Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-28

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his office for short time this morn.
ing, he was obliged to leave early in
ahe day. still suffering from his at.
lack Of la grippe. r. q
Request Early Hearing. -.
While the efforts are being made to
the end that the accused officers may
appear before the grand jury. a sec
ond movement is under way which
has as its purpose an early hearing
of the charges before the civil ser
vice commission. A. j. Wirtz, chair
man OF that commission, received a
communication from Attorney Peters
this morning urging him to demand
from Sheriff Jarrettsa specification of
the accusation against the suspended
detectives, and also asking that a
hearing Of the accusations be set for
Wednesday evening. the date of the
Eext meeting of the commission.
Near the close Of this communica-
ton. Attorney Peters says:
All possible obstacles viii be
placed in the way of an early and i'm
mediate hearing by the commission.
BY its rules and regulations 1t has
fixed the Limitation of ten days in
which the commission must act And
in view of that rule, and the circum.
stances surrounding these charges, I
submit that charges and
should be demanded of
Mr.. Jarrett forthwith and his immedi.
ate response secured SO that we could
proceed to a hearing at the next
meeting of the commission. which
understand o be Wednesday, the
29th instant"
ngain Mute Jarrett. 81
Along with this letter a third one
was sent 10 Sheriff Jarrett, which so
lar has not elected an answer. The
first asked for more details regard
ing his action toward the two detec-
tives, the second asked that he state
whether he suspended or discharged
the men, and the third one, more
Ecaustic than the others, reads as fol-
lows:
Have you received my letters Of
lie 18th and 9th insts.? Thus far
+ have received no acknowledgment
thereof. And II you have suspended
Kellett please extend the courtsy Of
informing me, so TINT Il can perfect
an appeal from your decision u the
Honolulu GILL Scrsice Con4iIs sion.
will yea a.so please, .slfos.n: me
whether you have complied with the
provisions Of section 2 or rule Lot
the regulations of the commission
and transmitted to it specifications Of
the charges against MoDufiie ?"
Chairman Writ has stated that the
commission is willing to give the Off
GERS an early hearing. The attorney
generals Office. however, wishes the
charges first to be presented ITO the.
grand jury, afterwafd. II the commits
sion wishes, to them.
AS to whether McDuffie and Kellett
viii be allowed to appear before the
grand jury to answer any interrogato-
Eries touching on the charges against
them, 1t is felt by some that the jury,
will give its consent In cases re-
Gently heard before that body the de-
fendant has been allowed to appear
and make answer. g-...
Peters Communication.
The following is, in part, the COM
Emuhication sent by Attorney Peters
to Chairman Writ:
III Attorney General Thayer Is cor
rectly quoted in last evenings Star
Bulletin, 1t would seem that they only
intend the commission to be Informed
of the charges after the grand Jury
has considered them HQuote from
the Star-Bulletin of Monday, October
81: Attorney General Thayer stated
this morning that as the charges
against McDuffie and Kellett we're Of
a criminal nature, they must properly,
be put before the grand jury, after
which. If the commission should de-
sire, Ii can give hearing. The civil
service commissions function is pure
.lY disciplinary while what we have
against the detectives Is criminal. We
will, therefore, present our case to
the grand jury and ask that indict-
nlents be returned. If they fail to con-.
slider the evidence sufficient, we can
turn over what we have to the civil
service commission. b, - a
The advance press agent of the.
sheriff in this mornings issue states
that progress was confined to a fu1s
Their refusal to answer the letter OF
Emil c. Peters demand for inforfna-
ton as to charges and whether the
sheriff's act was suspension Of KEEL.
Iett)s and to a virtual decision