The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-28
REUNION
SPOILED BY POLICE
LARGE CONTINGENT OF All
FAMILY BEFORE JUDGE LIND
SAY ON CHARGE OF GAMBLING.

The All family was holding a happy
reunion in the basement of the Quong
Wah On COmpanys store on Hotel
street. All Foong was reading a book
All Gee was sleeping, All Lee was
studying a Sunday school lesson, All
Sang was writing a letter. All Foon was
talking to his cousin. All Kau was
chasing away the mosquitoes, All Yeh
was looking at the first Chinese primer,
All Ong was not doing anything in
particular, All Yum was eating rice, Al
Feng was singing to himself and among
those present We're All Yau, All Him,
All Kee, All Gen, All f, All Zip. An
Lit All Nam, All Wei and Shun Luck
1t was just such a happy gathering Of
Ans as would have brought joy to the
heart of the contemnor of race suicide
All was peace and happiness in the
basement, Notwithstanding the fact
that the thermometer had climbed so
high that it had broken the top of its
tube.
A more truly peaceful scene could not
have been imagined-when suddenly
someone said ::Pleeceman."
There was a scattering of the All
family as the iron doors were broken
in and there appeared on the scene
Detective McDufie with some fellow
conspirators. The detective thought
that the All family were gambling. 1t
was a ridiculous idea, but he took the
whole lot away to the police station
nevertheless. He also took some gam
bling paraphernalia and kitty" of
$500 which he happened to find in the
room. Thus it happened that there
was a distinctly oriental aroma to the
police court this morning.
Possibly it was because of his name
that the case against Chun Luck was
called first. One Chinaman swore that
he had been gambling on the night that
the raid was made and the counsel for
the defense, Colonel Fitch, put the de-
PENDANT in the stand.
Chun had not been gambling He
said SO himself, though he admitted
that he had done no work for a year
and that he had already been convicted
twice for gambling on other occasions.
One by one the Abs stepped into the
box and swore that they had not gam
bled nor had they seen any gambling
The different occupations by which
they We're passing the, time they des
tllbGN III uGldll anu Dtpuly oHtllIi
ChillingwOrth sighed YEARLY.
The prosecution will admit that all
of the other Chinese witnesses viii
swear that there was no gambling ne
said.
And the court is prepared to believe
that their testimony will be. to that
end" said Magistrate Lindsay.
Your honor will see that there has
been no evidence of gambling" argued
Colonel Fitch 1T may have been sug-
gested, Thought, presumed, guessed,
cOnjectured, believed surmlsed nay
even hoped, that there was gambling
but there has been no evidence to prove
it,"
Fifteen dollars and costs" was the
courts laconic reply.
Then tn colonel executed flank
movement. He instructed Chun Luck
not to pay his fine and announced TO
the court that he was going to take
habeas corpus proceedings In order to
test the courts jurisdiction.
This was apparently satisfactory to
the prosecution for the Deputy Sheriff
promptly nOll pressed the other cases
and the astonished Abs wandered away
wondering what it all meant.