The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14
GAMBLERS
WOULD BR|BE
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lCOntinueQ IEO'tl 1890
person TO carry on gambling. The law
would be enforced then as at any othe[
time. He said that All Hoo had paid
money to - for privilege
on Friday. January 3lst, young
Chinese. representing the president OF
the new Chinese society. which opened
their clubhouse on Kukui street anu
AaIa Lane sometime last week, came
to nv office and asked whether 1 re-
membered the president OF that society
7 told him that 1 did and he said that
the president wanted to see me very
much about something. but did not
want to come here to the office he
wants to know when you are at your
home" I told him that / was never al
home at night. Well he said, 'aren I
you home one Of the time for dinner
/ said, Yes, but 1 was home only up
to o'clock" "All right / will tell him.
whereabout you live?" 1 told him In
Manoa Valley.
Last week Tuesday, January 18TH,
-. an old Chinese living at Manoa
Valley, came to my house l was ao-
sent and to Mrs. Taylor he said that
the Chinese were very DESTROYS TO car
ry on a gambling game during the New
Year and hoped that the police would
not interfere. He said that he wanted
Mr.. Taylor to let them play. I'VE pay
for Il. all pololei." Mrs. Taylor told
him that that was a matter which he
had better not talk about. Then he
said, "weIl, you speak Mr.. Taylor. per-
hans you say no gambling going on in
Manoa; perhaps Mr.. Taylor no come.
We pay all right Suppose we give you
oil vi Won tell
Mr.. Taylor"
A MEETING PROPOSED.
At about 1880 D. m Tuesday. Febru-
airy 5th, II. NJ. Ayres called upon me
at the Police Station and we had
conversation in the corridor concerning
the proposition, or rather the proposed
meeting of myself and the representa-
tives OF the Chinese hui concerning the
moneyed protection OF gambling.
Mr. Ayres stated to me that he had
seen a representative and it was propos-
ed to hold a meeting in the office OF a
prominent merchant not far from the
Police Station. He stated that OF
course, il time was arranged that 1t
was desired that only myself (Tayior)
and this other representative have a
talk in private. Ayres stated that he
had told this representative that as
long as he was to be connected with
the matter he felt that he should be
party TO the transaction. Ayres told
me that the others had agreed to this.
Ayres stated that il was proposed TO
have a lengthy discussion beginning
with ordinary subjects, having a little
feast, and then finally getting down to
the gambling proposition Ayres stat
ed that they had made the proposition
TO open on New Years February IL. and
TO conduct the games of pakapio, fam
tan and che-fa, and that there will be
a proposition to allow gambling to go
on uninterrupted during the New Year,
and also another proposition to con-
tinue afterwards. That 1t would be
moneyed proposition for my CTaylor's)
benefit. The discussion would go into
such matters as unexpected raids upon
these games. and who would pay the
expenses of such raid after an arrange
ment had been made with me (Taylor)
to pay me a certain amount
Ayres suggested that although they
might have a meeting this afternoon
they preferred to have the meeting just
after dark. say o'clock or whereabouts.
1 told Ayres that my preference would
De from D 10 o.oVs dS hdu OthSA WIN
to do and could not possibly have
meeting after o'clock.
Ayres said that he would Immediately
go and arrange for me and that we
would go to the place in a hack, and
we would be met by Chinese and con-
Quoted to the rendezvous.
With that understanding Mr.. Ayres
left at about las p. m. and was to meet
me- again ar 2.30 n m