The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-11
October Term Grand Jury Makes
Final Report and Is
Discharged
DRUG HABIT THREATENS
RESPECTABLE ELEMENT
Work OF Marshal Smiddy and Dis
triCt Attorney Vaughan
Highly Praised

Presenting a bricf, but lucid final re
port to the court, the federal grand
jury for the October, 1915, term, oil
which J. Henry Hertsche was foreman
was discharged yesterday from service
with thanks. The feport needs no in,
trOduetory remarks; it tells its story
well and is rs follows:
The grand jury Of this court, EN-.
Paneled for the October A. d. 1916
term thereof, commenced it's work on
the first day of November, A. d. 1915
and has been in session from time ia
time to the date hereof.
The result of our work was that
forty six true bills and one no true bill
were presented to the court at fsrent
periods during the term. A list Of the
true bills Is appended hereto.
Rap General Mccain
In no instance has this grand Jury
failed TO recognize and thoroughly in.
vestigate every infraction of federal
law aud justice in Hawaii nsi brought
before it; but we have discouraged the
consider alton of trivial delinquencies
which properly should be taken by the
local territorial courts. In the past the
time of the United States court and
juries have been wasted in the investi-
cation of matters which are strictly in
the zone of the territorial grand juries.
"This grand jury has had cases Of
dishonesty in the postOffices of the ter
ritory and the department of Justice
brought before it. We commend the
strict supervision by the inspectors of
such departments that has resulted in
the indictment Of such offenders. The
absolute integrity and honesty of each
and every employe in all departm II Is
of the federal government cannot be
too stro"glv insisted on.
Army oficers Praised
'En the preliminary investigation
and resulting indictments of enlisted
men Of the United States army sta.
toned hee, this jury has had the
hearty cooperation OF the amy officers,
non commissioned and Tine. who have
proved most thorough in tn ir efforts
for ferr ting ont cri,rinsl4. Their te,-
timony, well prepared, was Gear and
co.. ci"e in every case.
FIR I'm the eviderce subm; ted to us
in various cases, we are i'm rcssed with
the apparent widespread traffic in co
came, marphine, Opium and other dun.
gerots and charart de Jtroying drugs.
We believe that this traffic constitutes
one of tn" gravest merRces to the well
beiTg of Hawaii The st9f of the col
lectOr Of United States internal rev.
enue is ex ertng every energy in its Of
fort to uncover and stamp out this evil
and we most earnestly recommend to
III" rev and iurv that it institute a
rigid inquiry, working in conjunction
ternal revenue
Respet table Element Suspicioned
We do not b l'eve that the trattic in
drugs is confined to the res .rictAd DIS
trict and its frequentcrs; but that a
searching investigation will disclose n
surprising state Of affairs among the
so n l"h respectable element.
ave have found the L. s. marshal
of this ter itOry most a tpntive in pro.
ducing evidence aud witnesses TO in
vestioations before this body. From
exam inatiOrs W" find that he has con
Quoted h y Office in an efficient an.
ner AS has always been prevalent in
this otiic" in the past.
''ln al our de ibCratiOns we have
con " assisted by the u. =. dist let
attorney, Horace w. Vaughan, whom
we tale pie s. re in c0rg atulItin !.
b rcwith on his deserved Promotion t.
the rOsi ion of l.. s. district Judge for
Hawaii.