The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-07
ANOTHER SOLDIER
BRUTALLY BEATEN
Patrolman Akeo Commits Unpro.
voked Assault On Drunken
Man At kaIa Park
Second Time In Week Policeman
cTipples Infantryman lust
Because He Could

"This is the way we handle
you -" is remark credited to
Police Officer Number Z, who is Robert
Akeo, according to officers at the sta
ton, just before he put the finishing
touches on what is described by a host
Of spectators as a particularly brutal
beating up of a soldier. The man was
so badly smashed up ana covered with
blood that he was taken for treatment
to the emergency hospital. His name
was unobtainable. #
At the station, his injuries were
found to be Of such nature that the
officer in charge of the provost guard
refused to let him stay The Fort
Shafter ambulance was called and the
soldier taken to the department hos,
pital for treatment He is badly beat
en- up, his most serious wound appear.
ing to be split scalp, one blow of the
officers club tearing the scalp from
forehead to back of his ear.
Struck For Arguing
From what, spectators state, this SOL
der was sitting on the sidewalk, at
Aala Park, drunk, when the police Off.
Ger told him to move on. The soldier
wanted to argue the point, whereupon
the officer placed him under arrest and
called the patrol wagon. The man
asked permission to get package he
had left in nearby store, before be-
ing taken to the station, and again en-
tered into an argument The cop pull
ed mis- club and smashed the soldier
over the head, then on the wrist and
again on the head, the last blow knock
ing the man down.
1t was then that the policeman an.
nounced his intention of showing
"the way we handle you - While
the man was on his hands and knees
the officer smashed him repeatedly.
Man Made Delerious BY Beating
Two provost guards, within a hun
bred yards of where the affair took
place knew nothing of il until the
crowd gathered. Then they went over,
find the soldier, covered with blood,
on the sidewalk, the policeman stand
ing over him. The man was delerious,
calling for his mother. His uniform
was blOOdsoaked. Beyond the fact that
he was a Second Infantryman, his
identity was not established.
Those who saw the affair, in part or
throughout, are: Sergeant Mosey, II -
Company, Private Walters and Easter.
day of "E'' Company; Private James
of "K' Company, and Private Cutlin
Of "I'' Company, of the Second In
fdntry; Cook Martin. of the Cook S
and Bakers School, Schofeld; Private
Perry of 159th Company, C. A. c.;
Private Rembowsky, Engineers, Fort
Shafter and Cook Carr, Machine Gun
Platoon, First infantry.
Witnesses VIII Ask For Investigation
This case will be presented to Col
onel Chatfeld, commanding at Fort
Sbafter, by some of those who witness
cd the affair, with the request that he
take the matter up with the civil SCI
vice commission, while it is stated that
request for the arrest of Policeman
Akeo will be made at the police sta
ton this morning on a charge of as
sault
This is the second such case within
a week Police Officer Hose Peter com
mitted a brutal and unprovoked as
sault on New Years Eve on soldier,
an assault witnessed by a reporter OF
The Advertiser. Sheriff Rose says that
he is investigating this case.