The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-11
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night before by members of the huis
TO meet Mr.. Peters and ascertain just
what they were to obtain as "protec-
tom in exchange for the 81, 500 cash
per week which they were willing to
pay him for his assistance He was
authorized to make definite offer of
81, 500 per week, and the first payment
was to be made befc1s Thursday, a
meeting to arrange for which was to
be held this evening. The gambling
houses were to be opened next Satur--
day evening, nest of them near Maui
about 100 members in the four huis,
and these were to employ between
$50 and 800 Chinese as distributors OF
the paka pic tickets. They demanded
$500 cash from Mr.. Peters to be depos-
tied with some reputable merchant, as
an evidence OF good faith toward the
| gambling huis.
The negotiations conducted by the
gamblers agent on Saturday after
noon were as follows:
APPROACH OF THE BRIBERs.
The name of the man designated be-
! low as agent is withheld from the pub
lie at present to further the interests
of Justice:
| Agent. How do you do, Mr.. Peters?
Mr.. Peters: Hello. Well, what's the
news?
Agent: just came to the office to
tell you that they can't raise $4,000.
Mr. Peters: What's the trouble?
How many are in the deal?
Agent: There's three and they can
only raise $1,000. They told me to
offer $1,000, and take $500 out of the
first $500 that they are to pay over
to you.
Agent: You know about that bond
business. They don't want the bond.
but they want you to deposit $500 with
some reputable merchant.
Mr. Peters: Well, we can't do that
because that will advertise it all over
town.
Agent: No, it won't.
Mr. Peters: Well, take the $500
take the $500 out of the first $1,000
and you deposit that in one of the
deposit it with one of the bankers.
How many banks are going to run?
Agent: There are going to be three
gambling houses.
Mr.. Peters: Well. look here, 1 won't
do any business with you; you bring
up two or three of the men in the
banks and they can give me the names
of the others. When can you fix this
thing up.
Agent: Well, you see just came up
the $500.
Mr.. Peters: What do you expect me
to do for this money?
Agent: You are supposed to take
care of all gambling cases of these
banks when they come up to the Cir
cult Court-all the gambling cases,
you know, paka Pic and all that come
out of these three gambling houses.
Mr.. Peters: How many men are
there in these three houses, running
them 1 mean?
Agent: Five
Mr.. Peters: want to know, because
want to know who I'm to protect,
see?
Agent: Well, there's five altogether.
Mr.. Peters: Well. then, that's $1,000
a week, Ell? How much is that a
month?
Agent: That viii be $4,000.
Mr.. Peters: What time can you fix
this up tomorrow say?
Agent Tomorrow well l think
about 5 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Mr.. Peters: 1 won't do business with
you, 1 want to do business with the
men I'm to protect. You had better
bring up three of them, and then these
can give me the names of the others,
that win make it all right.
Agent: For Gods sake, if any Of |
these fellows come to talk to you,
you send them to me.
MIR. Peters: All right.
YESTERDAYS INTERVIEWS.
The transcript of the stenographic
notes taken yesterday by reporter Tay-
Tor, is as follows:
Mr.. Peters: What does he (Tung
Kali want to do now?
Agent: Our proposition is this: that
we pay the money TO you and you fix
the Acknowledgement. Money talks.
No bond business in this. The prop
is this, that they want about a
week to talk it over.
Mr.. Peters: What does he want
now?
Agent: He wants four banks and
will pay 81 800 per week to you to
run them.
Mr.. Peters: $1,000?
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