The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-16
BARNEY TURNER
INDICTED UNDER
STATUTORY LAW
Ten Causes Returned by Fed
eral Grand Jury IN Judge
DoIe's Court
NO BILL IN ALLEGED
WAIklkl ASSAULT CASE.
Federal lnquisitors win Resume
dWOrk Next Tuesday Have
Weeks Work Ahead
lFrom saturday Advertiser.)

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Barney Turner was arrested on d
statutory charge yesterday on a bench
warrant issued BY Clerk A. Il. Murphy,
under instructions given BY Judge Dole
Of the federal court Mrs Evelyn May
Roe, a widow, during the past year en-,
gagged as nurse In the home Of one OF
the most prominent local families, Is the
woman mentioned In the case In con.
nection with the charge lodged against
Turner, who was indicted by the fed.
eral grand jury yesterday. ~
Turner's bond was fixed In the sum
Of $1,000 and until he is able to furnish
Il he was placed in the custody Of
Marshal Smiddy.
Deputy watches over sleeper
II Is understood that under an mr..
rangement made by Claudius III. Me-
Bride, whom Turner has retained 70 de-
fend him, the defendant was allowed to
sleep at his own home last night, Dep
uty Marshal Otto II. Heine being placed
on guard to prevent the mans escape
from custody. Co.'S
Ten indictments were returned yes.
terday by the federal grand jury, ali Of
which were ordered placed on the secret
file. 1t is understood that all of the
defendants indicted, with the exception
Of Barney Turner, were already in Gus
tody. John Apio, charged with bigamy,
was one Of the men indicted. Another
man indicted was Frank Repin,
charged with smuggling a small guam
tity Of opium last November from the
steamer Siberia, while this vessel was
in port here. Repin pleaded guilty to
the charge on being arraigned yesters
day and was fined 800, the costs Of
court being RENTED. % W,
Opium smuggler Fined 80
Attorney George Al. Davis made
plea for lenieney He said that Repin
had lost his position OF quartermaster
on the Siberia at the time Of his arrest;
that later he had secured employment
here On the waterfront, but that Tic had
been practically honnded BY officials in
terested IN the case, who told his new
employers that Repin was under an
opium charge, and that as a result Of
the tale the defendant had been dis.
charged from his shore employment.
Judge Davis also said that his client
had spent some time in jail while await.
ing the action Of the grand jury and
that on the whole he believed Repin
had already been punished to certain
extent. He asked for the imposition of
a fifty-dollar fine, the minfnsum under
the law. Sass 49,
Judge Dole said that there had been
charges made that the court had been
altogether too lenient in the matter of
sentences imposed ON convicted opium
smugglers. He took into Consideration
all that had been said in the defend
ants behalf. He passed sentence as
said above, the fine heing paid in court
and the defendant discharged.
No Bill in Mrs. Tarter,s Case
The jury returned one no bill, this
being In the case Of Lee, alias Barney
Turner, and Ed o Neil, who were inves.
tigated during the past week on an al
legged charge Of violation of the White
Slave Traffic Act. y They were all
legged to have taken Miss Viva Tarter,
the wife Of an enlisted man at Scho-
field Barracks, out TO Waikiki ON the
night Of January "a last g for the pur-
poses Of debauchery,p read one of the
counts prepared and signed by the dis.
triet attorney. Many witnesses were
NdiOu DtIOTo Lnb fIOuorhl BThHu JURY
which failed, however, to find any merit
in the charges. 1t has been claimed
that Mrs. Viva Tarter was brutally
beaten and bruised by some men on the
night in question, when she fought to
save her honor. 1t was further claimed
that the woman, after Guiding her al
legged prosecutors, went to the Hustace
villa, where she sought protection and
secured clothes to allow her to return
TO her home.
Arrangements Probably Today
Statutory, opium and liquor charges
constitute the other indictments, the de-
fendants probably being called upon
Z this morning. to stand arraignment. A
number Of pleas Of guilty are expected
ITO be made, thinks the district attor-
pey's department.
The indictments were presented In
court yesterday Afternoon by Foreman
O. @. Bockus, who announced that the
grand jury would meet again at half.
past nine clock next Monday morning.
I Seventeen grand jurors answered roll
call yesterday, number having been
previously excused temporarily by the
foreman for business reasons.