The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-28
GOVERNOR ISSUES
YULET|DE PARDONS
Executive cIemency Extended To
Murderers, EmbezzIers, Graft
ers, Burglars and Periurers
Former Supervisor and Man Who
Ran Down Keuk Are Among
Favored

Convicted murdercrs, embezzlcrs,
grafters, burglars, Perjurers and others
received executive clemeney as Christ
mas gifts yesterday when Governor
Pinkham approved and signed mum
Der Of paroles, combinations of sen
tence and full and free pardons. Among
those released from the territorial pen.
itentiary and the city Jail in Honolulu,
as well as from the county Jail in
Hilo, are men who have figure, prom
inently in bloody and other crimes in
these Islands.
Probably the most prominep. among
those who were the recipieP - ycster.
day Of executive cIemeney IRE John A.
Kealoha, former supervi or of the
County of Hawaii; Watanabe Masngi,
former leader of band of thugs and
cutthroats in Hilo; Chun Duck Soon,
lght-fingefed gent, whose release
from prison now is the result of his
services in locating and leading the
police to where his fellow .cOuntrylan,
Yee Yo Keuk, rad his rendezvous.
The paroled men are George C. Al
len, convicted of forgery: Manuel r.
BOrges, embeZzlement; John A. KPalo.
ha, embezzlement, and Diego AuriOs,
frst.degree burglary.
Those Who Were Pardoned
Full and free pardons were granted
to the following:
Kimura TObei, convicted of first
degree murder in Honolulu on Septem
Der ~, 1902, and sentenced to hang
the death sentence being committed
to life imprisonment on May %, 1904
In this case the life sentence was com
mutted on January l, 1909, to thirty
years imprisonment and further com
united on December 25, 1918, to TWEEN
ty years. M. .or ~,
Peter Naval, convicted in Honolulu
on April 90, 1909, of the crime OF
first-degree burglary and sentenced t
ten years imprisonment.
Yochi Robayashi, West Hawaii, per
jury, November II, 1913, four years
Takada, Honolulu, second degree muir
der, December Is, 1905, twenty years
Chang Koon Wal, Kauai, secondde
gree murder, September 8, 1902, twent,
years; Antoine Delgar, Honolulu, first
degree burglary, November l, 1907
fifteen years; Watanabe Masagi, Hilo
second degree murder, June 26. 1903
twenty-five years; Watanabe Masagi
Hilo, irst-degree conspiracy April 4
1904, ten years; LiYerato, Soto, Yves
Hawaii, fTst-degree. granddaughter An
gust 81, 1905, twenty years; 0sum
Honolulu, first .degree manslaughtel
rApril 6, 1904, twenty years; Mine
suke Hayashida, Honolulu, first degrc
manslaughter, October 3, 1904, twent
years.
Others Also Are Favored
Hong Wo, serving time in the HC
nolulu city jail, was pardoned. He wa
convicted on September 10, 1914, o
four charges of gr"sscheat, and wa
sentenced to six months on each, Q
total of two years. A pardon wa
! also extended to Louis Damlao, scrN
ing time in the Hawaii county jail d
Hilo. DamalaO was convicted II Hi
on a charge of threatening to 10 VT
lence to another, and was place. III
der bond for one year to keep I'll
peace.
. A communication of sentence wen; II
way of Han San Won, who was co
victed in HilO on March 30, 1905,
; the charge of secOnd-degree murd
4 and sentenced to twenty five year
, imprisonment. Under v strrlnv
0 Communication, the man q term ~ II
. prisonment will expire March 20, I",'
The prisoners who were parole -
pardoned were given their liberty NC
J terday afternoon.