The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-26
MOONSH|NE STILLS
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loosing of the string at the house emo,
which would cause the weight to drop
into the water with such Splash as TO
attract the attention OF the worker,
whatever his occupation, and before
anyone could get to his place OF bus1-
ness he could leave 1t and get away
into the river bed, and thus either to
the railroad or King street. Another
purpose which was filed by the string,
was that in crossing the path it was
placed at breast heighth, so that II
anyone should be proving about In
the night, they would run into the cord
and breaking it, give an alarm, both
trivance, and in the stillhouse as We'll
In both of the moonshine stills the
processes and ingredients We're the
same The mash was made of potatoes
and sugar, Kailuili adding small
amount Of bran. He gave his proper
tions thus: Is cents worth of potatoes,
thirty-five pounds of sugar, Hawaiian
No. 1. and from to 10 cents worth of
bran. This would make one barrel of
mash, and as he paid $50 for the 125-
pound bag of sugar, the cost to him of
the four barrels, which was the ca
pacity of the stillhouse, would amount
to Sc S. AS the four barrels of mash
would produce some six bottles of oko-
lehao, which he always diluted with
the same amount of water before sell
ing at 81 a bottle, the net proceeds OF
the one distilling would be the sum Of
So 80, as the results OF two weeks
work, fer it takes ten days for the
mas hto be ready, and three or four to
distill it. All of which goes to prove
the truth of his statement, that he
was in the business for the fun Of it.
Kailuili is very well known in the
community, having at one time been
the proprietor of the Kalahiki store CD
King street, near the corner of Nuu-
anu street. He has family, and III
addition to his business of diStilling,
raises bananas He said yesterday that
he had made swipes, and that the max
ing of okolehao was simply develop
ment of that business.
Mendes is a Cape Verde islander,
and has been here for the past forty
years. He said last evening that he
began to distill okolehao two years ago.
but had been at his present location
only. about two months. He said that
he did not carry on regular business,
but sold to a few people he knew. His
helper, Cavalho, who was caught m the
act, has been in Hawaii only about
sixteen months. He came from Fun
chal, and went to work at Paia planta-
ton, where he stayed until a few weeks
ago. Then he came here, and after
working on the docks, went to work for
MendeS, receiving, he said, SIS a week
and board and house for himself, wife
and child He said he had never had
any experience as a distiller until he
took the job, and when he said he was
afraid of trouble, he had been assured
by Mendes that there would be no pill
kia, as he (Mendes) would stand the
trouble, if there was any.
After the arrests and the arrival of
a dray, Chillingworth destroyed most
of the mash, keeping enough for pur-
poses of evidence, dismantled the stills
and took all of the manufactured prod
uct. The liquor, stills and other imple-
ments were taken to the police station
for use upon the trials of the men.