The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-14
fORMOSAN SUGAR MEN SEEKING FOR NFORMATlONN HAWAII
MURDER SUCH A
TRIVIAL MATTER
HAWAII POLICE DIDN'T EVEN
THINK OF REPORTING SUCH
THINGS.


1iIDO, July 10.-The guardians Of the
peace on this island, who figure on the
county payrolls as police officers, have
had several warm rOasts handed out to
them in the past end row come in for
a fresh lambasting at the hand Of the
grand jury just reporting. The jury
men find that some of the deputies of
Sheriff Pua are worthless and a few of
them are worse than worthless. Little
things like murder, some of the officers
regard as too trivial TO bother with.
eve cannot lay too much stress upon
the great negligence of duty in the
police department in certain districts,
says the report presented to Judge Par
sons on Friday last, which goes on to
particularize as follows:
'fThe deputy sheriff, James Nation,
ST., has been so absolutely careless in
performing his duties, that we consider
him unfit and incompetent to hold his
position any longer.
90 In one particular case he failed to
report to the sheriff of Hawaii by tele-
phone on the same day a Japanese had
been killed in his district, and it was
not until the following day that the
sheriff received advice by mail
cit appears to us that he made little
or no effort to obtain evidence in this
ease and when questioned about GER
tain revolver with which the japanese
had met his death, stated the reason he
did not search for it, because it was
useless. In fact he did not seem to
realize that it was of any particular i'm
portance and rather took the whole
thing as a matter of course.
tGNUa Sound IN coll
Sheriff Pua to make n special trip for
further evidence in order to satisfy our
minds of some doubtful point.
"The sheriff stated he was without
funds toIgo and secure further evidence
and we would request that the board
of supervisors appropriate sufficient
funds to reimburse him.
"The sheriff responded promptly,
made the trip and returned with the
necessary evidence, clearing up the sit
uation.
| owe consider that people are not
safe in any district where crimes are
committed and for lack of evidence
criminals cannot be indicted and tried.
/ "We firmly believe that the absolute
negligence of duty on the part Of Dep
uty Sheriff NATION aud solomon Konia,
his officer, is objectionable and we
strongly recommend change be made.
Most Ignorant.
''We have also found Henry Kama
ana, policeman, stationed at Nine
Miles, Olaa, most ignorant of his duties
He did not report to the sheriff of
Hawaii or to any one else the fight and
subsequent death of one of the par.
Elephants. In fact it did not seem to
occur to him at all, to do so, and he
failed to make efficient investigation
to secure evidence, or make any arrests
in connection Herewith.
"We strongly recommend that he be
removed and another officer put in his
lplace that understands his business and
viii attend to it.
Praise for Beers.
''It is our great pleasure to comment
upon the executive ability of Mr.. w
II. Beers, the county attorney, who 81
ably placed all matters before us anC
assisted us in all particulars. His con
: slant vigilance has enabled the CRANE
jury to finish IL business sooner thai
was at first anticipated. This fact an
his courteous manner are much appre
: ciated.'
r Organized Perjury.
In another section of its report, com
+ menting on the difficulty of sitting 70
the truth in palpably manufactured evi
: dence, the juTymen say:
lin two instances we found it dill
: ficult matter to arrive at the truth an
r facts in the cases, as many of the vii
C nesses had talked with one anothe
0 committing to memory their part .
the story so well, that it was impossible
b to break them down in their testimon,
= For the best interest of the comml
nifty at large we strongly recommen
that the sheriff of Hawaii be instruc
ed to keep all witnesses in murder case
apart, so that they will not have
chance to review their manufacture
evidence"
}. Difficult Situation.
In dismissing the jury, Judge Parsor
Q referred to this portion of the repor
It that of the segregation of witnesse
q pointing out that the matter was
y difficult one to deal with. He referrt
~ in this respect to the Amin case, in II
u nolulu, in which the supreme court son
y years ago decided that the statutes d
= not authorize the grand jury TO swe
:, witnesses to secrecy. The sheriff won
- be directed, he said, ms far as it w
y possible, to keep the witnesses separa
and the court would, where il was pc
- sible for il to do so, have the reeoi
4, mendations carried Out.
4. Pivo True Bills.
"a The jury returned five true bill
n Willie Makuakane, robbery, first d
greei Kulanakila, manslaughter; Ram,
d CarYalho, assault with deadly wea
oni Okam0to Kaizo, assault; and j
Il. Silva Botelho, perjury. No bills we
found IN the eases OF Dan Lansiu
Ne charged with assault with dead
~ weaponi Ogata, charged with mnTd
a In the hrst degree, OF Okamoto Kaii
n. charged with manslaaghteT.
n. The report WAS signed BY John
NOR, as foreman, aud jarrett \, Lew
"a clerk.