The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-05
lAUKEA TELLS IT
TO HEMENWAY
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time Isoi requested me to be interpre-
ter, / refused three times. [ told him
to get some other interpreter. When
| he insisted / told the Sheriff and en-
/ phasized to him that / was only acting
as interpreter and that he must not
/ consider me as middieman in any sense.
| Sheriff agreed to it and therefore | in
| terpreted.
| A purported translation of Isoi s
| written statement is as follows:
with reference to the one hundred
dollar note of Sheriff Iaukea, which is
| attracting the attention of the public,
l would say that many distinguished
! people have been quoted as having con-
nection with this matter. While | wish
| to find no fault nor desire to make
| trouble for anybody. I wish to mention
first my relationship to Breckons, and
then dwell on Iaukea.
eSince July, 1903, I have considered
Mr.. Breckons as a relative and on that
account on secrets have been kept
away from Mr.. Breckons, because of
his honesty. In December, 1904. and
March, 1905, I borrowed $3.50 from him
for opening store in Honolulu and for
repairing houses of my parents In
Japan, on account of which generous
act of Mr.. Breckons I have the great
est appreciation of him.
when I returned the money with
interest thereon to Mr.. Breckons, he
was angry because of the interest
,, added to the amount Of $3.50. Breckons
banged his table and said, I am not
a money lender. / simply loaned you
that amount because you said you
needed it very badly He refused 10
accept the interest.
"Up to the present time Mr.. Breckons
has not received nor accepted even
one-ha1f cent interest from me.
"On the night of April 18th, Iaukea
accompanied by three or four officers,
came to Iwilei and ordered me 1soD
TO close the stockade the following
night, stating that if his orders were
not carried out arrests would surely
follow, no matter whether here or In
any other portion of Honolulu
therefore gathered the women and told
them to close, according to laukea's
order Nevertheless the women asked
me repea tedIy to work for the reopen
ing of this place, but declined to con-
slider the proposition, as | intended 10
go into the pineapple business.
II knew at the same time that the
women would start business elsewhere.
On that account I interviewed Iaukea
about the matter at the police station
He stated that while he personally had
no objection to the opening of Iwilei,
officially he could not favor the propo-
sition, as he had sworn to enforce the
laws of the land.
1.-The missionaries said Iaukea,
had requested that Iwilei be closed,
but if the majority of the people took
a different view from that of the mis-
sionaries he would consider the PROPOSE
tion.'
II sought the opinion of a few prom
inent people about Iwilei, and they all
condemned Iaukea's action. They
promised to see Iaukea about the mat
ter.
1.-The peoples petition which was
presented to me was signed principally
bv the laborers, exclusive of the we'll
known people. and on that account he
could not yield to their wishes said
Iaukea.
"On May End, Officer Townsend came
to ask me for a loan of 800. which he
said was needed by Sheriff Iaukea.
consented to advance the money, and
Townsend returned and informed Tau
kea about the matter.
Townsend told me that he had told
Iaukea that the money could be seeur-
ed from me.
Just then I began to be suspicious
of Iaukea. I interviewed him at his
residence on the night of May Is.
Townsend acted as interpreter. / then
told Iaukea that he would be benefited
if Iwflei was allowed to be opened
How much would you give me if I
allowed Iwilei to be opened?' asked
Taukea
About $500. I answered.
"Iaukea then told me that he would
let me know, through Townsend, the
following Monday.
ION Monday I went to Townsend :
place. where he told me that Iaukea
wanted $500. The condition under
which the amount Of $500 was to be
paid over was that Townsend should
give a note to me for $500, and Iaukea
in the meantime was to give one note
to Townsend for the amount. Pending
this negotiation, Iaukea heard that
Chief of Detectives Taylor had heard
Of the 800 note and he asked that the
matter stand over for week.
THE matter leaked out and Brock
ons heard the circumstances of the
case. At his request I let Mr.. Breck-