The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-11-07

isfactiOn expressed when the officials
driving county autos were summoned TO
appear before the inquisition. Among
them were Sheriff Pua, Water Works Su
perintendent Vannatta, Tax Assessor For
rest and Chairman EwalikO of the Board
of Supervisors While it is, of course.
impossible to state what took place be
fore the grand jury, il is believed that
some of the officials named will have
hard time explaining how some of their
trips could posi- Iy he Of any benefit to
the county. II is also believed that in
one ease the q lily use Of a county horse
Ivy the wife If an official was inquired
into.
Prisoners in Poor Condition.
The treatment Of prisoners in the HilO
Jail was also looked into. While the SEES
sion of court has lasted a very cOnspic-
uOus feature has been the appearance of a
number of Filipino prisoners, who are SO
i'll that they can hardly drag themselves
into the courtroom. Some have to he
supported by officers Bcriberi is be-
lieved to be the trouble.
Dr. Stow, the prison physician, states
that he welcomed the investigation, as lac
wanted the public to know that whatever
trouble there was in the Jail could not
be blamed on him. lie pointed out to
the inquisition that bcribcri is disease
which occurs only in people who eat rice
as their principal article of food. He
exhibited very recent medical articles
showing that in polished rice certain cor
teal and subcOrtieal layers are missing
which contain elements of nutrimeDt, the
lack of which causes beriberi. He stated
that the prisoners who developed the dis
ease were subjected to il because of the
diet which they had INDUCED in before
they reached the Jail. lie added that
in the jail such people were given bread
instead of rice.
Sheriff Pua was of the opinion that
often Filipino, when he felt that he was
about to come down with an attack of
beriberi, deliberately committed crime
with the intention of being placed in the
Jail, where he would be certain Of Sc
curing attention. Lack of exercise on
the part of the Filipino prisoners was
also given by the sheriff as probable
cause of the prevalence of the disease.
Yesterday the sheriff was commanded
to bring before the grand jury all the
prisoners in the Jail who were suffering
from the disease. A collection of eight
creeping and crawling Filipinos was pro-
duced. DIR. Archer Irwin was also called
ms a witness in order that more medical
evidence might be obtained.
Puma Scandal Investigated.
The alleged irregularities in the Puma
district were also taken up by the grand
jury. In this connection Marston Camp
boil fnr,narl.f n.
works, was the bel-wethcr witness. He
testified TO the effect that the contract
for the construction of piece Of terri.
torial road at 20 Miles was regularly let,
without any permission being given by
him to Norman Lyman, who was the con.
tractor, TO use the county road machinery.
He called attention to the fact that lac
could not have given any such permits
sion, even if he had wanted 10, ms be had
no control over the county machinery.
Campbell made little sensation when
he told about n certain letter, or letters
which he said he had received from Ig,
man since the commission took the mat,
ter up, In which, he said, Lyman had re-.
ferred 10 statements, which he Hyman)
wanted Campbell 10 remember that BE-
(campbelD had made But Campbell
was sure he had never made any such
statements.
Lyman was also subpoenaod 10 como
before the grand jury, as were several
road workers from Puma.
Other matters interesting the grand
Jury concern discoveries which have been
made since II Sent into session. Among
these 10 the matter Of the shortage which
WAS found IN the llilo Water Works ae
counts, The records of the Treasurer
SHOW that tho money involved was o..
TUNED 10 tbn county on October ~ 81
this year the money being accompanied
by The following letiar from hhpaii
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posts same being deposits for WatoI
collections foT August, 1919, which hold
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