Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-07
". A. Kinney Offered
To Take Up Note
IAUKEAs TESTIMONY CONCLUDES INTERESTING DETAIL OF
IsOI TRANSACTION : CONFIDENCE IN TOWNSEND.
BORR0WS FROM POLICE OFF1CERS-AC-
TON He TOOK

O. Have you ever made a state.
ment that the reason you took up the
original Isoi note and executed the
substituted note was because you did
not want Mr.. Taylor to know about
the transaction? 4. I don't remem-
her making that statement, but the
real purpose wa, to avoid all this pub.
licity. ! don't want the note to stay
in lsoi's hand
Why?
O. What was the reason, about a
week after the execution of the note
when you say you first learned that
the lsoi mentioned In the note was
the Iwilei Isoi, that you did not then
take steps to rcarrangc the transac-
ton? A. did not have the money
IN the first place. didn't know where
to 90 and borrow the money.
q. On June list, when you did sub
stitute' the Townsend note, you did
not have the money to pay 1t then?
A, | expected the money from Chi.
naman, the man is Chang Chan. who
lease property belonging to my wife
where the Empire Theater Is now. and
! had Just made new lease of It.,
so that they could extend their bust.
ness, for $50 a year. He had paid
$25 and It was the balance that ! ar.
ranged for Chang Chan to bring the
day I gave the substituted note.
| q. So that the only reason that you
did not. as soon as you discovered that
the tsoi mentioned In the note was
the Iwilci Isoi, rcarrange the transac-
ton by giving substituted note or
otherwise as you subsequently did
was because at that time you had no
money to pay Isoi-that Is the only
reason? A. And the additional rea.
son of thinking that the matter would
never become public. / considered II
purely private matter OF nobody's
business. was not acting In my Of
fetal capacity.
q. The agitation about that time,
say March and April last, for the
closing of Iwilei came from what per
sons? A. Ministerial Union
Through a petition signed by the
members of the Union, and promi
nent business men in the community
such as C. NJ. Cooke, p. c. Jones and
Il. +. Dillingham;, and so on.
Personally In Favor.
@. Were you personally In favor o!
lwilei remaining open? A. Person
ally am In favor of it. That is, tt
set aside some place, but | had M
other course but to enforce the law.
q. DO you know as a matter Of fac
whether during the week the fleet wal
here Iwilei was open? A. II was
Most of the women had gone bacl
there and was trying to do business
I told the Committee of the Ministe
rial Union that | preferred not to al
rest any of the sailors or officers witt
were there during the time the flee
was here; that | preferred not to ar
, rest any of the sailors Of the ships
, as It might have the result-as
might have the opposite result o
. what they were aiming at.
, @. So that during the fleet weel
: Iwilei was running open? A. No, sill
: not at any time. They were trying L
do II under cover
| O. About how many women wer
= doing business at lsoi's place durin
I the fleet week? A. | don't know,
went down there several times wit
{ the Committee of the Ministerial Ur
: ion, also with the police officers, an
n had special officers detailed there
v try and prevent open prostitution lik
? before, in fact | did all ! could to PR
$ vent open prostitution during the tim
that the fleet was here.
!. q. Were any arrests for prostit'
e ton made there during that period {
time of any of the women? A. don
Il remember whether there were any a
u rests made or not.
/ q. During that period Of time, dl
q you discriminate In any mann'
I against Isoi and the use Of his prcr
| Uses for prostitution? A. No sir, @
- the other hand took steps to ha,
r. the place closed up by having Office,
4 stationed there so they could not {
] open business. Mr.. Chillingwort
g who Is attorney for Maxine - the M
@ kino place - came to my Office abo
y the time that the feet was here AZ
1t said that the IsOi place and the stoc
m ade was running, and that II | did n
@ take steps to stop 1t, that his client
1T Maxine and some other Japanese tn
e, are on the Hunt premises, would sta
id up business also. | told Chillingwor
n that | am trying to do all | know he
- to stop the opening of lwilei agai
m and that officers We're stationed the
at day and night with instructions
prevent business of that nature In q
ie open, and ] believe good deal OF
t? was done that way-stopped.
@. @. What do you mean by prevel
I ing the doing of business in the ope
I..0.