Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 36, 30 October 1894 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

• ■;w» <Jr mctt hoW PQr»«Ti, fcx tbe opiaiom* «r tbe tstserixK** ai w tvmf:a ieav- J Poliee t» Detecuv«. I - Holomua: To illostr»t« tbe feeiing exUting between tbe U eolala Poliee Dep»rtīuect un'i the J)etectiTe borce, n!so tbe ignontcce an arbitrarv metbo<i Jisplayed bv ir reeponsible tolioe-officiala. t\je follow:ng observed by an eye witoess may serve. Last nigbt abont 8p. m. a ehinaman was brooght to tbe poliee station by two of Capt. Larsen’s detectives, and tbey wanted a Ibarge of larceny entered agaiost tbeir prisoner. Capt. Scott, tbe officer on dutv, undertook to investigate tbe matter. Two or three ehinamen claimed tbat tbev had cangbt the ehinaman in the act of stealing a watcb and then dropping it when be was found out. Tbe detectives »tated tbat they were iu tbe neighborbood aud ran to the soene on bearing cries of ‘ haul in,” and arrested tbe man fand brought him to tbe station. Tbe Captain took on himsolf to decide that it was a put up job aud the thief was released. The aibitrarv act iou of disp>sing of such a matt' r by a petty official causcd considerable eommenl aud the writer on making onquiries leurned that the supposed thief was an informer of the poliee departraent in fact living in the house of one of the officers and also that he had beeu ou the reef several times, the laat time for a tenn oftwo years and was on!y released a fpw mouths »go. If these are to bo the methods of tbe department it sbould without delay start an employment bureau for ex-thieves aud law breakers and dismiss the houest men in its service. Eye Witness. Mutiny. The c>flicers of the Japanese steamer M nshan, whieh arrived in port last 8unday with immigrants ttad a very disagreeable experieuce on their way from ivobo, whieh culminatod in tbe arrest of the Japanese crew. The Naushan is iu commaud of Captain King, au Englishman and tbore are besides him Hto ofher Britishers on board. The crew mniinioU ou the way aud as tho 900 immigrants showed sympathv witb their conntrymen the outlook for the safety aud lives of the Englishmeu was rathor serious. Thedetermined attitude of tho officers preveuted any violenee and they succeeded in bringing the vessel into port. With tbe assistance of tbe Hyaeinlhe tbe crew was plaeeal in irons yeslerday and tbe mutineers aro now in jail and will be pro* secuted by Captain Klng to tbe fullest extent of tbe law. Tbe vessel wili siil as soon as tbe trial of tbe crew bas iaken plaee.