The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-27


could see for himself Iwilei was closed,
and on Isois refusal to hear his writ
ten statement about the note, the She
riff said "Iwilei must be closed. but If
the women who moved to town opened
a place there he would be lenient."
That was the last time he had seen
Iaullea.
THE BRIDE MATTER.
when was the talk you had with him
about giving MIN $500 if he would al
low Iwilei to be reopened?"
con the 2Sth of May"
This talk was at the sheriff's home
where he went with Townsend. He
went because women asked him to
work for the reopening of the place.
Townsend or any member of the police
had never asked him to see the sheriff
about the reopening of Iiwilei.
Iaukea said he could not evade the
law and then there was the effort of
the missionaries.
Isoi cited the cases of San Francisco
and other towns and argued with
the sheriff why they could not do it
here. Why, said if you will open the
place l will work for your own bene-
fit" Witness said what he was think
ing about was that he could get a
great deal of information and give it
to the sheriff.
"Then the sheriff told me to keep
everything secret. He said there was
no other who knew about the CONVEX
sation except Townsend, and he asked
me how much money l would offer
him. The sheriff asked first.
"Then 1 thought the sheriff was
after money! never thought of that
before, but I began to suspect him. At
ter thinking a little while I said I
would give him $500.
"The sheriff smiled then and said
that he would give me an answer in
two or three days, and the first inter-
view closed"
Townsend was there as Interpreter
and the sheriff told him he could get
his answer from Townsend.
On the third day he called at Town
! sends house and Townsend told him
the sheriff wanted $1,000. Isoi told
him that was too much and he would
go home and talk with his friends and
then come back. On the next day,
June 2, Townsend sent hack for him
and he went to his house. The talk
opened about Taylors getting wise
about the note, Townsend wondering
how it happened.
Townsend told me that as the mat.
! ter of 800 had been revealed to Tay-
lor he thought it better TO drop the
| other matter for while until IL is
quiet again, and said l VIII come back
in a week after, but didn't go there
any more, no one sent for me and
didn't go back there"
Witness denied any later talk about
the bride and was asked if he did moi
on one occasion after the first talk
about the $500 have another talk with
the sheriff about the $1,000 matter,
"That was during this conversation
the End of June, when Townsend sale
the sheriff wanted $500 and ther
offered $1,000. I said then $500 was
too much-I could offer 500 righ
away then, but would not give $3.50
and told him in a way 1 would con
suit with my friends, but did not g
and see him any more"
Isoi told about his statement giveI
to English and Japanese papers rela
tive to the bride. One reason was t.
clear other people of blame for giving
away the note business. "Anothe
thing the sheriff was hard on the wo
men who were renting my rooms ant
was lenient on the other women" H
said Iwilei was wide open during tn
visit of the fleet. Only few of hi
tenants were molested by the police.
TOWNSEND'S STATEMENT.
e. Townsend. special police office
and interpreter, had known Isoi abou
three years and introduced him to tn
sheriff in March last. He first CAV
Isoi'g name to the sheriff whcI tn
latter asked him, few days after tn
, event, who sent the Christmas present
to his house.
He introduced the sheriff to Isoi a
, Iwilei The sheriff "shook hands an
said glad to meet you and told hir
that he was going to enforce the lay
so he wanted to warn him and at tn
same time he wanted him to close VI
and Isoi said all right he would clos
up and that was all the conversatio
they had"
. Witness told about getting the $40
loan from Isoi for the sheriff, and {
Taylors asking him about it. Taylc
told him to say nothing about it
the sheriff as he was going to inves
tigate it, Townsend said all right an
then, thinking it his duty, straightwa
went to the sheriff and informed hi
of which Taylor told him.
The sheriff then called Taylor
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