Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 177, 1 ʻAukake 1894 — The Wailuku Arson Case. [ARTICLE]

The Wailuku Arson Case.

As sUted briefly in oor l*st issoe. Mr. H. H. Plemer was eom- ; niitu.nl bv the District Mag:strate of Waiinku on a charge of arson. Tbe trial was a most peculiar one. Only one witness appeared against the defendant. AnU upon the bare word of tbat witness, f the learned jndge s*w fit t« eommit Mr. Plemer. When the prosecntion rested—affer pro~ dncing its witness, tbe attorney ! for the defense Mr. John Ricbard- • son moved a discbarge as there was not sufficientevidence to eonnect the defendaut with tbe arson. The judge over-ruled the motion and witbont allowing tbe defeose to go on committed tue accuseU in a most peremptorv manuer. It is hardly necessary to state tfaat tbe judge is an apjx)iutee of the present p.«ternal government and is kuown as Ba!dwin No. 2 In eouneeiion herewith it is proper to state tbat the ae- j euunt of the c«se whieh apj>eared in tbe Aili-eiiiw, was p>erfectly false, and of conrse prejudicial ! to P!eraer. He was not discharged by munager Wella as stated. He left the p!antation of his own free will. The insinuation that Plemer rushed off to Ulupalakua, at the “first alami’ is e«jually false. His trip to that pluee, had been contemplated for several weeks and had been postj>oned to accomodate another resident who desired to go with him. It is not difficult to see from \vbat source the Advertiser receives its false report. After tbe trial manager Wells, who evidently is of a very nervoos temperament asked to have Plemer placed under bonds to keep the peaee towards him as if an} rbody woukL'take the tronble to hurt a thing like Wells. When Plem mer is tried before an intelligent Maui jury, there ean be no doubt of his trial resulting, in an honorable acquittal.