Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-28
SUSPENDED
OFFICERS ARE
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his office for short time this morn
the day, still suffering from his at
tack of la grippe.
Request Early Hearing.
While the efforts are being made to
1 he end that the accused officers may
appear before the grand jury, q sec.
ond movement is under way which
has as its purpose an early hearing
Iof the charges before the. civil ser.
vice commission A. j. Wirtz, chair.
man OF that commission, received q
communication from Attorney Peters
this morning urging him to demand
from Sheriff Jarrett a 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 Ibis communica-
ton, Attorney Peters says:
"All possible obstacles will be
placed In the way of an early and i'm
mediate hearing by the commission.
BY its rules and regulations it has
fixed the limitation OF ten days in
which the commission must act. And
in view OF thar rule, and the circum-
stances surrounding these charges,
RESPECTFULLY submit that charges and
specifications should be demanded Of
Mr.. Jarrett forthwith and his immedi-
ate response secured so that we could
proceed to hearing at the next
meeting of the commission. which
understand o be Wednesday, the
18th instant
rgain Mute Jarrett.
Along with this letter q third one
was sent to Sheriff Jarrett, which so
lar has not elected an answer. The
first asked for more details regard
ing his action toward the two detec-
Ltives, the second asked that he state
whether he suspended or discharged
the men, and the third one, more
caustic than the others, reads as fol-
lows:
.Have you received my letters OF
lac 25th and 9th insts Thus far
I have received no acknowledgment
thereof And IL you have suspended
kellett please extend the courtsy Of
informing me, so tnet sleaH psf sect
an Appeal asoms yotir decision u he
honoiEla tiyi1 .,eFFs1c gen. lll. son.
Will gou a.ssss pieAsp mo nj me
whether you have complied with the
provisions of sectic1 or rule q of
the regulations Of the commission
and transmitted to Disqualification Of
the charges against McDufie ~
Chairman Writ has stated that the
commission is willinglto give the OH
Icers an early hearing The attorney
generals Office, however, wishes the
charges first to be presented to the
grand jury. afterward liz the commits
SIGN wishes, to them.
AS to whether McDHffie and Kellett
will be allowed to appear before the
grand jury to answer any interrugatos
ries 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. 81
Peters COMMUNICATION.
The Following Is, in part, the COM
munication sent by Attorney Peters
to Chairman Writ:
IF 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. j quote from
the Star-Bulletin Of Monday, October.
81: Attorney General Thayer stated
this morning that as the charges
against McDuffie and Kellett were OF
q criminal nature. they must properly
be put before the grand jury, after
which. If the commission should de-
sire, il can give a hearing. The civil
service commissions function is pure
~ disciplinary while what we have
against the detectives Is criminal. We
will, therefore, present our case to
the grand jury and ask that indiet-
ments be returned. If they fail to con-
slider the evidence sufficient, we can
turn over what we have to the civil
service commission
1.-THE advance press agent Of the
sheriff In this mornings issue states
that progress was confined to q fur
Their refusal to answer the letter OF !
Emil G. Peters fdemand for infor1na-
ton as to charges and whether the
sheriff's act was suspension OF Kel-
lett g : and to virtual decision