The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-24
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bottom was a barred door, looking
through the 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
a runway between the ceiling and the
tin roof. this runway extending the
length Of the building and being en-
tered through trap doors from each of
the rooms below. From the trap door
in the ceiling of the gambling room
the Chinks were piling, disappearing
down another trap door into another
part of the block. Probably a dozen
succeeded in making their escape be-
fore Major Potter reached the exit and
prevented further use of it.
Having thus corralled the bunch, a
message was sent for the police, who
came up accompanied by Sheriff
Brown. AT the request Of the jurymen
the Cinnamon were placed under ar
rest and taken to the station. A count
showed that the bag amounted to six
ty-eight.
TT proved to be a very easy matter
20 catch the Cinnamon at their game"
said Mr.. Potter, describing the affair.
About the only thing that seemed ne
cessary was to go there, keep our eyes
open and find the way in and go in.
We caught them this time red-handed
and we have plenty of evidence to
secure their conviction"
While the committee was on it's way
to the gambling joint a plain clothes
detective of the police force was seen
going hurriedly toward the joint. One
of the Jurors saw this move and took
pains to follow the man. Seeing him
self pursued, the detective disappeared
in an alleyway. He had probably seen
the jurymen and suspected what they
were doing.
GAMBLED IN PRISON.
After the crowd of Cinnamon had
been registered at the police headquar-
tiers they were turned loose in the big
cement -foored jailyard, where they
amused themselves in various ways to
while away the monotony of waiting
until their bail was arranged for,
price OF $50 apiece having been placed
on them for bail purposes. Three OF
them had this amount with them and
promptly secured their liberty
About a score of the others rugged up
gambling device about as soon as
they were locked up, improvising n
game which consisted in rolling TWEEN
ty-fve cent pieces down an inclined
board and over the cement floor Just
what the game was it would be hard
to say. but it seemed to be very
satisfactory one to one small Chink in
particular. who had gathered in a good
many quarters before Jack MeIanphy
did little raiding from the cook house
and broke up the game.
Handouts OF GOLD.
About four o'clock the bail money
arrived. All Chew. the well-knoWn Chi
nese vegetable dealer and capitalist,
coming in in company with Charley
Chillingworth. All Chew then began
piling gold coin on the counter of the
receiving station. fives, tens and TWEEN
ties in handfuls being dug up from the
various pockets of his blouse costume.
and only wanted 10 Know how much
was needed. A count of the coin show
ed that 1920 had been produced and
check was promptly drawn for $425, the
necessary balance.
BY this time the receiving station
was crowded with policemen, detectives
and plain clothes men, the chink of
the gold drawing them from all de-
partments
Then the Cinnamon filed out, being
tailed off as they streamed out in a
line
THE JOINT AN OLD ONE.
The premises raided so successfully
yesterday by the jurymen has been
used as q gambling joint off and on
for long while. It is fitted with the
usual complement of barred doors,
lookout peephoies and hidden exits. The
in which it is located faces
on Maunakea street, but the regular
to it as used by the gamblers
is from Smith street. That is the rea-
son why so many Cinnamon have bust
ness in a certain Smith street carpen-
ter and paint shop. They pass through
this place to a winding alleyway run
ming through the block TO the back