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

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AEfew hours after the arrest Of the
Pommern and WaIdemar men, 43 in
Ill, arrangements were made by At.
terney John A. Matthewman Of the
law firm Of Thompson, Milyerton &
Cathcart, legal advisor for II. Hack
field q Co., TO secure their release
on bond.
Commissioner George S. Curry fixed
bond for the officers IN the sum Of
1880 and for each member Of the
crew in the sum Of $1,000. Georo
Rodiek, German consul, and J. ?. G.
haeens, viee-president Of n. Hack
field & Co., were TO be surety. The
receipt Of the advIees from Washing.
ton by inspector Halsey did away
with the bond arrangements, however.
The detention Of the men at the i'm
migration station relieved Consul
Rodiek from the solution Of prob.
lem that had caused him no little
worry, u 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-
ney's 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 II will be deter
mined whether the officers and men
shall be held to the federal grand
jury.
Decision Reached Sunday Afternoon
eff we receive certain assurances
We desire from the German consul we
will proceed no further But unless
the crews are taken off the remain
ing refugee ships under such assur
ances, III 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 Prinz Waldemar had
been examined and found to be dam
aged as regards destruction of boil
ers and pipes. and after the Officers
and crews of the Pommern and Waldo,
mar had been placed under arrest by
Marshal J. J. Smiddy. This was also
prior TO the receipt of advices by
Halsey.
Further investigation by the Gus.
toms officers disclosed that while the
boilers and pipes OF the other steam
efs had been ruined, no attempt had
been made to prepare the sea-cocks for
opening.
Attorney Huber intends to confer
with Consul Rodiek and receive his
assurance that the men on the other
refugee vessels will be taken off, thus
doing away with any danger of further
damage to or destruction of the YES
sells. Huber declares the officers and
crews will Immediately be placed I'M
der arrest II such assurances are not
Forthcoming.
Twenty-Five Men Arrested
The officers and crew of the Pom
mern, % In number, were arrested
by Marshal Smiddy and Deputy Mar
shall Otto F. Heine Sunday afternoon
and taken to the federal court at
1880. They were marched through
the streets in a body. The marshal
experienced no trouble or delay in
making the arrest The Is officers
and crew of the Prinz Waldemar, in
Guiding 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 look at the boilers and
machinery. He noticed that one OF
the sea-cocks was open and that the
water was slowly entering the ship. !
He went up ON deck and informed a |
sergeant of infantry OF his discovery. |
but the sergeant said he had no in. |
sfructions 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
ing a fire under them after they had !
been drained or water.
One of the members of the Pom
mern crew. after his arrest, was found |
TO be suffering from a 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
70 the Queens Hospital upon the ap-
proyal Of U. s. Attorney Huber.
eStriet Accountability" Here
In an interview with the Star-BuL
1etin sunday Attorney Huber made il |
very plain. that the officers and crews
OF the other refugee vessels viii be
Immediately arrested II Investigations
disclose any depredations as may be
in violation of the laws of the United
States, and especially Of those laws
under which the men of the Pom
mern and Waledmar have been ar
rested
After Collector Sharp and his men
assumed custody of the German refu-l