The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-27
WILL CLEAN THE TOWN
(Continued frc-n Page -

| that the town won't hold them and I
expect within a month to have got rid
of the entire bunch. II nothing else
can be traced TO them they win be
charged with vagrancy and given the
option Of shipping away from here by
the first boat or doing a term on the
reef"
The first arrest to be made was that
of Leon Kissler, who was run in on
Monday night and held for investiga-
ton. in company with a roommate
who has since been released. Kissler
will appear before Judge Whitney this
morning to answer to a charge of
vagrancy.
Kissler IS a fellow OF excellent adj
dress and good appearance. He has
been knocking about Honolulu for a
month past representing himself as
half a dozen different things to as
many different persons. borrowing a
dollar on the strength OF a chance ac-
quaintance and doing other things.
The last thing he did was to Dispens-
ing Clerk Serber of the u. S. trans
port Buford. Serber alleges that on
Christmas night he met Kissler and at
the latters invitation accompanied him
to his rooms at the back of the Pacific
hotel on Union street. There he was
given drink of whiskey and states
that the next thing he remembered was
coming to in the room with his pockets
inside out and relieved Of twenty odd
dollars.
Hardly had he regained his senses
when another man came into the room
and threatened to knock his head off
if he didn't clear out pretty promptly.
Serber cleared. He Went to the CEN
trail fire station and rang for police
man who was dispatched to the spot
The house was visited and Kissler and
his friend found hiding. They were ar
rested and taken to the police station.
kissler was searched and in his pos
session was found a stock certificate
of the Hygia Soda Company, Maui
corporation. 1t represented a block of
stock and his name was filed in, in
that he was the owner of the
shares How he obtained the certifi-
cate is not known but it is thought
t4iciI HIS pIt1ll was 10 borrow money on
the strength of it, if possible
It happens that Kissler is one of the
very men that Detective Lake has
been watching on behalf of the County
department and he has been
SO successful in tracing his record that
his movements for a long time past
are known. Serber could not prosecute, !
as his vessel left yesterday afternoon
kissler, however, to prosecute him for
vagrancy. Nothing will be done to his |
friend, who is believed to have been a |
victim of circumstances, and to have
had no part in the alleged rolling of |
Serber.
It appears that Kissler boarded the |
Buford here some time ago and worked !
his way to Manila as a seaman. The
chief of police at the latter place re-
fused to allow him to land, writing a
letter to Chief officer Randall of the
Buford, in which he said that Kissler |
vas notorious crook and wasn't want |
en- in the Philippines He was, there |
fore, brought back to Honolulu and |
dumped here early in November.
He is known in China as Duke" |
Kissler and occasionally passed as a |
JtACIs pclI tdt4AlS III more liidI one 4
fake exhibition in the Far East.
Today several of his local acquaint- |
ances are lamenting the fact, particu-
arly one whose profession is that of
and who has posed as a par
.iafTiar good thing, much to his finan-
,ial woe.
There have been a number of burg
aries. robberies and thefts in town of
ate, the perpetrators Of which have not
been discovered. It is shrewdly suspect
ID that the culprits are some of these
smooth, wen-dressed young men, and
here is a possibility Of serious charge
being brought home against one at
east of them in the near future.
County Attorney Douthitt has made
10 his mind 10 have the town cleaned
# the sure thing fraternity in a few
weeks and his efforts will meet with the
,onmendation of all decent citizens.