The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-18
MONEY WAS
EASY To HIM
Gambler Who Won
Thousands of
Dollars.
HIS WIFE LOST
HER CLOTHING
Claimants Before Fire Commits.
sion-Another Hole in the
Ground Story.

Gamblers. as a rule, are not willing to
their vocation. or that they have no 9TH
er means of obtaining a livelihood, but
one of the Hawaiian claimants who ap-
peared before the Fire Claims Commas
son yesterday was not averse to making
1t known that he played craps or dealt
cards as a business. Furthermore, he
took a pride in stating to the Commits
sion and to United States District Al
torney Dunno. that he was able TO make
several thousand dollars year in this
manner. young Hawaiian and his VILE
were called TO the chairs, on which hun
dreds of claimants have sat, and told
their stories of losses incurred in the
sanitary fires during the plague.
What is your name?" inquired Mr..
Tesla, of the man.
George Kaea."
What is your occupations"
Gambler" was the Straightforward
reply
What kind of gambling do you indulge
IMP asked Mr.. Dunno.
"Oh, any klnd-an kinds"
What are your earnings. as an aver
age?"
We'll. make several thousand dollars
once in a while. That is NOT my
monthly earnings. though"
Il should hope mott" calculated Mr..
Dunno.
How long have you been a gambler
"Oh, about ten years"
When were you arrested for playing
che fa?"
-Four years ago"
It was also brought out that while the
claimant was in the quarantine camp at
Kanhi he made hay while the sun shone,
and gathered in about $500 during his de-
tention by the Board of Health
The list of clothing which the two
claimants alIege TO have lost IN the fire
showed that the young man layished all
manner of pretty things upon his wife.
She stated that she had twenty fine ho-
lokus destroyed on January 20th besides
a beautiful feather hat worth s12.J0. a
Chinese linen wrapper worth S21, straw
hats without number, finger bowls, doz-
ems of dishes, etc. They lived in tene-
nent house in two rooms, and kept a
Japanese servant.
An old man appeared as the claimant
for a long list OF articles filed by Kekipi,
his wife, who was now dead. They lived
in house near the corner of Kekaulike
and Queen streets which they claimed
was worth $3.50. although the appraisers
had placed value of $3.50 upon It, The
old man stated through his adopted son
that he had put $500 worth of work in
h,lf he Tar
fire
He was one of the Hawaians who be-
Heyed in placing his goods in a hole in
the ground, hoping after the quarantine
was over to go back and rescue them He
dug a hole about four feet long and rain
er shallow, and when the flames were ap-
preaching he dumped his kit Of tools in
it. He was so dazed on that day. how
ever. that he does not recollect Of any
OF his wife's finery being consigned to
the hole. After he was released from
quarantine he obtained a permit from
President Wood of the Board of Health
| to 20 10 his fre-swept premises and un-
earth his effects. He found his tools
but everything had been ruined by water
They had packed up many Of their valu-
ables just before the fire, including sev-
eral Calabashes. and deposited them on
the VeTandah, ready for hasty flight
They made q hasty flight all right
enough. but he has no remembrance Of
what was done with the valuables He
knew his wife possessed several beauti-
tul silk holokus, and these he believed
mad been buried in two bureau drawers
in the hole, along with the carpenters
tools.
Mele KaimanUi was questioned by the
commission in regard to the valuable
feather cloak of S. L. Peleioholani.
DO you know anything about that
cioak?" asked Commissioner Tesla.
/ 4 only know he had 4 cloak like Ka-
a.ehameha''
Did you know that the feathers had
been pulled out Of that cloak and made
/ :uto leis?'
! NO, didn't know that"
| Piilani Kali put in a claim for $3.50. Is.
/ which Included a wardrobe of thirty-one
dresses. She stated that there was moth
ing IN her claim more than two wears
! Old and when her truthfulness was cues
| toned by the court she became quite in