The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-06
PAX CHEFS
FINE PULL
A Thug Who Enjoys the
Protection of
Police.

II is generally said about town that
the police have orders not to arrest any
voter or any person employed IN the
brown canvass or who has contributed
to it's funds. without orders from head
Quarters. One of the men who has
lonsr enioved occult relations with the
notice is a Chinese thug named FAX
Chez, whose business is SAID TO be the
chastisement of witnesses that may be
dangerous to the gamblers or police, or
doing any odd jobs of thuggery that
politics may call for. The other day
PAX Chez was caught by police oftl-
Ger pounding man half to death, and
the officer. under instructions, made
no arrests. Later, a policeman who dld
not know PAX Chez arrested him on
complaint of his victim, and the case
got into Judge Whitney's hands before
anybody could interfere. But here is
the detailed story:
..The lieutenant of the watch told
me not to report said police officer
Sam Hook in explanation why he had
not caused the arrest of PAX Chez after
finding him assaultlng another emma
man after a recent meeting OF the zee
Yee Tong society, during which as
sault another witness testified that he
had feared that a murder was about
to be committed. Evidence to the et-
feet that PAX Chez had pounded his
victim with piece of iron pipe was
presented, presumptive evidence of
premeditated assault, and the pollce-
mans own evidence told of the per
sistency of the attack. But he made
no arrest and was instructed to make
no report of the affair.
But for the fact that the beaten
Chinaman, All Lee, went to the station
and made his own complaint, asking
that an officer be sent out with him
to bring in the man, it seems probable
on the face of it that there would have
been no arrest made, although after
hearing the case Judge Whitney con
sidered it grave enough to commit the
prisoner for trial in the higher courts.
What may be significant is the fact
that when All Lee asked for an officer
to arrest his assailant he mentioned
no names and it was not known at the
station when the officer was detailed
to make the arrest that PAX Chez was
the man wanted
The evidence of policeman Sam Hook
was as follows:
Am police officer No. 2. On night
of the 31st of August, this year, / saw
PAX Chez licking the complaining wit
ness at the corner of Maunakea and
Hotel | saw crowd there. / made full
speed of horse I got off horse. There
the first man PAX Chee) L saw punch
ing complainant down on sidewalk. L
told him to stop. He did not stop so
/ pulled him away. But he did not go
far, he came back to meet complainant,
1 expect. Complainant was lying on
his back. [ heard Chinese calling out.
1 did not notice the other man.
Cross-examined: The man PAX
Chez was hitting came down here. The
other officer too. I brought PAX Chez
down. The complainant and clerk
made arrangements that night and /
did not make any arrest. The lieuten-
ant of the watch told me not to make
any report The complainant never
said anything TO me. He did not tell
me to arrest anybody. / left him down
in the clerk s Office that evening. L
did not see the commencement of the
trouble. | saw PAX Chez striking com
plainant. | told him twice to stop. He
did not stop. So [ took him away.
/ did not arrest Chinaman by name of
Hui Fong that night. There We're about
couple hundred Cinnamon that night.
Redirect: 81 had my uniform on.
He saw me all right. He wanted to
punch again for the second time, SO [
pulled him away
PAX Chez. in his own behalf, gave
testimony to the effect that he did not
consider himself a regular thug. He
had been arrested before for assaults
but had never been convicted nor SEN
fenced. The affair of August 81 was
a ease of self-defense. He had been
attacked by eight or nine men and was
defending himself. He had been warn
ed that gang was laying for him
after the Tong meeting because of the
part he had taken regarding the dis
posal of the boycott fund.
Yet in spite of the good character
he gave himself and the fact that the
police officer and the lieutenant had not
thought it necessary to arrest him nor
report the case, Judge Whitney com
mitted him for trial, naming q high
amount, $3.50, as his bail.
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