The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-18
Police OFFICERS
GO ON GRILL FOR
ALLEGED PERJURY
Chiffon, Wright, Enright, and Hui
hui Swear To Opposite
Facts In Court
WHERE WAS JOHN GASPAR
AFTER AUTOMOBILE SMASH
Chiffon Saw Him In PaIama At
Time He Was Locked Up
In City Prison

The city attorneys Office has brought
before the members of the civil service
commission an alleged condition Of af-
fairs which, they claim is intoerable
If true. It is the false swearing by
police officers in the police court in
cases in which they are interested, say
the officials. Four members Of the
force may have their testimony In the
case of the Territory against Gaspar
examined, if the letter of the city at.
torney is acted upon. The matter will
be taken UP at a special meeting of
the commissioners at noon tomorrow.
The men whose testimony was abso
lutely contradictory are Traffic Officers
w. r. Chiffon and Fred Wright on the
one side and Officers J. J. Enwright and
Huihui on the other.
In a letter to the commission, Albert
M. Cristy, deputy city attorney,
says in part: 1
''Our attention has been called to
the fact that evidence given by police
officers in behalf of the prosecution and
that Of police officers in behalf Of the
defense was absolutely contradictory.
Someone Told Untruth
''Someone was not telling the truth.
Under such circumstances the district
magistrate was compelled to give the
defendant the benefit of the doubt and
therefore discharged him.
lyon can readily see the serious
handicap under which the prosecution
will be compelled to work in our fu-
ture cases where the officers appearing
a. witnesses in this case submitted to
you, may appear as witnesses in future
cases, unless the matter is thoroughly
investigated by you.
THE officers in question being under
civil service come within your iurisdic.
ton for investigation.
The transcript of the evidence in the
case at issue, so far as it concerns the
question Of the veracity of the Officers,
is as follows: .rr '-''.. f ~
Chiffon Swears Saw Gaspar
w. r. Chiffon, sworn: On evening of
this accident when / arrived on the
scene / found ear No. 1907 and car No.
A. in the road, mauka side of King
street. There were marks on the
ground where the hubs of the two ears
had hit the ground after the spokes
had been smashed. l spoke to Gaspar
that night there. Gaspar was the driv
or of car No. A. He was intoxicated
could smell liquor on him. know
when he has been drinking and when
not. | got to the scene of the accident
about twenty five minutes after it hap
pened. Fred Wright and | were al
PunahOu and Wilder avenues. We
made our report from there at ten min
utes to ten when we were notified OF
this collision. 1t happened about a
quarter to ten Clock We rode to the
scene of the accident on our motor
cycles. When we got there Gaspar was
there. | am not sore at Gaspar at all
| let him down easy by not charging
him with driving while intoxicated anC
that is what | get
Gaspar Swears He Did Not
John Gaspar, sworn: ! drove car A.
on tho night of March IS. | was no
drunk that night. ! am drinkin,
man. About four o'clock that after
noon | took a glass of gin. That wa
all that day. | was not staggering.
was not drunk. | did not see ChiltOl
up there where the accident was, no
Fred Wright. did not speak to Chill
ton at all up there. | was brought t,
the police station by captain AM
sergeant of police, | was down here il
the police station when Chiffon cam
in. | am sure that | did not see Chill
ton nor Wright where the accident wa
that night.
Fred Wright, sworn! ! know tn,
defendant Gaspar. Saw him the frs
time that night ON March IS at tn,
corner Of King and Banyan lane
Gaspar was there when we got there
did not talk to Gaspar, Chiffon talk
ed to him fully half an hour. / wa
sober, ! 10 not drink at all.
Does Not Believe In Satan
Mrs. QuintaI. recalled: After thi
collision I stayed there until Gaspa
vas brought down on the patrol wagon
All the time | was there | did no
see Chiffon nor Fred Wright. The
did not come there that night when
Was there Good help me-" That
all ! said. | was excited while in tn
car, but not when ] got out. ! am no
Godfearing woman, l do believe i
Satan. Oh no, | misunderstood Nj
Chillingworth. OF course / am a God
fearing woman. | don't believe in tn
devil at all.
John IIuihui, sworn: I was out ther
at the night of this collision. Whe
got there Enwright was there an
the ears had been moved to the sid
OF the road. When Chiffon and Ere
Wright got there Gaspar was not Their,
tie had already been sent down to tn
police station in the patrol wagon,
Sergeant Enwright. Whether he wen
lack or was released could not sa,
Cpspar was not there when | left.
Erwright Tells His Story
J. j. Enwright, sworn: | am Sc
grant of police. | know Chiffon an
John Gaspar. When ! got to the seen
OF the accident was on my way
ny duty. got off the street car.
crowd was collecting. Huihui came
t"ld him to ring up the patrol wago
When it came put Markham an
OnSpar into it aud they were bot