("Hoopiiia ka Lunakiai Drummond o Maui", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, August 21, 1924)
According to news sent here to Honolulu from Wailuku, Maui, on the 5th of this month, an arrest warrant was issued by County Attorney E. R. Bevins, charging Supervisor Drummond1 of shooting between 30 and 40 donkeys in Kaupo, Maui.
In addition to Supervisor Drummond, his son Fred also faces charges, along with young cattle hands working for Drummond.
Their case was postponed until the 15th of this month at the request of Supervisor Drummond before Judge D. K. Wailehua on Friday, Aug. 1, when the matter was brought before the Hana district court.
The arrest warrant was sworn to by J. Ahulii, an old-timer of Kaupo, and the owner of 30 of the donkeys that were shot dead by Supervisor Drummond and his associates.
Supervisor Drummond did not provide any reasons for the shooting of the donkeys when he petitioned the court for a continuance of 2 weeks for the case so that he could retain a lawyer from Honolulu to defend him and his associates.
Due to the death of so many donkeys, per the new practice it would seem as if a number of lawsuits could be brought forth on the side of the owners of the slain donkeys.
Below is the text of the original article:
HOOPIIIA KA LUNAKIAI DRUMMOND O MAUI
I kulike ai me kekahi meahou o ka hoounaia ana mai i Honolulu nei, mai Wailuku, Maui mai, ma ka la 5 iho nei o keia mahina, ua hoopukaia ao he palapala hopu e ka Loio Kalana E. R. Bevins, e ku-e ana i ka Lunakiai Drummond, no ke ki ana i kekahi mau ekake, mawaena o ke kanakolu ame ke kanaha, ma Kaupo, Maui.
Mawaho ae o ka Lunakiai Drummond, o kana keiki pu kekahi i komo iloko o kela hihia, oia o Fred ame kekahi keiki paniolo pipi, e noho hana ana malalo o Drummond.
Ua hoopaneeia mai nae ko lakou hihia, ahiki i ka la 15 o keia mahina ma ke noi a ka Lunakiai Drummond imua o ka aha a ka Lunakanawai D. K. Wailehua, ma ka Poalima, ka la 1 o Augate nei, i ka wa i laweia ae ai ka hihia iloko o ka aha apana o Hana.
Ua hoohikiia ka palapala hopu e J. Ahulii, kekahi o na kamaaina kahiko o Kaupo, ka ona hoi o kekahi mau ekake i oleloia ae, he umikumamakolu, i kiia i ka pu a make e ka Lunakiai Drummond ame kona mau hoa.
Aole he mau kumu i hoikeia ai no ke kiia ana o kela mau ekake e ka Lunakiai Drummond, koe wale no kona noi ana aku i ka aha e hoopaneeia ka hihia no elua pule, i hiki ai iaia ke kauoha mai no kekahi loio o Honolulu nei no ke kupale ana iaia ame kona mau hoa.
Mamuli o ka make ana o kela mau ekake lehulehu, i kulike ai me kela meahou, me he mea la, e ala mai ana he mau hoopii koipoho, ma ka aoao o na ona no lakou na ekake i make.
Footnotes
- Romao Augustine Drummond, of the Maui County Board of Supervisors.