The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-30

lice descended upon that most I'M
~ clean precinct of Iwilei. Gearyille, /
last night, spreading terror and dismay
among its shameless inhabitants ana
frequenters and causing them to STAN
pede from their reservation onto the
broad highway.
Right quickly did the police pursue
the flock of carrion fowl and when they
returned to the police station. with
them went two white men. one white
woman. Porto Rican boy and eight
of the brothel bellies of the Antilles, the@
two former being caught in fiagrante
delictu.
On several occasions of late the po-
lice have paid domiciliary visit to the
Gear preserve, but until last night
their efforts were practically unreward-
ed. That the noisome traffic was De-
ing carried on, and openly at that, the
police were we'll aware, but a cleverly
devised system of spies has hitherto
completely frustrated their efforts. The
parasites who fatten on the earnings
of infamy would post sentinels at the
outer gate of the stockade, and these
when they saw an officer approaching,
would give the warning signal. AS the
spies are in nearly every instance JAN
birds, their acquaintance with the men
of the police department admirably
qualities them for the unsavory position
they hold.
On Tuesday night Deputy Sheriff
Chillingworth visited the Gear reserva-
ton, but the thing got wind and when
he arrived on the scene dozen limo
cent looking Cuban and Porto Rican
damsels were sitting on the lanai of the
row of rooms of ill-fame, conversing
with one another or languidly thrum-
ming a guitar. There was nothing for
ChillingWorth to do but return to town
and he was no sooner without the pale
| of the corral than shrieks of derisive
| laughter were borne to him on the
night air.
| In no whit discouraged, the deputy
| sheriff and half dozen officers visited
1
Company last night. and eluding the
guards found the nefarious establish
ment running full blast.
| The doors of two of the rooms were
locked, and behind blinded windows 3
| faint light told a tale of tenancy. Into
these rooms burst the police. and in each
was found a white man with Porto
Rican eonsort. The quartette was placed
| under arrest and left In the patrol wagon
guarded by an officer
Meanwhile panic had seized the other
denizens of the filthy Gearville joint, and
they sought refuge in flight, screaming
profane words of warning to their sisters
in other parts of the building. Out of the
stockade they rushed, and into the main
road, followed by the deputy sheriff and
his posse. They did not get far, how
ever-that is, six of them did motor
Maria Baxter Miralda, Monsarrau Rod
rigues, Nloana Whaline, Lima Livera and
Leonora Johe fell into the tolls and were
sent to keep their compatriots company
| in the patrol wagon. Manuel Gonsaie
was also arrested and charged with va
grancy, a similar charge being preferred
against the six girls Olivia Louiz, Z. J..
Hardy, Louise Torres and James Ander-
son were charged with fornication.
| During the raid the Japanese of Gear
VILE and the adjoining district. gathered
lin force and cheered the operations of
the police: they also gibed and jeered at
the girls who Were arrested, and against
whom they have long nourished feel ell
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