The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-05-10

criminal. ana They knrp coming ~ aU
the lime We watch the waterfront "a
closely o. We can. ana va have mrn
watching TIE parks an night 60 catch
tho vee1bprds That ttN 90 sleep On the
benches, but there is mo possible way
NJ h"nri1r tnHfn out and N wc pat thHW
lu iIil They serve out iN'.r t'IHi nu1
ur" with ua HaHIu we irg iu liI.. Them
uuf M iIvu. ARID H. 1f. .uIIf.Hs H.W
cut 1Ii the tImH uu threat Hf lurr vi.
mDra They come here ] -upp.a l.a
pau they Ert thu idea tHuf IIEI..
easy but one fellow that $50 arrest d
Che other day said " was the - vHt
town be- ever struck fHr getting tine
pricn Of meal and that he had asked
seven people before he found one tnat
would pay for his breakfast ! hope She
treatment we are giving them viii give
the Islands hard name for he class
with the outside world before long.
They seem TO think this II "A good place
To come 10. and Hawaii has become a
regular dumping ground for these
worthless beings"
From the Mccarthy boardfp.- house
,b. b,oL,,,,,, drove ,bro,,,,h tho ,,.rat,.b-
49,, ,1t.,,i,,t L.,,,,...,, ,,,,,.,, ,,....,, nd
a., ti.s.',,. -. g., ~,
'i' ii''''' '.'P ="
trp"ueu te"ei''"' io'' i"Sn', ',''
hter LED the way through hoIe III lht
fence, across lots where the refuse IN
open drains and cesspools flle1 the air
with a revolving stencil, and into two
story tenement of two hundred rooms.
which &c tho huiIdine, Lpo,vn ,s "Nh
a,,,r,g
l.,,1.,, T.. ,,.,,,, ,.,..,,,.s.,
'i'Il'I' =" l'' H'' an. W. W. -
ABOUT the HooIS anu tht uai N I'l -'iSS'
ana men ana women OF an hallohalltles
teemed about the place like sWarming
flies, while a smoke smeared lantern
setting on the dirty floor here ana there,
cast the sicl,lv pIimmers that furnish
cd Tho or1,, iliup,inotions for tba hun
-. - ia..r,.,z,, -, a., 49,, "a
" Gus u ueS 7, 60 us" - '7
uirt' Ihal CAL lhe WretcHeu piaVe llo''ie'
on the upper porch narrow ran was
the only protection from fail OF thirty
feet into the slop and mud below.
though the inmates of the place jostled
and elbowed each other roughl,- about
on the very edge OF the boards.
In every room was n nail of swines
which was not heinp neglected nv man
woman mr. child where tha SWINGS come
from is a thing that the officers would
he very glad TO know. There Is ALWAYS
swipes in the building. and every inmate
has his and her share h,t tbev refuse
TO tell where ,hev nrocure H. and AL
though II ia an onen secret that there 10
a woman in the building who manufac-
lures the drink, the most diligent search
and much detective work have failed to
result in the discovery of the offender.
Here and there the meaningless twangs
of Japanese stringed instruments indi-
Gated that some were being dismally
gay; from other rooms came droning
voices and the humping of calabash
gourds, indicating the native form of
merriment. Inmates were found In va
rious states of swipes intoxication, but
they Were unmolested by the officers so
long as they were not entirely helpless.
At this place, Mr.. Chillingworth stat
ed, on hilarious nights, and particularly
on Saturdays. are to be gathered a gen.
erous harvest of common drunks,"
among them motley throng of the
floating" element, coming from all parts
of the earth, and kept continually on the
move by the officers of all ports where
they land. No town, no city, no country
wants them, and they are bundled about
from one place to another, worthless
"vags" ready for the committing of any
crime or the doing of any deed that is
suggested to them by person or circum-
stance, begging, thieving, robbing and
frequently killing, in turn, and eking out
a wretched existence at the expense of
other people, and disdaining work of any
and all kinds.
OF this class Fof undesirable citizens