The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-24

lit was turned from steam into drops Of
moisture which trickled from a little
spout into container, were telI-tale evil
dences of what was going on All around
the space were big barrels formerly
used for containing whiskey, all care
fully covered with gunny sacks Several
demijohns and glass bottles were scat,
tered about
AS the deputy stepped forward. Jana.
,, nese was in the act of coming out of the
pit to the level ground outside the cabin.
only to fall directly into the waiting
arms of the deputy. A short, decisive
encounter ensued, and the wiry Japanese
was thrown on his back. Captain Kanae
dragged the man held by him into the
open space near the cabin, and the two
Japanese were handcuffed wrist to wrist.
Then came period of silent waiting, for
it was known there were six men in the
hui. AT length there was a sound as OF
some one opening the secret door In the
southouse, and Captain Kanae went for
ward to meet the visitor They met at a
turn The visitor was a Japanese, car
rying couple of dem: johns. He showed
fight, but a couple of well directed blows
from the big fists of the native captain
quieted him down, and he was led
prisoner to the still and handcuffed to
the others. There was more waiting, and
the door was again heard to open. AS
the noise reached the prisoners one of
them shouted a warning. and spoiled the
chances of the officers making more ar
rests.
kanae stood guard over the prisoners
while Ch;llingworth trudged and ran
through the thicket to Diamond Head"
Charles house, whence he telephoned to
the police station for assistance An ex-
press wagon and a team of horses were
secured, which started from the police
station at 6:30 with officers Nelson, To-
ma Abe, foot policeman and trusty
They We're met by the deputy, who drove
through the winding roads to within a
quarter of a mile of the distillery. Upon
the arrival of the reinforcements, the
still was taken apart and carried down
the pathways to the wagon. The mash
consisting of hops, honey in place OF
sugar, potatoes and kiawe beans, filing
about fifteen of the big barrels in all
stages of fermentation, was turned out
upon the ground. The deputy desired to
destroy the barrels, as such containers
have value to distilIers. New whiskey
barrels fail to allow the mash to ferment
in less than eight OF ten days. Barrels
seeped through with the fermentation
and being used for several months, al
low of fermentation in about a day. The
prisoners said they had no axe An off,
Ger was dispatched to Japanese cabins
in the vicinity for one, but none was to
be had. The officers were at length COM
PEELED to use heavy stones, with which
they first broke in the heads of the bar
rels, and then smashed in the sides.
There We're three demijohns of five GAL
Ions capacity each, two of them full, a
square face flask, a small demijohn Of
two gallons capacity and Il large bottle,
an aggregate of about sixteen gallons of
okolehao being taken to the wagon.
Some of 1t was poured on the top of a.
barrel and lighted, and it burned with a
clear, blue flame, showing that it was
we'll provided with alcohol. This latter
property comes largely from the honey
and kiawe beans.
The officers, with their prisoners and
booty, returned to the city about 9
O'Clock.