The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-26

the purpose of providing for a stream
of water when the flow OF the steam
was SO great, or the pipe became SO hot,
that the condensation was not complete.
The liquor dripped into bucket from
the end of the copper pipe and even up
TO the time the still was dismantled
there was a constant flow.
The still is so primitive that it is
provided with no opening for the pur-
! pose. of filing it, but must be taken
apart. The conical top is removed for
this purpose, and the two pieces were
joined, when the Sheriff took them,
with paste of flour. The goose-neck
spout was Joined to the top in the same
way There was no attempt at conceal
ment, for the shed was open on the
side toward the houses in the yard and
/ the still was placed opposite the door,
I in plain sight of any casual visitor. In
one corner was a shelf which held va
rious cooking utensils which were of
use in case of surprise, for the plan was
to take off and secrete the top of the
! STILL roll the pipe which did duty as
the worm, behind the boxes on which
1T was placed, and the cooking going
on would pass muster for another pur-
pose than the making of liquor. But
Chillingworth was too quick for any
thing to be done, and the entire outfit
was in place when asthe capture was
made.
Spread about the little shed were all
1 the necessaries for the distillery On
one side were FIVE barrels containing
the mash which was in process of fer
mentation. In one corner there were
three two-gallon kegs containing the
liquor which had been taken OF first
! and given the name of number one.
Two demijohns were full of the num-
Der two okolehao, and on a ledge there
were five bottles of the liquor. ready
for sale.
The stillhouse of Kailuilf is one of
the most unique ever seen. 1t is To-
Gated in lantana thicket, and the pro-
Iprietor showed great ingenuity In all OF
his arrangements The approach Is
through banana patch, the path
from the. house leading through the
trees, and having many branches. At
the base of one of these, covered with
old leaves, was found the end of
piece of stovepipe. More than a hum
dred yards away, for the path doubles
upon itself the entrance TO the still
Il house is located The lantana has been
cut out until there is a tunnel which
runs back toward the house for fifty
yards and ends in an arbor of fifteen
feet in diameter, the boughs of the
lantana being supported by half doZ-
en- props The roof is of the shrub,
here and there patched with burlaps.
from sugar bags. The roof is less than
six feet above the ground, but then
} Kailuili is not tall man.
In the center of the space Is the
primitive furnace 1t consists only Of
, hole in the ground, covered with
strips of iron, the conduit at the back
for the smoke being connected with an
, iron water pipe, which leads forty feet
, away to where the opening was found
at the root of the banana plant. Moth
ing could be more primitive than the
still. Over the furnace was a copper
pan with a capacity of ten gallons.
Inverted over 1t and fitting into it suf-
ficiently to leave a space for the
, cementing of the two together with
I mud. was half barrel. From one side
of this there ran copper pipe one inch
in diameter. This was straight, and
passed through a trough which was
| filled with water thus furnishing the
degree of cold necessary to the con-
: densation of the steam from the still.
There were means of filling this
trough but with buckets and the drip
: was caught in a bucket at the end OF
. the pipe.
Off to one side were the four barrels
of mash which furnished the stock Of
the distillery, while beside them was
sunken barrel which held the water
? supply. AS the purest water must be
used. Kailuili carried this from a
t spring which is on Judge Wilcox's
grounds or from a well there, and fill
ing the tank which was placed at his
residence, had a pipe line running to
his stillhouse. Primitive, but compact,
there was nothing which could add to
|, the efficiency of the little still that
was wanting. There were none of the
supplies in the house except a bag of
bran, as the mash which was found
, had been made last Saturday.
, Kailuili who declared that he made
| the stuff for fun, seemed to have had
ii all of it that he needed. Along the
tunnel, cleverly concealed, was an exit,
which would allow him to leave the
main path and escape out into the bed
of the river, upon the bank of which
his house was placed. But of all his
contrivances the most perfect and sim
pie was the alarm arrangement. From
the house there was stretched a stout
, string, which was there fixed tightly.
: Hanging over the cooling trough at the
! stillhouse end was small bag con-
tanning rocks. The string played over
a pulley, and was carefully guarded
, against any chance Of becoming
l caught The alarm consisted in the
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