The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-03-17
RAIDS A
GILDED PALACE
POLICE OFFICER CAP
TUREs LARGE CROWD CELES.
TIALS-sUSPECTED GAMBLERS.

A big raid of gamblers was made last
night by officer Apana assisted by Of
ficer Joe Luahiwa and Stephen Parker.
The raid was made in a building near
the See Yup Society on King street.
Much ingenuity had to be displayed by
the officers in making the arrest and
much credit is due to Apana for the
part he took in the work
The place was carefully guarded.
There were five heavy doors through
which visitors had to pass i'm order to
reach the room where the alleged
gambling was held. Apana reached the
gambling room by means of strategy.
He saw four Chinese about to enter the
building He showed his hat over his
eyes and Joined the quartette. The
Waterman supposed him to be one of
the patrons Of the resort so admitted
aim, so did the Waterman at the second
door, so did the Waterman at the third
door, so did the Waterman at the fourth
door, and then presto Apana stood
alone in the gilded palace of Mammon.
The place was thronged with, Chinese
men who had cone to gamble, men
whose brows had but a few hours be-
fore damp with the honest sweat of the
rice fields; men who had deserted their
loving wives and families in China
town; men who had forsaken the dope
pipe to join the wild, gold-maddened
crowd that thronged the room and
surged and struggled and gesticulated
wildly around the gambling tables.
Apana was alone. He felt that awful
loneliness that one feels when in
crowd. incidentally he felt lonely when
he contemplated the prospect of raiding
that place of gamblers single-handed
| and alone, he saw hazy visions Of his
body stretched on the ground and the
! hurrying Celestials making a corduroy
road out of him as they rushed from
| the place So Apana felt even more
| lonely. He gazed around on the bright
animated scene and then he reflected
] how much more animated the gambler
would become when they began to
thump the dickens out of him.
Apana resolved himself into a general
staff and decided how to act. He first
saundered out of the room in an aim
less, careless way, just as if he had
gone broke Little did the unsuspectins
gamblers and bankers realize the police
serpent that was / ntheir midst. That
neglected, quiet man was not a broken
down gambler W ose last tael had been
wagered-he was. Apana, the keen-eyed
who was there throwing his gig lamps
around and gathering evidence.
At last the time for action arrived.
! Apana acted. There were fully 100 Ce-
| lestials in the room including the
! bouncer Apana quickly announced
! himself and began to surround the
| crowd. Thirty of them escaped, but he
| was able to surround SO of those i'm the
room and hold the door against all eX-
/ it, He shouted for help 1t was near
by and came-Stephen Parker and Joe
Luahiwa, both rave and efficient OFF,
/ GERS. responded. They arrived in time
+ to help Apana surround the SO alleged
/ culprits a second time. The coup was
complete. Apana had secured the gam
! bling outfit as evidence, his police
manic instinct guided his hands to
where the money lay and he was able
to secure that important commodity as
| evidence.
The cries and lamentations of the
captured Chinese were pathetic. The
noise even aroused sleeping police
! officers and watchmen from their rest.
! The crowd was in the police court this
morning to answer to charges of be-
| ing present at a place where gambling
was conducted The cases were on
motion of their attorney, continued un-
til next Wednesday.
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