, es-
! pecially the timid women. Leal went |
into office at $40 month, began to |
draw in the crooks the first day he was |
in Office, and has practically cleaned |
up the town. And $40 is the figure |
still. The chief gets but $50 month |
more than captain of watch, who |
has but eight hours duty day, and |
little or no responsibility, for the re-
sponsibility naturally falls upon the
shoulders of the chief. The sheriff now
has the opportunity to remain home at
nights, and the. deputy sheriff has been
relieved of some of the responsibilities
he assumed while Kalakiela was in
command.
The duties of the chief of detectives
requires him to be at the station at
eight O'Clock and prepare for the eases
to be brought before the court at nine
| a'a al II he oil %ha
of detective nature, and includes all
eases not DRINKS or those arrested on
! warrants. He has to look up witnesses,
perpare cases, keep the gambling e1e-
ment down, search for crooks, respond
to calls in all parts of the island, is
out frequently all night on duty, sell
dom is able to quit business until after
midnight, and then be on duty again
the next day. No man in the depart
ment has such long hours, and yet he
4 gets no raise to the former figure. 1t
is said that the $40 salary was decid-
l ed upon so that no appointee should re-
ceive- a larger salary than an elected
officer. There is movement on to
raise the chiefs salary at least to what
it was before and possibly to $I75. The
position demands better pay than al
most any other in the department It's
! duties, its dangers, its responsibilities,
demand good man, and the present
chief should receive proper compensa-
tion for his long hours and good work.
\ IF merit counts as a reason for better
Z pay, the present chief has earned it.
u Some of the supervisors have inquired
} into the matter, and it is possible the
i additional allowance may be made.
4 New Porto Rican Officer.
On the 18th of the present month
I Detective Minvielle will leave the pc
j lice force and Hyppolito Mosquero will
Y be appointed in his place as detec-
= tive and Spanish interpreter, with es-
- pecial reference to Porto Ricans. Po-
lito,' as he is known, has been in the
Islands for the past two years, and has
given the detective force considerable
aid in its campaign against crooks. He
is member of one of the unions OF
49,. sailors, and has been fireman on some
"A of the steamers between here and Sar
Francisco. He did some good service
for both Taylor and Leal in Kidding
the town of some very bad characters
about year ago.
Manuel Arrested Again.
David Manuel, who has been in thu
n police limelight considerably in tn,
cs last few months, was arrested yester
day on a warrant sworn to by San
i Laid, who charges him with usin;
" threatening language. The exact Ian
guage is given as follows: ''Ill fl,
- you and shoot you'll" Ladd wants
| Manuel restrained and put unde
J. bonds to keep the peace.
Douglas Brown in Tolls.
y Douglas Brown, who has not bee
"a out of prison very long, was arrests
again yesterday and may be charge,
- with larceny. An overcoat stolen iron
the Judd building is the cause of tn
arrest, as Brown has been identifie
as a man seen in the building jus
before the coat disappeared. Brow
has been persistent sneak thief, an
. during the past three years has spen
about half the time in the priso
- | gangs.
o Rolled in Aala Park.
An old man named Lindsay, VIII
was sitting on a bench in Aala Par
NY about 10 o'clock Thursday night. wa
''rolled" by two men, one of who1
was caught in the act by Officer Hu
al lneku. The officer, in his official re
va port, states that as he came towar
. the bench where tn old man was ST
ting he saw fellow, who gave HI
" name as E. Cottrell, in the act {
~ withdrawing his hand from one
Lindsay's pockets. He arrested hil
at once. Cottrelfs companion 60
away, but the police had informatio
of his identity and yesterday after
70 noon placed one William Frost undo
arrest. Cottrell has been hangin
. about the streets for some time an
has done little work in the past fe
months.
Pointed Butcher Knives.
While some of the detectives WEI
searching for a number of Korean
who are regarded as vags by the p'
lice, they found in the possession
the Chinese landlord number