The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-11

| is not the first time he has been dis
covered converting a bag of sugar,
measure of barley. bushel of potatoes,
and perhaps a little tobacco, into what
the natives call okolehao. a liquor al
, most the color of gin, and for which he
receives goodly compensation from
, those who prize it.
From midnight until almost dawn
yesterday morning the tumble-down
shanty was watched by the keen eyes
of Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth. and
his faithful assistant, All On. the wiry
little Chinese detective of the police
force They watched the manner OF
distilling for two or three hours, and
then swooped down upon the unsus-
pecting man and captured him, his ap-
paratus and about ten gallons Of the
liquor. Information was received by
the Deputy Sheriff late Saturday night
that lin the McCully tract, where
row of palms stood, one broken off at
the top. a distillery could be found"
1t was not an easy task to find "a row
of palms. one broken OF" in the black
ness of night. and after leaving the
Tramways stables on Beretania street.
they wallowed about in unfrequented
places and finally located the broken
palm. and a shanty was next to it.
SICGpiuS cautiously iii OoSAi NhC NCSNAN
ed premises and falling into numerous
bitches the officers came within touch
ing distance of the place. There was
an old one-room building used formerly
as servants quarters. On the makai
side of this a rickety shack had been
built, extending around two sides The
. door faced down Young street, and
from the glimmer of the fire inside.
it was evident that the distilllng ap-
paratus was in the opposite end. A
paddock secured the door of the main
structure. No one was inside the shack
when the officers crawled near, but after
a wait of an hour. they were rewarded
by the sight of small figure gliding
almost noiselessly toward the door of
the Iean-to. 1t was the distiller himself,
who had returned from his sleeping
quarters in a tenement house on Bere-
tania street. not a hundred yards away.
Cautiously opening the door he I'M
locked it closing it tightly after him,
and re-locking 1t.
Through a knot hole the Deputy
Sheriff watched the man as he sat down
before the distilling apparatus First
of all fresh fuel was placed upon the
embers, and soon the interior was light
ed up. Resting on an iron frame over
the fire was a large can not unlike an
diversified dinner pail, with the cup on
top, and upon this was another can of
similar proportions, placed in an invert-
ed position. From the junction Of the
two a slender spout projected, from
which drops of liquid falling into a
stone jar beneath could be seen by the
Deputy. Occasionally the upper can
was removed and from a barrel nearby,
supplies of mash We're procured and
emptied into the lower one. The jar
was frequently emptied into larger jars /
of two gallons capacity each. The un-
suspecting Chinese at times rolled a
cigarette and made himself comfortable
in many ways. AS the hours wore on
the prospective wealth of the distiller
grew in proportion, for the product sells |
at a dollar for a small sized bottle.
About 4 o'clock the deputy sheriff made
ready to descend upon the victim of their
search. Having had considerable eX-
perience in just the same kind of raids
the deputy OWNED that the distiller had =
many means of exit other than by the
door. and laid his plans accordingly. He
that just within the doorway
Of the shack there was trap which |
would battle him IL he attempted en-
trance in that direction. A low rail fence
ran up TO the shanty, and there was
chance the man would attempt to make
his escape through a small sawed-out
square one side or the other. The
deputy therefore straddled the fence, and
made ready for action on either side. All
On was quietly instructed TO make de-
our, approach the shanty, and throw
MS weight against the door, to arouse
he inmate from cover. AS it was rain
ng almost continuously during the en-
ire night, these maneuvers were accom-
1Ished without the slightest inkling of
hem reaching the distiIler. The Chinese
officer performed his part. There was
l heavy thud. quickly followed by loud
The crash of a broken jar
inside the shack was heard by the depu
v. followed by a small section of the
shack being knocked into banana patch
md the distiller, pitching out through !
he opening at the same Instant Be
'ore he had a chance TO rise TO his feet.
he deputy had made a leap and landed
IN his PROSTATE body. There was a
short struggle and in a trice the steel
bracelets were about the Chinese wrists.
He placed in the care Of All on.
and the deputy then broke in the front
ioor. Just inside he discovered a cistern
IF water about two feet deep. the board
covering having been removed for the
special benefit of intruders. Had Chill
inGworth burst open the door and rush
ii in. he would probably have fallen and
been seriously injured. The distillery
1
he most complete outfits ever captured.
rhe tin work was evidently of a Chinese
insmith who must have been aware OF
he use TO which il would be put. Every
ietail of the two cans showed cunning
for the saving of the con-
lensed steam arising from the boiling OF
he mash. ChiIlingworth thrust his fist |
nto jar full of the liquor. and then |
placed a lighted match TO his fingers |
The liquid took fire and burned dimly
Number three okolehao-water in ii.
Another jar was similarly treated |
Number two" There was but little
nash left in the barrel and the disullins
vas probably TO end yesterday had not |
he police made their appearance too
Don. Il
Upon realizing his predicament, All Z
low promptly said To the deputy:
Il give you 5000; you let me go. Eh?"..
I'm a little deaf" answered the depu- Il