The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-01-05
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SOCIETY
Police Have Difficulty
Routing DisorderIy
Houses.

The disorderly houses spoken of in
yesterdays Advertiser have been quiet
places, says the police, to large ex-
tent for the past week, or since the
raid on Mrs. Howard's house on Bere-
tania street The women caught at
Mrs. Howard's were the same ones who
frequented the house of Adams lane
and the one on Garden lane.
The location of the two houses was
general In yesterdays Advertiser. The
one on Adams lane is on the Waikiki
side of the lane, the second below the
Pacific Club. The one on Garden lane
abuts the rear of the Pacific Hotel and
is practically connected with it.
The same crowd of women infested
all three places mentioned but all have
been quiet since the Howard raid.
About ten days ago the woman who
seemed to be in charge of the resort
on Adams lane, was taken i'll. The
woman's groans, following upon n
series of disorderly noises to which the
neighbors had been subjected, created
the idea that another orgy was on. A
loud pounding ON the veranda. was
added to the list of noises and the
police were notified. 1t developed how
ever, that the pounding was that Of
breaking ice for the sufferer.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth states
that not only himself but his detec-
tives, have watched the house on va
rious OCCASIONS but at no time did they
find that the place was other than or
derly.
Before l got the note from the lady
mentioned in the Advertiser" said Dep
uty Sheriff Chillingworth yesterday, II
had heard the place was not what 1t
ought to be, and have watched it sew
eral nights. One night we got a tele-
phone message that there was rough
house there. went UP and found a
girl had been taken very sick and ice
had been broken on the front verandn
for her use. Another time a message
came and l responded at once, but on
arrival no one was there The woman
that had the place is now in the hos
pital.
II did get letter from the lady men, |
toned in the Advertiser, asking me to |
see her in tile afternoon. The latter
was sent to me by mail and received |
it in the evening. / was busy then
and could not see her. She did not |
state what she wanted to see me for |
and 1 thought it referred to her son
whom she wished me to care for while |
he was intoxicated. The catching of
these people is not so easy as people |
imagine. We have to go on the prem |
ises. tiptoeing about, and take chances |
Of being shot To get evidence of this |
nature, requires us to look through any |
opening into a room we can find. The |
house was undoubtedly a questionable |
resort.
"Only last night we were looking aft
err this kind of houses. On Pauahi |
street is place where woman is un-
covered with cardboard. had work |
ed hole through the cardboard and |
was gently pulling the curtain aside, |
when person in the room made a |
slash at my hand with a knife
The same night the Deputy and his |
officers raided we'll known block in |
the central portion of town and while |
obtaining evidence by standing on a |
box, the latter overturned and the off, |
GER fell, alarming the whole house. A |
room which had been under suspicion |
for sometime was broken into and the |
Deputy was surprised to find then that
it was occupied by young Hawaiian
husband and wife who had rented it.
The officers are constantly open to suits
for damages for entering premises
warrants, and there are nine
ty-nine difficulties in the way of OBJ
tanning bona fide evidence against one
to convict.
The police are aware of the presence
of some of the social pest-holes but 1t
often requires time to obtain results
which will suffice to break up the
places.
The places on Adams lane and Car
den lane will probably be no longer un-
der the suspicion of being disorderly
houses.