The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-17
PAKE TRADESMEN
RIVALLING JEWS
A Nnuanu Street Storekeeper
Fined S25 for Assaulting
a Customer.

The case of Chun Lung, a Nuuanu
and costs on Monday for having as
saulted colored customer named Geo.
A. Garfield, threw an interesting side
light on some of the methods of intim-
idation which seem to be finding favor
among certain of the Chinese trades
men of this city.
From the evidence it appeared that
Garfield entered defendants store for
the purpose of buying a shirt. Seeing
one he fancied he enquired the price,
and was told that it would cost S1.25.
This struck complainant as being a
pretty stiff price, and he told Chun
of a shirt next door for. seyenty-f1ve
cents. Defendant refused to cur the
price and Garfield proceeded to leave
the store, with the intention of looking
for a shirt elsewhere.
This seems to have angered defen-
dant, for he struck Garfield over the
head with roll of oilcloth, causing an
injury which necessitated his appear
ance in court with his head bandaged.
Judge Wilcox gave defendant a Sc
we're lecture, a fine of SIS and costs, and
ject of tradesmen's etiquette.
The above is only one of many recent
instances where Chinese storekeepers
have abused their customers. Usually
the victim Of their indignities is a
native or a Portuguese. The Pake is
wise enough to treat the haole with the
most servile politeness.
In some of the Nuuanu street stores
the attendants hardly condescend to
r~saTalxy TO ~,
as to the price of certain article. In
deed, the proprietors of certain Chinese
emporiums are running a close second
to Levi of Baxter street as far as impu-
dence and intimidating methods are
concerned.
The following cases were disposed OF
in the District Court yesterday:
Yong Kong Hung, illegal persona
ton, July 18th; Wong Pau, assault and
battery on Kong Leong and Lee Ngin,
discharged; Wong Pau, assault and
battery on Lee Koon, $40 and costs;
Chun Wing Lee, assault and battery on
Kong Leong, discharged; Lau MIN, as
sault and battery on Lee Koon, SO and
costs; Lau MIN, assault and battery
on Kong Leong, discharged; Chin Nun
assault and battery on Kong Leong, $50
and costs; Chin Nun, assault and bat
terry on Lee Koon, $40 and costs; Lau
LOOK, assault ana battery on Lee
Koon, $40 and costs; D. Leary, assault
and battery on Iwahara, discharged:
Nantilo. selling liquor, nolle pressed;
Henry Iaea, needless driving, July
18th; All Yok, 10y Hong, All Hoy, All
Kau, All Choy, gambling, July nth;
Honda, All Kit, Chin Pong, Wong Hee,
Tuck Kun, All Tau, All Tin, Akana,
Poor Chan, gambling, nolle pressed;
An Gnui, permitting gambling. nolle
pressed; Misuno, common nuisance, 81
and costs; Joe Fonseca, assault with a
weapon, July 18th; M. VasconcelIos, as
sault with a weapon, July 18th; Anton
Gomez. P. w. Christie, E. Knight,
drunkenness, 81 and costs; Odamura,
cycling without light, bail forfeited;
Sinia, vagrancy, July 18th; Henry Aki.
malicious injury, dismissed
Yesterdays arrests included:
Alameda, Liwai, drunkenness; Kea-
loha and a Porto Rican, ARRAY; eleven
Cinnamon, gambling; All Sung, brib-
cry.
All Sung, who was arrested for gam
bling, offered officer All On So to let
him go. The officer took the money
and the man, against whom, an addi-
tional charge of bribery was prefer
red.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth has
gone to Maui for few days on bust
ness.