The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1916-10-20
Jurors CenSure
County Employee
Six Bills Returned After Days Probe
American ACCued OF Forgery
Want Supposed Conspiracy InveSti-
gated-CoOper'S SMurdererInd

Finding that Herman Lake, super
intendent of the county garages had
used county machine for his private
use after working hours and recon-
mending that he be censured, the
grand jury completed its work and
made its report last Wednesday after
noon. II. w. Rice acted as foreman of
the jury, which was in session for only
one day.
Another matter which the jury re-
commended that an investigation be
made of was an alleged conspiracy
against Pedro Bautista, the Filipino
policeman. The officer was charged
with Illicit conduct by some of his
countrymen. The jury after investig-
ating the charge concluded that the
motive was spite and it called the at
tention of the court to it's decision.
No true bill was returned against
Kikusuke Fugiwara who was driving
a truck which ran over and killed
Joe Lopez, a sixteen-year old Spanish
boy, at Puunene on July 10th. The
boy was riding a mule to Puunene
after working hours. When the auto
truck approached the mule SHE'D and
threw the boy under the wheels of the
killed Fugiwara was arrested and
charged with manslaughter, but the
jury found that the death did not re-
suit through any fault of the Japanese.
An Indictment was returned against
Francis B. White, who claims to be an
American of Dutch descent. He is
charged with passing forged writing
and was arrested only last Friday,
Af
which he is alleged to have cashed
were turned over to the sheriff's force.
White has had rather an odd career
since coming here from Washington,
the later part of July He came here
to work on the smokestack of the
Puunene mill and has had several
other positions. He made it point
to make the acquaintances of the
Catholic priests especially Father
Justinan. whom he is said to have
victimized. One of the false claims
which he is said to have made is that
he was a federal inspector of hulls
and boilers. The amount of the checks
which White is accused of pssing is
small.
Other indictments were returned as
follows: John Ginza, confessed muir
ueT Oh H6OTSe SOOptl, III thS
first degree; Julio Santos, assault
with deadly weapon; Antoine Garcia,
assault with a deadly weapon, and
Frank MendeZ, having sexual inter
course with girl under fifteen years
of age.
Santos and Garcia are the two
Spandiards who had fight in Happy
Valley recently over quarrel of their
children. They used a knife and
.-,2cr and both were so badly injured
that they had to be given treatment
at the hospital for several weeks.
The report of the grand jury was as
follows:
1--WE have investigate what seems to
be a conspiracy against Police Officer
Pedro Bautista; that the Grand Jurors
consider conspiracy of this kind
against an officer of the law a very
serious matter and wish particularly
to call the attention Of the Court to
the same.
1--WE also find that in the case of one
Herman Lake, that he used an auto
mobile which was county property, for
his own use after business hours. We
believe that he should be severely
reprimanded and the attention of the
Board of Supervisors called to this
particular case, and we sincerely hope
that some action may be taken in this
matter
"In the case of the Territory of Ha-
wau VS.. Kikusuke Fugiwara, charged
with manslaughter, the grand jury
found no true bills.
"Signed
H. w. RICE, Foreman"