The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-10
SWEAT BANJO
FOR MOOSE
Porto Rican Tries
to Strange
Himself.

,.f,,,1,it and hawiiug Iika m haby n
Porto Rican vaprant known as Fauto
sp,onr his countrypen was taken from
The nolica court room Yesterday and
n,aced amongst other offenders against
law In the iail ward. As the Porto
picsp hardly more than 10 wears OF
ace nas.ed ,hrou9b the cell corridor.
ne surrontftiousiv tore tho sweat band
out of his felt hat and when he thought
no wac alone nut n about nj. neck and
.ndeavored 10 choke the breath out OF
nj, bndv The atteunt was unsuccess-
fuI ard as a result handouts were
clapped upon his wrists and he spent
tho remainder of tho afternoon I'm the
iau ward. alternately CRYING and ours
ing
II was n bad day for Porto Rican va
grants I'm Judge Wilcox's court. Every
one who appeared before the .nagls-
trata received a stirr sentence Of six
months at hard labor i'm Oahu prison.
The sentence struck terror I'm the Porto
RIcan spectators in the court room, and
the probabilities are that in the next
few days the Kakaako loafers will
make a show Of getting some work to
do. Each one has been in prison be-
fore either for yaerancy or stealing. or
both
Fauto Santiago and Jacinto Selch
had no attorney. and there was little
need for one. DEPUTY sheriff. Chilling
worth testified to having arrested the
defendants I'm Kakaako. after having
had men on the watch OF their move
ments for nearly two weeks. During
that time none OF the Porto Ricans had
done a stroke of work. one made a
n bootblack's box around with him.
II was shown in court that there IL
n sort of padrone system employod in
Kakaako among the loafing Porto Ri
cans ono Antonio who conducts a
cheap restaurant in the purIieus OF Ka-
kaako sunplies them with crude boot
black boxes. brushes. and backing or
poIisb. and sends them out 10 work: at
! least the "bootblacks" say so. More
than score OF Porto Ricans able bod
led enough TO do plantation work. are
thus supplied with bootblacking out
fits. and when arrested invariably adj
vance the plea that they are irving to
earn "a living nv polishinp shoes and
refer the police to Antonio. Antonio
sat in the court room Yesterday and
smiled acouiescenc. to the statements
made by two of the Porto Ricans that
| they were I'm his employ. Judge Wilcox
| took no stock In these statements. and
maid his respects to Aptonio In br,Isoue
! Language. He stated that carving a
| bootblack's box around the streets did
not sienify that thew were earning a
living. and he doubted that apy tried
to make money in this way
"You fellows hay. got to get work >
said he. "honest work. IL the police
find YOU are not trying to get II. the
court can supply Il for YOU: hard labor
too. 1 find YOU all guilty. and sentence
YOU to six months imprisonment n,
hard labor"
Jacinto Selch had endeayored to pro.
cure $40 from the wife OF All On. the
cure $40 from the wife OF An On. the Chi
| nese police officer An ON stated In court
that the man came to his house witt
two others and demanded $40 which
was refused. and when the man becam,
| too persi.tent he mt him under arrest
| The deputy sheriff stated that the mat.
ter was n neculiar one Some month, n q,
| An On found the Porto p Aican living iv
n street with a hair staryed babv cling
ing to MIN. He got the man up ant
took the child IN his home Later n,
offered to adopt the baby 10 which tn,
father consented. and adoption naper,
we're made out and the transaction seal
ed in Judge Humpbrevs' court Th,
! father was given assis,anco hv An On
Recently the father became imnortun,
ate. and demanded the child back No
getting the baby, he has demanded
money, which An on has refused t,
give.
During the trial the Deputy Sheriff
asked selch II he had not stolen tw'
watches since leaving prison and givei
one to a Porto RIcan named Pacheco
, Selch denied this. but the Deput.
Sheriff sent an officer to find Pachecc
lie was found and they demanded tn
watch. Paeheco denied having a time
booked for investigation. While e
route 10 the police station Pacheco en-
deavored to get rid OF a watch whic
Tailed with a stolen one, the descriptio
1 ] az which yng iu tho ungangsInn az IN