The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-13
KILEY'S PLACE
IS WELL EXPOSED
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS HEAR
HEAR EVIDENCE ABOUT THE
NOTORIOUS HOTEL ST RESORT.

The meeting of the Board of License
Commissioners yesterday afternoon
or at least the part which 1t was con
sidered would do the hoi poloi no narm
to know-was somewhat more inter-
esting than usual. OF course there
was a secret session afterwards at
which newspapermen were not ad-
mitted, the Importance of which must
needs be conjectural. Doubtless, now
ever, it would be detrimental to the
pee-pul to know about such things,
hence they will not be divulged.
Fred Kiley Cwho by the way, is on
the mainland, having failed to get back
in time to look after his interests
personality furnished the subject for
most of the proceedings of the public
meeting. He got severe grilling
from Anti-Saloon League, the police
department, and from private citizens,
and the employee, who was his only re-
preventative present did not attempt
to refute the numerous bad things
said about his absent boss.
This is the second time that Kiley
has had a petition before the License
Board. The first was for a restaurant
and saloon license for his "Favorne
Grotto," on Hotel and Bethel streets,
and was turned down cold on the
grounds that Kiley had not run the
proper kind of place in the past. The
applicant then filed a petition for
straight saloon license, which came up
for hearing yesterday. In the mean
time the applicant his place having
been closed up, took a trip to the coast
and is not back yet.
There were all kinds of objections
arrayed against the application. Lyle
A. Dickey in a communication which
he supported orally, stated that Kiley
had conducted a place which was fire.
quented by low women and men, that
there was much disorder in it, and that
exhibitions were given there and that
the arrangements were such as to be
conducive of gross immortality.
Harry Juen, a policeman also gave
damaging testimony and cited different
instances in which women has been
seen by him coming from the place
drunk.
Sheriff Iaukea also told of his hav-
ing visited the place incognito, in a
hack and from the obscurity OF hack
driven into the private entrance OF the
place, had heard wild sounds of revelry
at an hour when reputable people
should be in bed, emanating from
Kiley's place.
One Mr.. Mcdonald testified to having
seen a drunken man short changed
out of $3.50, and told of other ques-
tionable things he had seen there.
]. o. Lutted, whose place of business
is just opposite Kiley's on Hotel street
was also called upon to tell of the kind
of place which the "Favorite Grotto"
formerly was. Mr. Lutteds observa
lions were damaging, but were con-
fined to outside observation.
Mr.. Dickey read transcript OF
Kileys testimony taken in regard to a
row which had one time taken place
in his place, and been aired in the
police court, in which the proprietor
had testified to unseemly things hav-
ing transpired there
Dickey in summing up his case ad-
mitted that the applicant promised to
run a straight" place and to remove
all Objectionable features if the board
would grant him license, but argued
that the trend of Kiley's mind was
such that he was not safe man to
trust,