The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-06-02
SMOKE IL THE SOUTH SEAS
Tons of Opium SmuesIed Into
the Hawaiian Kingdom.
rnK HALcYoN As a rLr.nr.Nreur.
tFpOru 5. F. Examiner,l

and Narney Gaskill to intercept the IA
nous smuggling yacht Halcyon and cap
ture one or the heaviest cSrgoes of opium
tnSt ever LETT Yokohama will go for
naught. Down in the Paradise OF the
taclnc they have an idea that the Hal
| cyon has unloSded an immense cargo OF
the drug on EhuokSlsni's kingdom with
cut paving the $50 per pound duty and
that the United StStes revenue cutters
can cruise about the California coast I'M
III their coal bills make the Treasury De-
| teal.
The Merchants Exchange correspond
emit at Honolulu sent up word by the
Australia that the Halcyon had been
towering around the islands for month.
For three weeks her identity was in
| doubt, as she started her sheets and ran
away every time any OF the inter-island
vessels approached her. Scarcely day
passed but some sugar boat reported
sighting her, and often she was fitting
shostilke through the night with all
lights extinguished. Twice she was seen
at anchor, with her yawlboat industri-
ously plying between ship and shore, and
finally all doubt was removed by her be-
ing recognized by San Francisco cap
tain who had often sailed against her
when she YVES the pleasure boat of
Joseph Grant and Robert Morrow.
BIG DROP IN OPIUM.
Opium began to pour into the island
villages, and the price dropped from SO
per pound to SIS. With the identity Of
the mysterious schooner once settled, the
Hawaiian Customs authorities concluded
that the source of the opium influx had
something 10 do with the Halcvon and
ordered an armed expedition out to
orlng her into port. The steamer Clau-
dine was pressed into service, and at 10
O'Clock on the night OF April 9th she LETT
Honolulu, carrying thirteen ROYAL
GGardsmen, SIX policemen and twelve
picked sharpShOo,ers, all doubly armed
and under the command OF the revenue
officers. Scarcely had she cleared the
harbOr than three mysterious fires
sprang up on the mountain back of
Honolulu. Other fires had been seen on
yarlouS peaks during the schooner's
presence IN Hawaiian waters, and for the
inst time 1t occurred to the authorities
that they might be intended as signals to
the Smugglers. Messengers were hur-
riedly dispatched to the fires; they
found them burning unmatched, but with
all the evidence OF having been carefully
prepared so as to secure the greatest
amount OF blaze from the material.
OF course the Claudine did not catch
the Halcy0n. She cruised steadily for a
day and hall often hearing of the Yacht
IN q last week" sort of way, but never
laying an eve on her smart hull and rae
ing canvas.
100 SMART To BIZ CAUGHT.
Ii was the ID inst before she was
heard OF as having returned to the isl
ands- Then the steamer Hawaii passed
her hove to at the south end OF Maui,
with lights out and the useful yawl boat
making fast trip 10 the shore Another
cruise was made in search of the Hal
cyOn, but the result had not been made
known at the time of the Australians
sailing. 1t was commonly expected to
prove futile, however, for the vessel, |
according to rumor, completed her dis |
charging on Maui on the 2f and cleared |
out for good before daylight.
Inc HalcyOl's managing owner, John |
d. Whaley. who arrived in Honolulu |
irOm Yokohama by one OF the Japan |
tamps that came to this port two |
months ago, expected to leave by the |
Australia up 10 the day of her sailing,
but could not wind up his business in |
time. One knowing individual an
no1nced that some OF the parties en-
gagged IN handling the opium and get
ting II to market had taken advantage
o. the circumstances TO refuse payment,
knowing that there was no means of
forcing them to disgorge.
SAVED FROM The JAPANESE.
anyhow Mr. Whaley remained over
for another boat. On this trip the Hal
cyOn went ashore twice in the Japan |
SEA after clearing with her cargo, which
the Japanese Government seized each |
time. The managers pulled through On
both occasions without aid from the
American Consul, and, no matter what
heir expenses were, the profit must
have been enormous, unless the "hold
but" Of the Hawaiian middlemen was
pretty nearly total.
Many interesting incidents occurred
turing the flooding OF the islands with
he drug. Maui, Nolokai aud Lanai
appeared TO be the favored spots for
anding It, and It required considerable
ingenuity alter this was accomplished to
ret il to Honolulu, HilO and other eenters
i population. i few DAYS before the
Australia sailed I. E. Evans, a business
nan OF Honolulu, was arrested for re-
Giving two trunks from Lanai consigned
s er0ckery, but full OF 80 tinsoi opium.
Ohm Gray, the p1rser OF the steamer
Ainau, was reported In the Honolulu
iapers 10 have fed from Hilo on q sugar
-essel bound for this port because he
Tas short in his accounts, but later
Investigation showed his fight to be due
D opium His steamer was just from
iolOkai, the lePer island, and Gray was
lzrching up the street Of Hilo carrying
Talise, when he had quarrel with
alf-czste Judge. Gray hit the Judge
Cross the Jaw with the yalise, which
urst open and spilled forty tins OF best [
al Yuen brand The Judge was smit-
II insensible, Z Chinaman, who was
le only witness to the fray, was scared
Ito Fl by having his cut of, and when
ley recovered Gray was aboard the a
onsueiO, sailing out Of the bay for San G
rz1cisco. .
OF Koko Head, near Honolulu,
alive fisherman had mis- attention at
srf1r5 Nv a f7oztfucr lo,-y -rf%1 n if1o trail