The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-10-28
CHARGES SOON
To De MADE
KNOWN
Deputy Attorney General Smith,
in Charge of Gases Against Act
ing Chief cf Detectives McDuffie
and Sergeant Kellett, Under
Suspension, Delayed by Illness
in Taking Prompt Action.
(From Monday Advertiser. J

suspended officials of the police de.
partment viii have to remain ON the
anxious seat for little longer, accord
ing to indications yesterday, and Cap.
tain of Detectives McDuffie and Ser
geant of Detectives Kellett. under sus.
pension, who are expected shortly to
face serious charges, will have to guess
as to what is to happen to them.
Sheriff Jarrett announced yesterday
that under the circumstances, he saw
no particular reason for giving an I'M.
mediate reply to the letter of Emil c.
Peters, attorney for the accused ofli-
GERS, which demanded answers TO three
or four questions.
Smith Expected to Report.
Deputy Attorney General Smith, who
is in possession of all the evidence
against the officers and who will press
their prosecution, was confined to his
bed through sickness all of yesterday,
but hoped last night that he coulJ get
to the Office long enough to make q re.
port for Sheriff Jarrett today This re.
port, 1t is claimed, will specify the va.
rlous charges of embezzlement that are
to be placed against Kellett Is name as
well as the charge against McDuffie.
Peters letter demanded an announce.
ment of the period of suspension, the
specific charges, and q number of other
things. lie received only the answer
that he would have to wait until the
sheriff was able to confer with the di.
rector of the investigation, Deputy
Attorney General Smith As the Off.
GERS had been informed that their sus.
pension was pending the investigation,
the sheriff refused to befog the issue
by discussing its technicalities at the
present time.
Embezzlement Is Alleged.
''Dofnite charges of cmbezzement
are placed against two of my officers"
said Sheriff Jarrett last night, in giving
his reasons. ''The only reason that
prosecution has not commenced is be-
cause the prosecutor has been too i'll
to attend to it, but | do not care to
continue them in Office up to the eve
of Indictment, if it occurs, or to the
issuance of warrants, if that is the
method selected. Consequently they
are now suspended pending the bring
ing of those charges before court,
where they properly should be tried.
81 regret that an immediate report
to the civil service commission of the
status of the case was impossible, but
hope to make a first report OH the
matter to it by its next meeting,
Wednesday night. That is all there
is to be said at the present time.
The sheriff will confer with MIR.
Smith tins morning on the method of
prosecution, if possible, and will sug-
gest plan which he would not make
public last night.
Other Heads May Fall
Rumors yesterday indicated that the
AK was still poised in the detective de-
partment, and that before it was laid
on the shelf several other heads would
fall, incidentally to the reorganization
now being effected by Deputy Sheriff
Rose. The officers who have ieen men
toned as the next victims of the ofii-
cial AK, it is said will be discharged,
subject to appeal. If this appeal is
taken, the sheriff is said to be pre-.
pared to prove specific charges before
the commission.