The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-17

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Wanton Cruelty BY Local
Police Officers
Investigation Of charges preferrcd
nRainat two members Of the police do.
pnrtment, Of brutal ill-treatment az
two soldiers, was made by the civil
service commission, Saturday after
noon, the hearing lasting four hours.
The findings Of the commission win BE-
announced 81 a meeting to be held
next Saturday afternoon.
! The charges were brought before
the commission BY Gen. f. s. strong.
eommaudcr Of the Hawaiian Deparf
mcnt, the soldiers concerned being Da-
Fid W. Crawford and Roy Il. Beving
ton, musicians in the Fourth Cavalry.
Edward Ross and Henry Daniels are
The police officers alleged to have beat
en- up the soldiers. A.
II was alleged In the charges that
IN and after arresting the soldiers for
disOrdcfly conduct, both Ross and Da
niels beat them into state Of insen-
sibility.
Noa W. Aluli, chairman Of the com
mission, Edward Fogarty and William
y. Sheldon, conducted the hearing.
Captain Gnllogly, judge advocate,
handled the case for the soldiers, and
sheriff Rose represented his men in
The army was also represented az
the hearing by Col. L. NJ. Brett and
Capt Kerr 7. Riggs, of the Fourth
Cavalry.
soldiers story
/ The story as told by the soldiers YES
tcrday was that on the night Of Marcl
"A, they left restaurant on, KIM
Street near the depot, with gallon Of
port wine. They pdmitted being in.
toxicated but denied being disordefly
Daniels stopped them and told them f.
60 to the station with him. They said
that they were going to an uptown
rooming- house and refused to accom-,
pany the oiiieer A melee ensued and
tho soldiers testified that Daniels struels
Bevington with Ms club, knocking him
unconscious, following which Crawford
ran through Aala Park, followed b,
Daniels. Daniels overlook him dnc
beat him up badly, nsing his club.
Crawford stated that n policeman held
him from behind while Daniels beas
him over the head until he became I'm
eersciors Orc blow inflicted a deel
cut over his left Eye
OraN lOiu 1uitns stated that while
lying ON the ground at the police-box,
waiting for the patrol.wagon, another
policeman, struck him with club, and
that while he was in the wagon :
police-offieer kicked him and stamped
on his face.
Lost His Money
Remington stated that he was frs
freed and vas later on arrested and
taken to the police-stati0n. He fcsti,
fed that $2.65 taken from him at tn,
station and turned over TO Desk Clerl
NeedhRm, was not returned 70 him
Sergt. Joseph Huff, Fourth Cavalry.
who recently passed his examination
and who will shortly receive commits
sion, created a very favorable impress
sion by his testimony, which substnn,
tiated that Of the two soldiers. Hui
WAS cold sober on the night in question.
indeed never takes drink. x
Heard the Blow
tCoilntfl tnWN NO UMWt. lUNltlS
draw his pistol. He didn't shoot.
Daniels cracked Crawford 50 hard oyer
the head with his club, in Aala Park.
that witness heard the blow, although
he was forty feet away, He saw
Crawford struck while he was lying, on
the ground by the police.box, and saw
Ross hit him with q blackjack as he
was being dragged into the wagon
Witness also stated that Crawford was
mistreated at the pOlice-station.
Z Another witness, Sergt. w. II. Udell,
Fourth Cavalry. II away from th,
Islands at present, but left a statement
winch conforms with that Of Huff
The witnesses for the defense were
as follows: E&l
Jesse Makainai Jr., Hawaiian boy;
Police Ofiicer Abel Kia, Police Onicel
Manuel Espinda, Hariyo, Japapes,
woman belonging TO one Of the stqret
near the depot; Kilne Tada, it'll
Japanese girl; Kamitara Tada, fatl<i
of 1.-THE tgirl; Alama, Chinesd Ihaek
driver; Police Sorgt M. II. Needham
Police Officer A, H. Gunderson and the
two defendants
Defendants testified that the soldier
were drunk and that Crawford had
struck him with his fst, knodked hin,
down and then thrown the deniijoh OF
wine at him, striking him in the face
Both mon absolutely denied having used
club or blackjack in the mix-up, OF thai
they had treated either soldier with I'M.
neressary roughness.
Needham and Gundsrson both denied
that any money was found on defend
ants when they were searched at the
station.
In his address TO the commission
Captain Gallogly compared the tcsti
mony of the witnesses for the defense
with that of Sergeant HUFF, whom, he
said, was man in whom he had every
reliance and whose record as a soldier
and man was unimpeachable, Hi
said that he knew the police were offer
sorely tried in handling prisoners, bu'
that what looked bad about this par
ticular case was that Crawford haf
been repeatedly struck after the frs
injury had been done.
1 !. Sheriff Rose stated that all his wit
nesses were disinterested and that abso
lutely 20 evidence had been offere,
showing that his men had manhandle,
the solsliers. HE did not believe tina
the commission would sustain In