The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-02
RAID ON THE CHINESE SECRET So
CIETIES.
Preliminary investigation at the
Police Court.

Cinnamon arrested at the late raid on
the Chinese secret society were brought |
up on remand. Mr.. +. NJ. Hatch, Mr.. |
Kinney and Mr. Peterson appeared for
defendants. The following evidence
was heard;
Marshal Soper, sworn, stated; On the
evening OF the 8th instant l went TO
place on Beretania street, known as a
Chinese society house. l left Judge
Bickertons house with the warrant at II
p. m. 1 had officers Good, Hopkins,
McCifin and native officer with me.
Good went TO the door at mauka side. l
was close behind him. He was about
eight feet ahead of me- | saw large
crowd of Chinese making a break
through doors and windows, and a rush
was made for doc; where was, trying
to push me out. There were several
Chinese behind me; they followed me
in This cloth (produced) was on a. ia
bic. On that table was bucket Of
There was q cutlas~ ticking in the floor
In front of the table. A bowl Of, wheat
was covered with paper, and grass stuck
through the paper in line. This port
folio (Produced) was found there just as
it is now All these articles (prOduced)
came from that building. There are
three floors in the building. Most
OF these things found were on the
first floor in the main room. The house
is disconnected from any building. 1t
has veranda all around on each floor
You have to go inside before you can
| 90 up stairs There must have been 100
/ men in the room. A number escaped,
! perhaps three-fourths. Had a search
warrant. This tin box produced) was
| found in a room on the third floor. Cross
examined: Some of defendants were
arrested on third floor. All ChOy was
| arrested there. He was dressed, and
| appeared to be asleep. He was in corner
room, mauka, on Waikiki side. L did
not see him down stairs. When l first
entered l was at back door. When
it was opened man pointed a knife at
Officer Good, and he drew his pistol.
There were several tables in the room.
1 don't know what they were doing be-
fore / went in. The books found in
lower room l could not identify. We
| did not listen before We made the rush.
There are two joss rooms on each upper
floor; none on ground floor. l was
never in that building before.
Officer Good being sworn, stated:
am a police officer. On the night of the
8th / went with Marshal Soper to the
house on Beretania street. l entered by
the rear door on mauka side; it was
closed. l had to use considerable force
to open it. The door did not open by
turning the knob. / saw from sixty to
eighty Chinese, one right in front of me
with a knife pointed at me, and two
others right behind h i'm holding knives
in same position. l drew my pistol
The crowd shouted and knives dropped
and all tried to escape by door and WIN
dows | saw lot of papers, cloth
Ratchet, rice, joss sticks, fan, etc.
identity portion of the defendants. One
The walls were covered with papers
written in Chinese. This stick (pro
duced) was found on the lower floor, also
some benches and chairs. l did not &C
upstairs We brought prisoners tC
Station House, and they gave then
names, and charge was entered after
we got all the things there. Cross
examined We entered the premises
by side gate; it was not locked. The
front doors of the building were locked
The men were all on their feet when
entered. / found all the knives on the
floor in the lower room. One man was
half out of window, when I struck hin
with my club. struck several other:
in trying to stop them escaping. | coulC
not swear to any of the books. TREY
were brought from all the floors The
tables were on Eva side of building.
Ii Cheong, Government Interpreter
being sworn, stated: have ex
amined this yellow cloth and mad,
translation of it. To the bes
of my ability this stick is called "reC
stick - the writing saysi &" You ex
pei the unfaithful a traitor with justice.
The writings at both ends, Two
dragons striving to seize pearl anl
1.-TWO phoenix facing the sun" Thes'
are tablets (producedl; the writing il
names of members to attend any meet
ihgs; also the fines to compel member,
to attend meetings. Cross-examined--
The portfolio contains certificates o
membership, names filed in bat not de
livered, and bills from Ho Man anl
others against Chun Yung and Tons
Hong Society for labor and goods. Thi
book (produced) is record of certifi
Gates. L don't see anything on tn,
yellow cloth about Tong Hong Com
pany. Most of the books are subscrip
ton books, calling on people to raise
money to build society house.
This closed the case for the prosecu
ton.
Counsel for defendants moved tina
they be dismissed, but the Court. denied
the motion.
No defense was offered, and the Who'll,
OF the defendants were committed fO