The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14

said II go right to work right away
on n. see hui tonight and tomorrow
ue have meeting This money little
more than what other people use TO
raw. they paw $500 a week and we pay
| ,eoO. that is all right; All Hoo in an
| other hui he pay $500" 1 asked if All
| Hoo is TO be in the present hul, anu
| Lee Let said Yes"
! The proceedings Were brought to a
/ close. the agreement being that should
return to the store again tomorrow
/ Thursday at the same hour, $50 p. m
| A. P. TAYLOR.
ATTORNEY GENERAL CONSULTED.
| Thursday. February Z, 1907. lis p
ma copy of the foregoing statement
was handed to the Attorney General,
| Mr. Peters, by me, and a general con-
! versation held concerning this whole
| matter. The Attorney General advised
| that this afternoon just before leave
| the station for the store that 1 be
| searched bv an officer so that when l
| left the station there would be no
money on my person l shall be shad-
owed to the store in question by some
| one. and on leaving the place I shall
.
| by the watcher before arriving at the
| station At the station 1 am to be
searched again SO that if there is any
money found upon me my statements,
as well as the statement of the watch
er, will prove that I obtained this
money in the store in question. This
money, if 1 receive any, will be handed
over TO the receiving clerk at the sta
he he nf
coin to be registered and o. KID by
myself and by the one who watched my
movements.
Mr.. Peters also advised that l let the
matter run on until Wednesday next
February 49,, and let the bank open
on that day. In the meantime an
agreement shall be made between my
self and Lee Let that go to the place
where the bank holds forth and receive
the first days payment. He stated that
this would give me an opportunity to
size up the bank in question, and If I
placed the persons running the bank.
or those handing me over the money,
under arrest / will have an opportunity
of taking possession of the pakapio
tickets, etc. 7 told him that I would
follow his Instructions
GETS A REPORTER.
2 o. nj saw r. o. Matheson, re-
porter of the Advertiser and asked him
to accompany me to the store where
Lee Let conducts his business, he to
remain in the outer store while I go
into the office with Lee Let. Mr..
Matheson is also to be at the police
station when I am searched and will
q n nd
accompany me back again to the police
station.
Mr.. Matheson is thoroughly aequaint-
ed with the situation concerning the
proposed protection of the pakapio
banks which Lee Let represents.
A. P TAYLOR.
ARRANGING FOR MORE GAMES.
Thursday, February Z, 1907. $50 p.
MAT $40 p. m. today, in the presence
OF r. O. Matheson, I was searched in
my office by Sergeant Aea, and no
money found on my person, Sergeant
Aea attesting to this fact. Accompa.
MED then by Mr.. Matheson, went to
the store of Yuen Chong, Mr.. Matheson
watching me until I went inside. He
also saw me come out of the store and
kept me under surveillance until I ar
rived at Nuuanu avenue, where he join
ed me, and he found that there was no
money on me then, as none was given
me.
AT the Yuen Chong store I met Lee
Let and we at once discussed the prop.
osition in hand. He had a piece of pa
per covered with Chinese characters
and this he told me was statement
of the proposition to me from the hui.
Reading from this paper Lee Let
said, THE hui say first week of gam
bling beginning Wednesday, day after
New Years; We play three days and
then on the fourth day We pay you
the accumulated money for the first
three days. This is the money towards
your expenses. Then next week pay
the whole amount day by day"
Lee Let continued: 'They want you
to figure also on che-fa and fan-tan,
say two che-fa games and two or three
paikau, and four fan-tan games, and let
them have Your estimates. You Mr.
Taylor to keep all these secret and give
nobody else a chance"
/ said, How much, then do YOU
want to pay for pakapio per week."
and Lee Let said, I'VE like pay same
as All Hoo, but the hui they think they
can only pay $500 week and not $780,
l said, Well, maybe 500 a week
enough; / will let it go at s700.''
Lee Let said, I'VE like che-fa open
and continue same time as pakapfo.
Now for pakapio we like open two to
four banks: very good if two; and two
to four che-fa banks and very good
for two because this small community"
Lee Let continued: Now if any man
arrested with ticket you, Mr. Taylor,
pay all his expenses in court, SO no
trouble get to these banks. Suppose
man arrested you pay his attorney; you
pay his fine
L said, Il suppose you mean that if
Your people are arrested and their cases
come up in court that I am to influence
the prosecuting attorney to ask that
only small fine be imposed, if they
are found guilty, SO that it will be
easier on me. Is that right?" Lee Let
said, Yes, that is it. Then all same
attorney
I said, Then the best thing for me
to do is to get a cheap attorney so as
to keep the expenses down all around"
| Lee Let said Yes