The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-10
CONVICT NAT BE-
PROVED INNOCENT
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ian 81 liilo. mas se' be- 80 flot and
cloafed 81 nl susneion Of soc oime
for v.lacb D., b. paying the penalty
aecurdiur By 9udge "a r. MiHc who
acted be- ms attorney during she iriti
I'm the statement which Judge Nise
embodied iu ieiter recently received
BY Atiorney.Gcnorai Lindsay, b. claims
that the Niciim Of tho robbery WHO vas
also the principal witness Wa forced
70 perlure himself ~ the trial IA pro.
tect the real criminal aud that be- a.
forwards disappeared mgsteriouslg, ad
uniting however, before hif fight that
lac had brought about the conviction
Of an innocent nan.
The following ia Judge Wise letter
10 the attorney general IN full:
April ., 1919.
~ beg 10 call your attention 10 the
ease Of one Liwad Kaiako, prisoner
now serving time, and " relate 70 you
some Of the particulars IA the ease,
sufficient ! think, il found 10 be correct,
20 warrant you in taking such steps as
may be necessary V secure his release
This man Eas arrested and tried for
robbery alleged 10 have been committed
at or about twenty eight miles on the
Volcano rOad-on the 24th dBy Of
March, A. y. 1911, be wac sentenced
TO serve term " not Less than one
year and pay costs VI $500. A. about
the time when hls year WA W, az the
1nstlgatlOn Ot friends Of bis ] started
IN 10 see what 10 do 10 get him released
and found that the prison board had
added twelve az years 10 bis sentence
apparently without any investigation
and going upon the theory that robbery
~ a most heinOus crime, which il u.
1.-The facts are; This man 10 com
papy With . young Hawaiian from Pa
hoa, Puma, ---, son Of man of
some note among the people Of Puma,
were on their way 10 the Shipnan
Ranch, Kaiako beng quite IN liquor
al the time, when they met the China
man, Chan KIN (tbe yietim), and
robbed him. ! think there ~ no ques.
ton bat that the verdict Of Guilty
was based almost exclusively upon the
the evidence gigen by Chan Kin aud
Within five days after the
trial found that Chan Kin had admit.
TED 10 reputable Chinese here ia HilO
that WAS the one who had
actually robbed him and that he, Chan
Kin, lad had pressure brought 10 bear
uIDD him ~ shift the crime 70 KaiakO.
! Immediately notified the sherii'g de.
partmsnt and the county attorney and
WAS promised by the latter that steps
would bs taken ~ have Chan Kin
brought 10 book. Some time later upon
inquiry ! learned that Chan Kin had
disappeared aud could not DO found.
am willing " sign an affidavit
covering these facts. ] believe Capt
W, a. Fetter viii eOTrObOrats IL almost
entirely and do not doubt but the
county attorney Will admit the part
referring % my calling his attention 10
~ and bis promise 10 me. in addition
10 these ] believe Judge Parsons, who
WAS % tho Volcano House, will remem
Der Of having telephone cOmmunica
ton from me regarding IL and giving
him some Of the fhets aud asking If lac
could not direct the apprehension Oi
had been committed IN his court and
that the county attorney seemed rather
indifferent ~ 10 having him arrested
for IL.
~ feel that in the first instance thi,
man Kaiako was sent 10 prison on per
cured testimony, and now 10 have
twelve long yearg added 10 his one
year alrendy served, IL not only unjust
but IL Ii inhHmnD
~ trust you viii t0ke an interest In
this matter aud II You find the force
gong 10 DO true, Will take the neces
ehry steps to have him pardoned or tbs
wrong n1d0De in some way. Very truly
yours, (sgd.) w. y. WISE.D
Upon receipt of this letter Attorney
General Lindsay nj once communicated
with County Attorney w. II. Beers OF
lilo seeking further information anc
while tho county attorney responded bJ
giving his personal convictions in thu
ease be did not enligbten tho attorney
general,
~ nm not particularly interested IN
tho trial or the merits of the ease,
e1ld tho attorncygeneral yesterday
"ph1t matter IN To be dealt with bJ
tho court that tried the man but want
10 know why the prison board added
lWflW yehrh 10 the sentence without
m investigation and TO got other def
iniio faels which the county attorne,
did not furnish"
IN bis leitor County Attorney Beer
said no WINS convinced that Kaiakc
was guilty and that the other partJ
Implicated, William Makuakane, had {
part In II. lie said further that from
his personal knowledge Of the case h,
believed that Mnkuakane held tho mar
while Kaiako relieved Chan Kin Of the
three or four dollars which figured in
the case.
Tho attOrloy'general has again writ
ten for information more to the point
and has asked for u report ON the case
from tho prison board
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