The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-15
A WEALTHY
VAGRANT

| In the District Court yesterday. FiIipo,
an Italian, was charged with vagrancy.
/ Defendant was arrested some nights ago.
in house on King street. Attorney
Brooks defended Filipo
| The prosecution adduced evidence TO
/ prove that defendant had not worked 10,
/ these many days.
Filipo took the stand and startled the
court by taking $500 in gold from his vest
and throwing it on the table. He said
that he came from Australia, where he
was miner and brought with him So 900
| most or which he deposited in Honolulu.
lie produeed certificates of deposit.
| In the face of the money and the. Ger
| titicates of deposit, Judge Wilcox had
no alternative but to order Ellipo dis
| charged.
Jose Waria Curtis, a Porto Rican, was
charged with stealing $40 from a Porto
Rican woman The case was continued
until today,
Paulo was charged with assault and
battery on his wife. His case went over
until today. Paulo was arrested on Sat
urday for assaulting his wife, bur was
allowed to go, on promising to be good
Later on he is alleged to have again
struck Mrs. Paulo. Anyhow, he was re-
arrested on a charge of assault and bat
terry. Yesterday the wife wanted to for
give and forget, but the prosecution or
dained differently.
Takami was fined $25 and costs for
common nuisance Defendant is blast
er, and has charge of the excavation go
ing on next to the Young Mems Chris
tian Association building on Hotel street
On Saturday Takami got together an
extra large collection of grease and
pressed the button connecting with and
igniting the fuse. The giant powder Gid
the rest. Among other things it did was
to heave a thirty-pound rock up In The
air. The pebble lighted on the roof of a
house on Alakea street and went throuS h
it like hungry tramp through pan
. try. The evidence showed that defend
ant had not exercised proper care in
securing the prospective debris.
DR.. H. E. Winslow appeared in court
in answer to a second charge of assault
and battery. This time the alleged vic
tim is All Hawai- Aniu an eleven-year-
old native girl. The case is said 20 be
similar to the Wa!ahole affair 1t is OK
lpected that a male teacher who IS alleg
ed to have acted as an accomplica of
Winsiow's in the act will shortly be ar
rested The case was continued until
the 18th.
Winslow is in jail. His bail has been
raised from 500 to $1,000. The authori-
ties are investigating other similar
charges against him.
Other cases disposed of were:
All Hoy. che ia, nolle prosecuted; All
Loo, All Fong, che ia, $25 and costs; Rose
Watson, fornication, nolle prosecuted;
Watatami, heedlesss driving, Oct. s. Law
Pho assault and battery on James Keola,
Oct. Is; Kuhina, assault and battery on
Kaupena (w), Oct. Is; Julia Kapiioho
profanity, Oct 10; All Hing, selling liq-
uor, Oct. Is; ten Japanese, gambling, SIC
and costs; Chun Kee, che IA, $50 and
COSTS Putikeho1a, Joe Kia, Poke Jno
IRodriques, drunkenness, 81 and costs
Springer, A. Shaefer, Laiki, Ben Kauhaa
drunkenness, bail forfeited; Sam, Epa
Pipi, Joan, Kale Uu, Pukahi drunken,
ness, 81 and costs.
Yesterdays arrests included:
Leong Chung, assault and battery OF
Ching Tin; Benz, iona, assault and bat
terry; Geo. Kealii. vagrancy and false i'm
personation; Geo. Hall, desertion; Jane.
Kaohiai, Schussler, Tom Dixon, drunken
ness: Okada, common nuisance; Joe Mi
rando, investigation; F. Zane, Gessloff
| three unknowns, drunkenness; Kailipaka
enforcement; Kundo. Haro, fornication