Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-14

children whose care weighed her
shoulders so heavily.
Sheriff William Henry Riee's reply
to the attorney.generaIs query says:
'lJpon receipt of your letter request
ing the facts regarding Mrs Gloria
Paris went to Koloa this morning to
see her mother. Mrs. Gloria Paris.
tie wife Of John Paris, convicted OF
horse stealing. has no children. so her
mother tells me. went and saw
Mrs. Medeiros, the mother Of Mrs.
Paris. and she told me that the girl
went to live with them after John
Paris had been sent to Oahu prison
and was welcome to stay with her
parents; but that John had written
for her to 90 to Honolulu so that he
could visit with her On Sundays. Mrs.
Medeif0s says the daughter viii be
welcomed at any time that she wishes
to return to her parents home. After
John Paris left on the steamer for
prison made arrangements to have
her transported from Nawiliwiii to 10.
loa to her parents home, as they said
they would be glad to receive her. If
John Paris did not come with her.
They were married IN March, 1911, so
there Is not much chance Of her hav-,
ing four children.
John Paris has been convicted Of
assault and battery IN the district
court Of Koloa. He bears bad repu.
tation Ia his district and has been sus.
pected Of cattle and horse stealing
before; but not enough evil
Edence to convict him. He has
not been able to find steady work as
he had bad reputation for sobriety
and industry and would not work when
he had a job.
He was convicted last November
Of stealing q horse belonging TO e. B.
Morse. He took the horse to Honolulu
and sent an officer after him and
the horse He had tried to sen the
horse to Officer Spillner and SO Sher.
IF Jarrett was able to assist my off,
Ger IN quick recovery Of the animal
and the arrest Of Paris.
John Paris had q fair trial and was
convicted, and If executive clemency
was extended to him It would be 4
miscarriage Of justice as IL would not
be long before he would be up to his
old tricks again.
Mrs. Gloria Paris is better on with
her parents than with her husband
She is more or less simple-minded and
ddoes not know the difference be-
tween truth and falsehood. You Will
lind that she has lied to you about the
four children.
Il trust that Mrs. Paris win be sent
home TO her parents, as they can
best look after her and the child
which is about to arrive. .
Judge Lyle A. Dickey corfoborates
Sheriff Rice's story and further tends
to refute her realistic narrative by
explaining something Of the husbands
parentage and record. He says:
John Paris has a Guam father and
/ q Hawaiian mother He has been con.
Yfcted three times In Koloa district
court Cor assault and battery btit has
no other convictions against him for
larceny 50 far as could fiI1d out,
though he has borne bad reputation
for some years and is generally be-
lieved in his neighborhood to be a
thief. N4gt> 8
AT the time OF the trial Mrs. Paris
had NO children. The four you speak
of must have been adopted since her
husband's conviction She was mar
ried May 20, 1911, and her age is Civ
en- as Is in her marriage record. At
the time of her husbands conviction
both her husbands parents and her
own were willing to care for her.
They are more able to care for her
than was her husband, SO she is not
an object OF charity It is possible OF
course that she has since quarreled
with her parents and been cast out,
but 1t Is far more probable that she
has gone to Honolulu of her own ac-
cord to see her husband" -
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