Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05


A few hours after the arrest Of the
Pommern and WaIdemar men, 43 in
. all, arrangements were made by At
torney John A. Matthewman Of the
law firm Of Thompson, MiIverton &
cathcart, legal advisor for n. Hack.
field & Co., to secure their release
on bond.
Commissioner George s. Curry fixed
bond for the officers in the sum of
$500 and for each member Of the
crew in the sum Of $1,000. Geora
Rodiek, German consul, and j. e. c.
Hagens, viee-president of n. Hack.
field q Co, were to be surety. The
receipt Of the advices from Washing
ton by Inspector Halsey did away
with the bond arrangements, however.
The detention Of the men al the irn.
migration station relieved Consul
Rediek from the solution Of a prob
lem that had caused him no little
worry IL 10 understood. Had the men
been released on bond they were not
to be allowed to return TO their ships
and the problem Of taking care Of
them ashore 10 said to have worried
the consul.
On Sunday evening the u. S. attor-
neys office told the Star-Bulletin that
the officers and crews of the other
refugee vessels had surrendered them
selves voluntarily and without neces-
sity Of arrest, for detention at the
immigration station with the other
officers and men.
The next development in the arrest
OF the Pommern and Waldemar men
probably. will be a preliminary hear
ing OF their case before Commissioner
Curry. At that time it will be deter
mined whether the officers and men
shall be held to the federal grand
Jury
Decision Reached Sunday Afternoon
IF We receive certain assurances
We desire from the German consul we
win proceed no further. But unless
the crews are taken off the remain
ing refugee ships under snch assur
ances, ia put every man under
arrest
This decision was reached late Sun
day afternoon by U. S. Attorney S. C. |
Huber after Acting Collector OF Port |
Raymer Sharp had informed him that /
the refugee vessels other than the |
Pommern and PrinE Waldemar had |
been examined and found TO be dam
aged as regards destruction Of boil /
ers and pipes. and after the officers I
and crews Of the Pommern and Waldo
mar had been placed under arrest by |
Marshal j. ]. Smiddy. This was also
prior to the receipt Of adyices by |
Halsey.
Further Investigation by the Gus.
toms officers disclosed that while the |
hnfl nd nj - he
crs had been ruined, no, attempt had
been made to prepare the sea-cocks for
opening.
with Consul Rodiek and receive his
assurance that the men on the other
refugee vessels will be taken off, thus
doing away with any dange- of further
damage TO or destruction OF the YES
sells. Huber declares the officers and /
crews will Immediately be placed UNI
der arrest II such assurances are not
Forthcoming.
Twenty-Five Men Arrested
The officers and crew of the Pom
mern, 20. In number, were arrested
by Marshal Smiddy and Deputy Mar
shall Otto r, Heine Sunday afternoon
and taken to the federal court at
1880 They were marched through
the streets in body The marshal
experienced no trouble or delay in
making the arrest. The is officers
and crew of the Prinz Waldemar, in
GLIDING six Filipinos employed aboard
the vessel during the last month.
were arrested about an hour later
While aboard the Waldemar, when
under guard. Marshal Smiddy went be-
low to have q look at the beilers and Il
machinery. He noticed that one OF
the sea-cocks was open and that the
water was slowly entering the ship. /,
He. went MP on deck and informed a
sergeant OF infantry OF his discovery, II
but the sergeant said he had no in.
structions to watch below The mar
shall then instructed him to have the
sea-cock closed as the ship was In
danger OF sinking. The sergeant car
.ried out his instructions. On his re-
turn to his office the marshal re-
ported that the boilers OF the Waldo. !
mar had been badly damaged by build, 4
ing a fire under them after they had
been drained OF water.
One Of the members of the Pom I,
n,ern crew, after his arrest, was found
to be suffering from dislocated
shoulder. According to the captain ,
the accident to the man occurred on
Saturday. but that the man made no
complaint Until Sunday He was sent
TO the Queens Hospital upon the ap-
proval Of u. s. Attorney Huber.
.Strict Accountability" Here
In an interview with the Star-Bul
letin SUNDAY Attorney Huber made il
very plain that the officers and crews
Of the other refugee vessels viii be
Immediately arrested If investigations
disclose any depredations as may be
In violation OF the laws of the United
states, and especially CT those laws
under which the men of the Pom |
mern and waledmar have been ar {
rested. II
After Collector Sharp and his men 5
assumed custody of the German refu- 5