Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-04
Testimony Of Apana.
Interpreted by Goo Kim.

MR.. MILVERTON--
q. What is your first name? A.
G.. Apana.
@. What has been your business
for the past two or three years. A.
Police officer
recently? A. Up to the end of last
month.
@. And from January, 1907, to the
end of last month you were police
officer under County Sheriff Iaukea?
A. Yes.
@. | will ask you whether Or not
Sheriff laukea ever requested yOd
either to loan him money. or to go
out and borrow money for him? A.
Yes, he did.
q. Go on and state the circum.
stances under which that occurred?
A. Sometime In last year. during Feb.
ruary or March, Mr.. laukea asked me
to go into his Office to consult with
! him In regard to financial affairs; that
he is very hard up-his note becomes
due at that time, owing to Bishop G.
Company, and he requested me to go
out and see my friend whether he
could help me out or not-he needs
500. | have no actual friends In
town here, but | have only one init.
mate friend whom | know about 90 or
30 years in this island. He could let
me have II II he has money in his
hands; If ask him for 1t probably he
will let me have 1t, and he says well
you go out and ask him whether he
could let me have any: much better II
he will let me have that amount. II
he could help me this time, probably
| will treat him back or do whatever
favor I can for him.
q. Who was this friend that you
said you could get this money from?
A. lie asked me also what kind of
man he Is and what IL his name and
told him that his name is Wat Cling
he is prominent business man.
went and asked my friend Wat Cling
FOR that amount.
q. And did you get the money? A.
went mp to Mr. Wat Ging's place.
saw him and explained to him the
financial affair of my superior and told
him II he could help him out to let me
have 800. and finally I got that
amount. He gave me the 800 and
handed II over TO my superior officer
q. How long was that money Dor
rowcd for? A. He made out a note
signed 1t and said inside of two
months he would pay II back.
O. Who made out the note? a. Tho
Sheriff made out the note.
@. What business Is Wat Cling in
A. Restaurant or soup house.
Q. Has he any other business? A
He Is one of the capitalists, that Is
I he has money to loan out and ais,
collects rent himself.
@. Do you know whether any inter
est was on that loan or not? A. No
ne did not charge any interest at all
q. The owner of this money wOul,
not charge him any interest ut all? A
No.
q. Why not? A. Because he know
him well, simply helps him out, tina
is all.
q. The statement has been mad
somewhere that the Sheriff on one oC
casion secured loan through 20,
from Chinese gambler, is that right
A. That is not so.
Q. This man Wat Cling is not
gambler? A. No, he does nothing Tx
that.
@. He never has run gambling
game Of any kind? A. He hate
gambling.
@. Did you ever hear of the Sherii
securing loan of money from an
Chinese gambler? A. After thi
money was refunded to Wat Cling, h
also asked me to go out and borro,
again. He did not mention who | wa
to borrow II from.
q. Did you go out and borrow an
other 800 on that occasion? A.
could not get any on the outside an
finally | replied could not get an
loan.
Q. But getting back to my que!
lion, do you know or have you hear
If the Sheriff ever borrowing an
money from any Chinese gambler?
No, | did not hear anybody say 80, q
himself make statement to me.
Q. DO you know Wo Fat? A.
know of n store owned by Wat Ginl
q. That Is the store name? A. Ye
that Is the store name.
That is all.