The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-03
MEAT OF DEAOCON
|. IS FED 10 YOUTHS
| of REFORMSCHOO
Superintendent Hugh Tucker
Learns Unofficially That He
Is TO Be 0usted
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INMATE IN ARREST
SAYS NE is BRUTAL
Carcass Of Bovine Killed In Ac-
cident Skunk When Fed
To Boys

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According to all accounts things
have about reached a climax in the
waialee InGostrial School embroglio of
acouple Of weeks ago when more than
fifty of the inmates mutinied and tried
to make their escape. .r.t.ta
Superintendent Hugh Tucker of the
institution says he understands, unoffi.
cially, that he is slated for the AK at
the end of theayear and the mother of
one Of the inmates is threatening ito
have Tucker arrested on charge of
assault and battery on her son, Willie
KealohG, who is now being held in the
police station here. He is an incorrigi-
BILE runaway ? ..'.i'.., 5eg.r J. o..
Mrs. KealOha, SO the story goes, will
have the assistance of Kane, one of the
guards at the institution, and several
Of the boys and others interested in
the punishment william Kealoha re-
ceiyed, in her proposed case against the
superintendent. ~. - .af
Boy Charges Brutalities h..
| . j Kealoha, who is said by Tucker to
have been one of the ringleaders of
the nutiny, was seen yesterday and
gave the following story of the alleged
1 lll-treatment of himself and others at
the reformatory: '
I'VE do not get enough food for the
hard w rk we do on the farm. When
we are bad we are made to work, miss
school and our food is cut down. Some
times we are thTashed with heavy
strap forty or fifty lashes. Tucker and
Assistant Superintendent johnson use
the strap on us. We are also made to
stand post This means that you
have ITO stand in one place like a post
for a couple of hours. If you move you
Iget another beating and are put on
bread and water.
"For breakfast we get q quarter loaf
of bread, one spoonful Of mush, one
spoonful of sugar, one or two bananas
and cup Of coffee. For lunch we have
a small bowl Of poi, some salmon,
(which sometimes is bad, or meat and
beans. For dinner we have rice, meat,
tea and crackers. .... =.
Fed Dead Cows Meat s..@'.-- .-
1.-THE other day cow died by fall,
ing over the pail. 1t was dead about
three days and one Of the boys re-
ported it to the principal. He sent
James KauOha, teacher, to" skin it.
1t stunk, but the meat Of the back
legs was brought TO the school and
soup made of it, Some Of the boys ate
it aud others could not do so.
81 was being punished for rum .ng
! away and had to wear a chain on my
legs. tried to get away again and
MI. Tucker caught me. He put hand,
cuffs on me and then punched me in
the face and struck me with his open
hands many times. He and the other
teacher, Mr.. Tennis, punch the boys
whenever they want to. ''r'
Mr.. Tucker, when told of the state
ments made by the boy, vOuehsafed the
! information that he had bad bunch
. . to deal with in many cases and that
Kealoha was one of the most refractory
youths in the institution. He was
, sent there for stealing and has been o
! runaway ever since his incarceration.
I Admits He Punched Lad F.. B."
= Tucker admits that he punched the
. lad, who is eighteen years of age AM
|, husky. He was captured by Tucker il
/ an attempt to run away recently. liz
o was found in the bin at the rocl
crusher on the grounds and had flee
!, his shaekles off. Tucker, in the tstrug
9 gle he had in getting him, punehet
0 him and then handcuffed him. II
e make Keaioha divulge where he haC
y hidden the hacksaw with which he haC
n freed himself, Tucker hadtO use force
2, Coaxing does not seem to meet will
d the results at Waialee that it is sup
o posed to get sometimes with spoilet
+ children. Force is the only thing tina
; some children understand, ..... =. 70
Mr.. Tucker makes the following
81 statement regarding the dead GOV
D which was used for foods
y Admits Feeding Cow Meat g".:
i, "The boys, reported that COW har
fallen over the cliff and was badl.
q hurt. I sent James Kauoha TO see if sh
was able TO be moved and he found he
dead but still warm when he arrived
He skinned her and brought the hin
quarters to the school After it wa
& inspected the beef seemed to be prett
badly bruised and that which was no
fit to use as food was discarded.
n Most of the boys get more and bet
y ter food at the institution than the
70 ever had Mt their homes and the rea
70 son for the continued attempted get
Always from Waialee is a. mystery IN
Z less there is someone for Interior pun
poses fomenting trouble.