The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-23
BARRED DOORS
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so soon as the police appeared on the
scene on Tuesday. a lookout. stationed
at the door. gave an alarm, Immediate
~ following which there was a
scramble inside on the part of the
Cinnamon there, a hurried shifting of
furniture, a Encouragement of chairs
and tables and a disregard to the
shouts of the police outside the outer
doors to open up in the name of the
law. After four or five minutes of time
thus gained, the doors were opened and
the Chinese were discovered sitting
around a couple of tables having
lunch on crackers and beer There was
no evidence in sight of gambling but
the Chinese were arrested nevertheless
and put on trial. The defense. con-
Quoted by Charley ChiIlingworth. nut
on no evidence moving for a discharge
on the grounds that no evidence had
been presented to show that any gam
bling had been going on. There had
not been, the Cinnamon had seen, too,
that there never would be when they
put in their heavy barred doors and
posted guards, allowing them to laugh
in the faces of Sheriff Iaukea and Dep
uty Attorney General Sutton when
they finally worked their way into the
joint.
In ordinary cases the police are able
to beat the Chinese at their. own game.
This was shown in a raid conducted
by Detective Leal on Sunday night on
a joint in Kaneohe. a game that had
been running within sight of the head
quarters of Deputy Sheriff Pahia at
the Kaneohe court house but which he
had either not discovered or had over
looked, letting it run undisturbed. The
Honolulu police arrived at the place
after dark and muzzled the lookout,
who had been stationed on the road
to look out for intruding officers. his
cue to the gamblers to be given by
pulling string attached to bunch
of tin cans hung up in the gambling
room. The string instead of warning
the gamblers led the police straight to
their quarry, the guard having been
grabbed and his voice limited by pres
sure on the windpipe before he could
give any signal. There were about fifty
gamblers in the joint and ten of them
were captured, putting up $40 apiece
as bail :
When their cases were called on
Monday the bail was declared forfeit
ed, but the cases were reopened short
ly afterwards on the appearance Of
Charley Achi, who succeeded yesterday
in getting the fines reduced to SIS "a
piece.
1t was reported yesterday that the
hui running the Liliha street joint is
still more deliberately safeguarding
their game, having electricians putting
in electric bells and gongs, while car
penters are introducing a few slide
panels and spring doors to provide
quick exits and hiding places for evil
dence.
Sheriff Iaukea yesterday stated that
there was no way in which such joints
as this could be successfully raided so
long as the police were in danger of
damage suits should they raise desc
Grating axe to force an entrance or law
breakers were allowed to fortify their
places as the Liliha joint is fortified
and as one or two other places in the
town are He also confessed to ina
bility to stamp out the big gambling
games that are conducted throughout
the country districts so long as the
deputy sheriffs, to whom the country
police look for orders, show the apathy
they do, a disregard of law-breaking
that shows either decided neglect of
duty or a standing in with the law
breakers In one district, that OF
Waianae, there are blind pigs running
more OF less openly and quite undis-
turbed.
An effort will be made by the Sheriff
to induce the Supervisors to legislate
a caiust tho nIacinp of barred doors
and windows in the Chinese tenements
and TO pass such other building re-
strictions as will place the lawbreakers
outside the protection of the present
building laws.