The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-28

So Superintendent Peterson
Had to Explore Top Of In
sane Asylum.


| enemies in the garnet of the insane
asylum, long telephone communication;
between Dir. Wavson and members Of
sehis gang" Punchbowl spoolzs
charges of attempt at muzzling, anc
renewed charges Of persecution and
molestation were jumbled together in
the hearing of DR.. Ateherley, before
the Lunacy Commission, yesterday.
DR.. Ateherley made an effort to have
an inmate of the insane asylum, ad
mitted to be violent, subpoenaed, on
the plea that he wanted show the mem
bers Of the board what paranoiac look
ed like. Also he wanted an inmate of
Kalihi Receiving Station brought up to
Jarret's office. He subpoenaed every
person that could have the remotest
connection with the case, and then per
sisted in asking them questions hay
ing no apparent bearing on the subject
under discussion.
Chester Doyle and his cocaine fits in
the storm sewer seemed to have made
the strongest impression upon the I'M
fortunate doctor, and time and again
the cid story was rung into the hear
ing in some way or other.
Ateherley insisted that his arrest in
the editorial rooms of the Advertiser
was caused either by Wayson or his
gang because they did not want him
fAtcherley) to make public the facts
which he was giving to Editor Walter
G. Smith at the time that the arrest
was made.
DIR. Wayson was the first witness
called to the stand during the after
noon session. Considerable time was
spent threshing out DR.. Wayson IS move
ments on the night of DR.. Atcherley s
arrest for shooting up the Wayson
house, and Atcherley seemed to be try
ing to tangle the witness up.
Did you have any reason for want
ing me declared insane7'' was the ques-
ton
II did not, - came the reply.
do you think that I am insanef''
"I think that you are either insane
or criminal. y
"Why2n
Because no one but a criminal OF
an insane person would be cowardly
enough to shoot into mans house
and run the risk of injuring or killing
some Of his family -
Atcherley tried to. get Wayson tc
admit that he knew who was doing
the shooting on the night prior to the
morning that he eAteher1ey) was ar
rested. Wayson declined to admit any
such thing. Then Ateherley wanted tx
know if Wayson had not been warned
that his house would be shot up by
him (Ateherley) on the night in ques
ton. Wayson said he had not, for hat
he, there would have been no neces
sity for any hearing before the LunaeJ
| Commission
Then Ateherley tried to get Wayso1
to admit that the resolution of tn,
Board Of Health, allowing regularly
licensed physicians to treat patients a.
Halihi Receiving Station, providins
they furnish the board with an out
line of their treatment and a list o.
the drugs to be used, was drawn VI
by DR.. Wayson with the, view to har
assing DR.. Atcherley DR.. Wayson de
ried emphatically that the resolution
was drawn with any such object i,
view.
Then came a lot of discussion about
leprosy cures. Ateherley asked Way
son If he had not tried to make it an
pear that his (Wayson 50 leprosy cur,
was the best ever discovered. Wayso1
said that he never laid claim to hav
ing any cure.
DR.. Wayson was followed by DR.
| Peterson, superintendent of the Oah,
| Insane Asylum. He stated that b.
believed DIR. Atcherley to be sufferin,
from paranoia. He told of searchin;
the garnet of the insane asylum witt
DR.. Atcherley because the latter be
iieved that he was being prosecute,
by DIR. Wayson and the gang, VIII
| had taken up their abode over hi
| room.
He said that after he had pointe,
cut to Atcherley that there was n
one in the garnet, the latter had re
sronded, Gwen, you put me up tn
wrong hole
Peterson then offered in evidence
letter which the Doctor had written I
Mrs. Ateherlev. Mrs. Atcherley insist
ed that Peterson testimony was in
competent because he had opened lei
ters. but the presiding officer explain
cd that the opening of the letters o
patients was doubtless quite with
the legal authority of the superintend
emit of the asylum
Mrs. Atcherlev brought out lot o
onium pills. which she wanted analv7
ed. She said that they were pill
which had been furnished her husban
| by DIR. Peterson. Her request was no
| granted
| AT the evening session Chester Dovl
was called to prove that he had frs
| quentlv said that Atcherlev was IN