Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-13
ON
School THEFTS


"
NAL inspector, I report to YOU the fol-
lowing:
some time In January chief of De-
tectives McDuhic appeared at the Ka-
lihi- waena school with another mem
Der Of the police force and had an in
terview with Mr. Law, one Of the
teachers of the school | was inform
cd that they were investigating u COM
plant by MIR. Law that someone had
broken u window ana entered room
then occupied by him in the old build
ing on the school premises and had
stolen various articles, among which
We're two school text books used by
him as desk copies. | was asked To
make careful observation among pu-
pills of the school using like text books.
previously there had been reported
to me the loss from the main school
building of various properties Of the
school and of pupils, chiefly books,
Losses continued to occur, causing I'M
easlness and annoyance to the janitor,
to the pupils, to teachers, and to my
self Observation eventually establish
ed the belief that these losses occurred
most often between u Friday and the
rnnt,o, ,,,a. nh,ni,od however until
Mech q ,yhor 4 Ioornod from, tho tes-
tir,ony or n,niIs ,nd ntbers that tyn
,.n,,n,, ,,on az tho noigbhorhond ,yeI
~ ,nd 10 ,o,rs h,d an tho nr.c.dIny
S,tur.I,,, tolnn tho ,,,,is, baskot hail
60, No .chooI hu,,dir,, ana bod ,y,n-
,o,ly dos,rnyad n lao knnrking II IN
nio,,, Win 4, b,a.bnlI hat ,rtaryord
'n.rnrtitiousIv raturnIny tho broken
INN 10 tho building bv climbing nm
,ha ,oodo,. ,,ino and c,ts,infy IN. huild
Iny throuyb tho holconv.
"on beIng CONFRONTED with evidence
hotb confessed though strenuous,v de-
nyiny ans. knovIoIge Of other tberts
rand r,Isnnces The mntb.r of one oI
,ho ,oung man c,ne Ia mo with the
rno,cst hat tboy mo nI,oweJ IN nav
for tho damage done IN tho hall Sba
o,,,. mo a dollar and nro,niscd another
I'm doy or two. which was maid.
"Frther Investigation established the
fact that both younp men had enter
cd the buIIdInr nj yarIous times by
woy or the balcony and that one of
, therr had once entSeed nv n window nj
tho bacI, Thev had taken hooks keys.
tack -knIyes. marbles and ten cents i'm
nancy
"on learning something of the evil
doncc the stem father of the older boy
c,ro Ia mo on hcbnIf of the bov's
mnthar IA ask for IcnIencv He named
what seemed To him extcnunting cir
cumstances and s,igrestnd that his
stan-son 20 70 work and he given n
chance IN renav the losses re was
unwilling To mike payment himself or
IN insure nayment Ue Ind helped the
how ont of his difficulties before and
the how had always gone back on him,
The boy WINS nov n man and would
have Ia learn TO nav his own WAY. He
wns told that the known losses
! Amounted I'm value to 500. the chief
Items being library hooks and the has
kct hall He suggested that his stem
son should nav $40 of the amount and
the other nav like amount To this
the step-son. who was present. was UNI
derstood TO assent. but he has paid
nothing. The younger boy later paid
90 This. with the so paid on the bas-
ket ball. was credited to the school
fund. out of which the pupils of the
school maintain n library and support
the athletics and games of the school
After two days of searching inves-
! tIgation. ! took the younger of the two