The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-30
GAMBLING
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dFrom sunday.s AdvertIser,


Gambling behind barricndod doors In
the second story u a brick building op-
posito G. q. Yce Hops meat market on
King street. near Maunakea street,
was brought to light yesterday shortly
after noon by the Advertiser. Though
eight or nine policemen, either In uni
form or In plain clothes. were In that
vicinity. the gamblers piled their trade
unharmed. Their spoilers, at the en-
trance to alleyways leading to the bar
ricaded stairways. are known. gener-
ally. as gamblers, and yet their sus-
picious actions precipitated no action
on the part of these officers of the law
At the same time "A big crap game
was in progress back of the fishmarket
In lane. the game being in plain sight
of passersby on the makai sidewalk Of
King street as they passed the alley
way on the Waikiki side of Yee Hops.
The game was conducted close to
Queen street, adjoining a saloon. A
storekeeper said the game was played
every day. At the time the game was
in progress a policeman in uniform was
standing back of the fishmarket, not a
hundred feet from the players. He
was engaged in conversation with sew
eral Chinese and Hawaiians some of
the latter being politicians. While the
policeman was playing the game of
politics. the crowd of twelve or fifteen
men was playing craps.
Further down the street in an alley
way Nigel Jackson ran his little spin
the-wheel'' game where the prizes were
cigars and other cheap trinkets.
At the time the Advertiser men found
the game going on in the brick build
ing, Detective" Rose was across the
street talking with some of the crowd.
Police officers passed up and down the
street. The gamblers upstairs were of
the same old crowd and among them
were George Kikila. Wainanue, Geo.
Kaea, Roma, Frank and Akoki.
The gamblers have used two large
rooms, one front and one rear room.
An open platform has been built out
from the rear wall and upon this the
Chinese tenant who has let his rooms
to the gamblers has erected a kitchen
toilet. The flooring has been cement
ed. Thus the platform forms the CELL
ing of room occupied as a kitchen at
the rear of Chinese tinsmith's shop.
This platform is reached by a stair
way at the extreme mauka end. Half
way up there is a barricaded door
pierced with peepholes. guarded by
sliding wooden blinds. heavy swing
bar falls into iron sockets and holds
the door tight. The door to the rear
room Is also guarded in a similar man
ner. The platform has on it's Waikiki
side a latticework partition. A ladder
the platform with the roof
The attempt to gain entrance through
the stairway door met with resistance.
Two men came cautiously down to
the door and slid the wooden blinds
back. They were two old Offenders
at the gambling game. Seeing the re-
porter, they retreated at once to the
platform.
There was hurried consultation.
tables were moved about in the big
room, mats rolled up and an attempt
was made to tidy up the room, while
the Celestial spread out his opium lay
out in the front room.
During this proceeding the gamblers
were seen from the rear veranda of
Chinese bakery on the Waikiki side OF
the platform, an alleyway intervening
between the two buildings. The gam-
blers, not knowing they were observ-
ed. kept close watch of the stairway
and whispered and made signs to one
another. noise below sent them fly
ing to the safer quarters of the big