Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-29

late It to me. but | refused to hear Il.
He said Iwilei must be closed. but
II the women who moved to town and
opened a place there. he would be
lenient
MR.. MILVERTON-
q. What else was said? A. That
was about all he said that night
q. And when did you next have a
talk with him? A. That was the last.
q. That was the last talk you over
had with him at all? A. That is the
very last time ! saw him.
q. Have not seen him since? A..
No.
Q. When was the talk you had
with him about giving him $4,000 II
he would allow lwilei to be re.openei?
A. On the 2Sth of May.
/ q. Was that the first time that you
had any talk with him about paying
him any money to allow you to have
Iwilei re.opened? A. No. we did not
| have any conversation about It be.
tore that date, that WAS the first time
| Q. Where did you have a talk with
him-at what place? A. At the
Sheriff's home.
@. What time did YOU 80 there? A..
| think | arrived 1T the ShcriT's house
at O'Clock in the evening.
1 q. State what occurred there? a.
/ went there with Townsend Wen. I
asked the Sheriff II he could not do
something so that lwilei could be re.
| opened.
q. How did you happen to go there,
did any one ask you to 20 there? A..
Because women asked me to work
for the re.opening of the place
| q. Did Townsend ever speak to
you about It? A. No.
Q. Did Townsend ever suggest that
! you go to the Sheriff and talk about
the re.opening of Iwilei? A. No.
q. Or did any one connected with
the Police Department suggest that
( to you? A. No.
q. Now 90 and state what the con-
versation was about? A. The Sher.
III said he could not evadc the law,
then there was the effort Of the mis-.
sionaries against him.
q. Then what else was said? A..
| gave the example Of San Francisco
and some other towns and told him
I that they were doing the very same
! thing In those places there. and |
argued with the Sheriff why they
could not do 1t here. Why, said, II
you will open the place ! will work
for your own benefit.
q. Did you say how you would
work for his own benefit? A. No |
did not explain to him but ! told him.
! could get great deal of information
and would give It to the Sheriff, that
is what I was thinking then.
How Much Money.
q. What else was said on that
occasion? A. Then the Sheriff told
me to keep everything secret. he said
there was no other who knew about
the conversation except Townsend
would offer him.
q. Who asked first? A. The
Sheriff asked first
q. What did he say about that? 4.
He asked me how much | would offer
him.
q. For what? A. When ! said
might do something beneficial for him
then the Sheriff asked me how much
would offer him.
O. Then what did you say? A.
Then | thought the Sheriff was after
money! never thought of that be-
fore, but ! began to suspect him
After thinking u little while | said
would give him $4,000.
q. Then what occurred? A. The
Sheriff smiled then and said that he
In,
three days, and the first interview
closed.
MIR. KEALOHA-
Q. You stated Townsend was
there? \. Yes. In way as an inter
ctcr The Sheriff told me that
I'm go to Townsend and get his an
swor, he said he would speak tc
Townsend and I can get the She ln's
answer from him.
| Mr.. ARCHER
q. In two or three days? A. Yes
IN two or three days.
MIR. MILVERTON--
q. And that was all that occurred
that time? \. That was all.
q. When was the next time that
YOU spoke to him after May 2Sti
about paying him any money? 4
On the third day ! called m at Town
sends house aud asked him IL Mr.
laukea gave him any answer-thal
w"s Monday June LIST. and Townseni
told me that the Sheriff wanted sl5OO
I told him that was too much and that
would 90 home. and talk with my
friends and then come back. On The
next day, June 2nd, about o'clock "
the afternoon Townsend sent . hlci
for me ana went TO his house.
Q. Whose house? A. Townsond's
house. He told me then that the mat
ter Of $4,000 lOan--Mr Taylor hcart
about II and wanted to know who
told Taylor. then he asked me If the
note was In my possession and
promised him that | would show Il tc
him when | showed the note tC
him he was wondering who told Il
to Mr.. Taylor. Townsend told me
that as the matter of 500 had beer
revealed to Taylor he thought II bet
ter to drop the other matter Tor {
while until Il Is quiet again, and | sait
will come back In week after, hui
| didn't On .harp any more no pnt