The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-16
Former Manager SculIy, Police
man Chiffon and Morgue At
tendant Fischer Indicted
JUDGE ASHFORD MAKES
SECRET REPORT PUBLIC
Lack Of Cooperation Between
, License Inspector and Sher-
ifs Office Is Charged
anon Thnrslay Aayeftiser.l

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(From Thursday Adyertiser.)
John T. scully, former manager Of
Waikiki Inn; willmont r. Chiffon,
motorcycle police officer, and John H.
Fischer, morgue attendant in the
employ of the territorial board Of
health, yesterday afternoon were i'm
dicted for conspiracy in the hrst de
gree by the territorial grand jury, in
connection with the alleged "spiriting
away Of Fischer when the latter was
to have appeared before the license
commission in the Investigation Of al,
legged violations Of waikiki Inn liquor
license.
The men viii be arraigned before
Judqe Ashford Saturday morning at
nine o clock. Scully and Chiffon nave
furnished bonds, each in the sum of
five hundred dollars, Il. All Leong be-
ing surety on Scully's bond and vii.
liam r. Chiffon on that Of Willmont
X. Chiffon, his son.
Attorney A. s. Humphreys is repre-.
senting Scully and n. G. Peters is act
inc for Chiffon.
Fischer was called into court shortly
after the Indictment against him had
been fled and he was given until FIVE
o'clock to procure bond in the sum Of
$500. Later the time leave was ex-
tended until two o'clock this afternoon,
Fischer being out now on his own ree-
ognizance Attorney Peters represent
ed SculIy before the license board in
vestigation, but is not now the latter g
attorney in the conspiracy charge.
Alleged Fischer Got $50
The indictment alleges that the three
defendants unlawfully, maliciousIy
and fraudnlently combined and mutual
ly undertook and concerted together
to commit an act against the laws of
the Territory of Hawaii, to wit! to
suppress legal evidence, and the said
John T. SGully, Willmont r. Chiffon
and John II. Fischer, then and there,
wilfully intending TO prevent and OBJ
struet the course of justice did give
TO the said John II. Fischer the sum
of twenty dollars, to eyadc the giving
of his testimony before the board of
liquor license commissioners Of the City
and County Of Honolulu, Territory of
Hawaii, in the matter of the applica,
ton of the Waikiki Inn, for renewal
Of its seeond-class liquor license.
1t has been known for several weeks
that the grand jury had found true bills
against three men in connection with
the Waikiki Inn episode and it was
surmised that ScullY, Chiffon and Fis7.
cher were the men, but the indictments
AMI the report. Of the special commit
tee Of the grand jury were kept under
cover until yesterday. M
Special Committee Report
The report, now made public, is as
follows: a55E | ~
honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. %, 1914, T'
#"To the Members Of the Grand Jury,
Gentlemen: Herewith report re Waikiki
Inn License Application: M@,.
Your committee believes that all
the members of the jury have noted
the marked conflict in the testimony of
the various witnesses who have been
heard in this matter. 1t Is certain that
many false statements have been made
under oath and it is safe to assume that
they have boen made not without in
terest and motive. 5E
eff Fischer or Fischer and Kramer
had been heard by the license commits
sion on June 20, this year, it is more
than probable that there would have
been at least further considerations of
the application of the Waikiki Inn.
This, OF course, makes the interest of
Scully proprietor of the Inn, vital.
That Scnlly and Chiffon were friendly
and that Chiffon was frequenter of
the Inn are facts unchallenged. IL is
difficult 10 reconcile or to attach ere
dence TO the two versions or the sew,
eraI versions of the provision of sand
witches and beer for an auto party ride
on the morning Of June %, as given
by Chiffon, Scully and Fischer. 4.'
Searched for Dove Poachers
"There is no explanation whatever
of the choice of Fischer and Kramer by
Chiffon for the trip into KOolau in the
search for dove peachers. One theory,
and only one, can account for the en-
listment of Fischer and all the eircum'
stances leading up to his enlistment,
This is the purpose and design, to have
him out of town during the very last
sitting of the commission on the Inn
license application
Your committee must reach the
conclusion that a conspiracy existed to
Peep from the records of the commits
sion in this case the testimony of Els.
cher We believe that Chiffon and
Seully were parties TO this conspiracy
and that Fischer was a willing actor
in the PLOT.
owe recommend that Scully, Chiffon
and Fischer be indicted for conspiracy
under the statute. Our opinion is that
" this had been an ordinary grand
jury hearing, instead of a broad i'm
vestigation the testimony Of Fennell,
Kramer, Fischer. NuJent and the Jap.
anese, uneontradieted would have been
ample to warrant indictment, We be;
lieve the available evidence could be
so handled aud supplemented that a
trial Jury would be convinced of the
existence of this conspiracy. ..s
Shot At City Sheriff Rose
awe deem il proper to remark that
there Is a lamentablc lack Of eoOpera-
ton between the license Inspector and
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