The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-27
GRAND JURY SHAMES POLICE
cFrom sundays Advertisero

Sherlf bTOWIl vi tiS Po"NN
had absolutely nothing to do with
the investigation OF the Smith
street gambling resort today, un-
I'll after the committee had made
its visit" said Foreman {. J.
Hutchins of the grand jury last
evening.
sheriff Brown was telephoned
TO after the Chinese were corralf-
ed in the gambling rooms and he
came up with Mr.. Prosser and
placed the inmates under arrest.
Yesterdays visit to the gam
bling rooms was simply and pure
ly private investigation of
committee appointed by. the
grand jury.
Il wish to state for myself that
i am not directed by personal an
imosity against anyone, nor am
i attempting anything against
Sheriff Brown. / consider my
self a friend of Sheriff Brown.
But the grand jury is appointed
to hew to a line, and if the chips
fall on some friend here or some
friend there, that can not be
helped.
"Stories have been brought to
the grand jury of large sums of
money being lost in these gam
bling places and that stealing has
resulted, etc. 1t is the duty of
the grand jury to look into such
matters.
The grand jury got tip that
this house was running on Smith
street and the committee was APP
pointed to follow up the matter
and see if it was true. The re-
suit speaks for itself. The grand
jury acted independently and did
not want any assistance from the
police at that time, as it was not
going out to make arrests. but the
committee having found gambling
going on called for the police and
the arrests were made"
A committee of four members OF the
grand jury raided a gambling joint in
the block on the corner of Maunakea
and Hotel streets yesterday afternoon.
catching about eighty gamblers hard
at game, sixty-eight of whom were
landed in the police cells The plan
ming of the raid and its execution were
carried out altogether by the grand
jury committee, the services of the po-
lice being called in to make the actual
arrests after the jurymen had gained
access to the joint. rounded up the
players and placed themselves as
guards at each of the exits.
Word about the joint was passed to
Foreman Hutchins Thursday afternoon.
Early in the morning session yester-
day, the jury received tip that there
was something doing there and John
kidwell. George c. Potter, l.. f. Mar
shall and Fred Waldron were appointed
as committee to look after it. They
acted secretly and swiftly, taking all
possible care that no hint of their in
tentions should be sent out No Motif
NoNipi was given lHt pDlltt anu at lnt
adjournment of the session the mem
bers separated, meeting shortly after
wards at an appointed rendezvous.
Then they made their descent upon the
den.
SO secretly had they gone about the
raid that the assembled Cinnamon had
no intimation of their presence in the
neighborhood until the jurymen were
attempting to pass the barricaded door
leading up into the gambling room.
This stairs was reached by passing
through barber shop below, the stair
way running up from the back At the
bottom was barred door. looking
thru igi tNe peephole of which a SINH
lar door could be seen above at the
head of the stairs. The scuffling of
many feet in the room above could be
heard as the Cinnamon began to dash
for cover.
Leaving the other members of the
committee to watch the front and back
of the building. Major Potter went
into the Chinese jewelry shop next door
and up the stairs, finding his way into
runway between the ceiling and the
Tin roof. this runway extending the
&sSSA1SAS S.a,,..a 30 20 s-s s>s slsAs.-s.