The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-07-31
POLICE TROUBLES
AND THE GAMBLERS
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cause he was not doing any grating.
Taylor's orders to me were, all the
time, that If l knew of any gambling
places, big or little, it made no diff
ference, was to raid them and l need
not report to him first. That was
straightforward and l did as he tod
me to do, with the result that lots OF
the big gamblers had to get out Of
town and go back to the country, for
they had no business in4the city eX-
cept to run gambling dens.c al .b9bn
Now as soon as Taylor gets out OF
the police department the old gamblers
come back from the country and start
up all their old games and gambling
strongholds again and, what next, ISa-
lakiela all of sudden gives the order
that no gambling game is to be raided
without his first being consulted. And
when / have reported big gambling
games to him, he has paid no attention
and told me to so to Iwilei to arrest
some Japanese women or to spy out
some little game, crap-shooting or
something, while the big game Of
thirty or forty men in places that VIC
all know well would go on without any
interruption. / want the sheriff to
know that | am not the one who has
been doing any grating. Why does
he not find out about Kalakiea and
some of those he has working with
him? No! He will not do that, but
he fires me because Kalakiela says he
doesn't want me and Kalalliela doesn't
want me because he cannot do what he
wants to do when 1 am around; be-
cause he knows that | will not let the
places run. 1t looks very funny to me
that all the gambling should start up
again after Taylor quits and that moth
ing should be done by Kalakiela to
stop it and that Kalakiela should even
prevent me and other officers from
making raids"
| Apana was advised by attorneys this
morning that he had good case of
criminal libel against the Sheriff for
defamation of character in the matter
of the insinuation that he was let out
for grating, but Apana said that all
he wanted was to have it shown that
If there was graft he was not the graft
/ err
Jack Kalakiela, Chief of Detectives,
was seen and he made a statement to
the effect that he had alone given the
orders which resulted in the detectives
reporting to him before disturbing
gambling games. Jack said that Tau
kea had given no such order.
Il want to have the cases reported
to me first" said Kalakiela, .for the
reason that otherwise there is likely
to be a great deal of confusion and
what is the use of raiding place un-
less you are sure you are going to have
sufficient evidence to convict? | want
to see the informers before | order a
raid. Sometimes an informer has
himself served a term in jail in which
event his evidence goes for nothing
and we have had all our trouble in
vain"
Kalakiela stated this morning that
Medeiros, Ali and Townsend, with
Luahiwa assisting himself were now
the detective bureau. He said he was
not aware that Townsend had yester
day handed3 in his resignation to tn,
Sheriff, Townsend stating that he be-
lieved his presence on the force in
jured the sheriff in the eyes of the
} community Iaukea would not STATE
the reason of Townsend's resignation
this morning, nor would he say whe
ther the resignation was requested
1t is believed that it was asked for.
With Taylor quitting the detective
force to go back to newspaper work
Kalakiela was given charge and imme
diately caused the removal from the
department of Joe Leal, an experienced
officer; also the removal of Reeves and
Apana, and now Townsend quits. Sc
that the Detective Bureau consists OF
Medeiros and Ali, with Kalakiela ant
Luahiwa the leading lights. There Ii
talk even of Ali and Medeiros being
dropped and Kalakielas appointeei
succeeding them.
AS to being a candidate for Office oi
in regard to actively engaging in Oh,
campaign in any way Kalakiela is al
this time not prepared to speak, bu
states that he realizes that active par
ticipation I'm the campaign means his
resignation.
The Chief of Detectives laughs a
Apanas allegations as to graft.
A GOOD SUGGESTION