The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-10
WHAT lAUKEA SAYS
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testimony of six persons, pocketed the
/ table stakes and then demanded $40
I bail from each, finally compromising
/ by taking a smaller amount. arranged
for through Tin Hoon. The Cinnamon
did not know who the officer was, but
/ Tin Hoon was arrested. The fact of
the raid was not known by Taylor until
the Saturday following the raid and he
at once began an investigation. On
Monday he took the statements of the
F, Chinese and charged Tin Hoon with
gross cheat. On Tuesday he suspended
! DuvaucheIle, keeping me informed all
| the time as to what he was doinA,
stating that he would not charge Du-
vauchelle pending the trial of Tin Hoon,
which he expected would be had with
/ out delay. In the meanwhile the facts
of the case were given to the press,
the Advertiser publishing the story on
Wednesday, February 20. Duvauchelle
was then in camp with the National
Guard. It Ifwas decided to wait until
Tin Hoen's trial to charge him. there
being some prospect of proving that
the Cinnamon were lying in the whole
matter and that perhaps the officer was
the victim of plot. He was being
given the benefit of the doubt, although
under suspension and his pay stopped.
Tin Hoon's trial was put off several
times at the requests of both the law
yer for the defense, Charley Chilling
worth, and by the prosecution, then
represented by Deputy County Attor-
ney Andrade. The case finally came to
trial on March 81, concerning which
Mr.. Taylor reported in full. I will
quote his report:
1.-The case was tried in court this
morning (March % and Tin Hoon dis
charged, the court holding that Tin
| Hoon could not be held guilty of ex-
| tortion under the circumstances and
that if anyone was guilty it was Duvau-
chelle. AS soon as I could get away
/ from the court room. which was Il
! o'clock noon today, Immediately went
over to County Attorney Cathcart's
office, taking with me a full transcript
| of the statements made by the various
persons concerned in the case. Mr..
Cathcart was not in and I left note
for him saying that as the Tin Hoon
case had come to an end 1 wished HIN
to look over the statement and see
what charge. if any, should be pre-
ferred against Duvauchelle.
q" About l o'clock 1 personally saw
Mr.. Cathcart and in the presence of
Mr. Andrade, prosecuting attorney, I
went over the whole case with him
and left the matter in his hands,
THAT shows how much this depart
ment was afraid that it would not get
a square deal at Mr.. Cathcart's hands.
Whatever impression he got that Mr.
Taylor was afraid of what he might
, do was probably due to the fact that
he and Mr.. Taylor argued about laying
a charge against Duvauchelle and the
making of the case public. 1t was my
intention to give the fullest publicity
to the matter to show the public that
the department would not stand for
anything savoring of graft on the part
of any one of the men,
WHAT THE ADVERTISER
PRINTED.
On February 20, 1907, the first story
of the graft was published in the Adj
vertiser, as stated by Sheriff Iaukea.
On that date this paper said, under
the headline, "Crookedness Charged
Against Policeman:
"A charge of graft on the part Of one
of the police officers of the present
force is now being investigated by
Chief Detective Taylor, the officer in
question being suspended during the
investigation. A Chinaman, Tin Hoon,
who is said to have been in on the
game, is now under arrest and viii be
proceeded against. a formal charge to
be laid today, probably that of black
mail
The circumstances of the case as re-
ported, so far as they have been given
out, are that the police officer raided
a gambling game recently in Kalihi,
Selling the money in sight as evidence
and taking away what the players had
in their hands. The Cinnamon declare
that they were not playing at the time
The police officer took their names and
left, telling them to appear for trial.
A short time afterwards Tin HoOn is
said to have appeared upon the scene
and offered to square the matter if paid
a dollar by each of the Cinnamon The
money was accordingly paid over The
case was not reported at the station
nor was the money seized turned in.
''It is, of course, quite probable, that
the whole thing is a cooked-up story
on the part of the Cinnamon who make
the charges. Such things are not inn
possible among the Chinese gambling
fraternity, the solemnly sworn state
ments of whom are rarely believed by
the police court officials But Chief
Taylor promises to probe the matter
to the bottom and will deal out the
severest kind of discipline to any of
his men proven to be in the least in
volved in any kind of crookedness."
Following this story others appeared
in the Advertiser and the other daily
papers of Honolulu for a month, until
the trial of Tin Hoon and the caustic
remarks of Judge Whitney from the
bench Then Mr.. Cathcart learned"
of the case. but pulled out when he
learned" further that Mr.. Taylor, the
one who had instituted the investiga-
ton, feared that Duvauchelle and the
department would not get a square
dear at his hands.
Several months afterwards he again
took up the case, but this time he
could learn nothing that would just
fly him in proceeding against Duvau-
chelle. and the matter was dropped by
him and Duvauchelle left at liberty"