The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-10-08
BY
THE POLICE
Goodnight sWork
Done by Chill
ingworth.

\ big and successful raid was made
Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff
Chillingworth and some of his officers.
Mr.. Chillingw orth had ascertained that
the famous Iwilei resort was again
being run at fun blast, so he deter
mined to put an end to the nuisance
by summary methods. Approaching
from the mauka side, where he was
not expected and posting his men at
different places, he surprised the peo-
pie he was after. His mastery maneu-
Yer resulted in the arresting of eight
women and five men. They were all
put in the patrol wagon and taken to
the police station, from which, how
ever, nearly all of them were bailed
out very soon after.
The deputy sheriff next visited sew
.ral of the Chinese gambling dens in
Palama. The willy Orientals resort to
all kinds of schemes to evade the
clutches of the law. Guards are post
ed, and it is often that the approach
of the police Is heralded by Il sharp
whistle, which warns the gamblers of
approaching danger. Trap doors are in
use. and underground gambling dens
are common. At one place the en-
trance is very ingenious. In a little
store facing the street the counter Is
so arranged that one of it's sides can
be pushed back thereby revealing the
entrance to the den. The deputy sher
if is up to all of their tricks. however.
and the Mongolians fear him as they
would a devil.
AT one place visited the muffled
sound Of the paikau dominoes revealed
the presence of gamblers, but when
the place was entered the Cinnamon,
who had evidently been warned, sat
quietly playing for fun" with smiles
that were childlikc and bland. Not IA
cent was in sight, and they We're safe
for the time.
At another place on the makai side
of King street, near the river Mr..
Chllingworth went in with his men,
sending some of them around by the
back stairs while he himself with a
couple of men, went up the front stairs
and placed himself by the door. The
game as going on in a small room in
the second story of Il three-Story
house. when the policemen made n
dash through the back door pandemo-
mum Immediately cnsued. The light
was overturned, and there was a great
Clattcr Of feet. as the gamblers rush
ed for the windows and doors. Those
who went for the doors were turned
back or held by the police, but among
the ones who took to the window, sew
eral succeeded in getting away. As
the drop was nearly fifteen feet, it is
wonderful that none of them were
hurt.
AS soon as a candle was lighted ev-
erything became quiet at once. Sew
eral of the Celestials We're making a
good fcint at sleeping In n couple of
beds in the side ROOM and the realistic
way in which they rubbed their eyes
when hauled forth by the officers,
ought to have met with more success
than it did, if only for Its hlstrionic
merits
the cash and some counters, was Sc
the captives to release themselves by
paying bail. Most of them did this.
but a few impecunous wretches were
taken to the police station. Later on.
however, these We're bailed out by their
friends. 1t is n curious fact that no
self-respecting Chinaman can bear to
see his fellow Celestial in the captivity
of the foreign devils" The catch had
resulted in eleven gamblers
Lastly, Mr.. Chillingworth took a lit
tie trip up to Punchbowl to "A place on
which he has been having his weather
eye open for some time. When he
came back he had with him a young
Porto Rican girl and "A hackdriver
named Rodrigues They We're both in
generated, Itodrigucs answering to
two serious charges. He bailed himself
out later.
Upon the whole Mr.. Chillingworth' s
work on Saturday night must be said
to be quite a creditable performance,
no fewer than twenty-siX arrests be
ing made by him, all told.