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

ton, having gone up there accom-
panied by Townsend.
Witness told the story of his loan of
500 to Iaukea through Townsend on
to the sheriff on June Q. Townsend
sent hack to bring him to his house,
where he asked him to exchange the
note for one of equal amount made out
to Townsend The substitute note
was delivered to him next day, Isoi
having Surrendered the first one to
Townsend on his promise to do so. 1t
was at midnight he visited Townsend.
He had the note in his pocket. as it's
time had about expired. 80 l thought
better take the note" The Townsend
note was paid about June or 8. Like
the Isoi note it bore no interest.
What is the idea of changing that
note from Iaukea to Townsend and
then from Townsend to Isoi?'
Townsend explained the matter in
this way, that the fact of 500 loan be-
came known to Chief Taylor and
Sheriff Iaukea did not like it, so he
wanted to have the matter covered up
by substituting the old note with the
new one, which had no name of mine"
Townsend telephoned from the police
station to the 1wilei hack stand for
Isoi to send the note over and he would
pay it. He sent his clerk over with
the note and he came back with the
money.
After April lsoi. next saw Sheriff
Iaukea about the 18th or goth of May.
This was at the sheriffs Office. Town
send being present as interpreter. He
went up to ask the sheriff if there
was any prospect of reopening lwilei.
The sheriff said he, himself, was in
favor of keeping Iwilei open, but there
was a law which forbids it, so he
could not do otherwise.
Nothing more was said at the first
interview, but | went up to see him
for the same purpose on the 25th of
May. Sheriff told me that he person
ally wanted Iwilei open; but there was
a missionary movement which wanted
| the place closed and he could not do
ANYTHING against the missionary, ex-
cept by the petition of prominent citi-
zens. | asked him if he was not go
ing to open the place with that petit
/ ton signed by thousand names. He
said that petition did not count any
thing because it was signed by all la
borers."
Witness asked the sheriff if there
were not some prominent citizens who
had made petition for opening Iwilei
and the sheriff said there were none.
He said further that if members OF
either the grand jury or the Board OF
/ Supervisors would sign the petition
/ then he would open lwiIei. Iwilei
was closed when the 800 loan was
made and until about June 10.
Mr.. Fern asked witness If the pre-
sents to Iaukea and Taylor, with the
800 loan were in the nature of brides.
Il did not mean to make any bride
| to these officials" was the reply, but |
| knew it was the custom among the
white people to make presents"
To Mr.. Cathcart he continued that
the loan had no such meaning as a
( bride. Il made the loan at the re-
quest of the sheriff
On April Z, at Isois house in Iwi-
/ lei, Townsend introduced him to the
sheriff Townsend said to sheriff,
pointing to me, this is Isoi and heard
Mr.. Taylor also tell it to the sheriff. "
Women themselves reopened the
place on June Is. Witness at the time
owned six houses containing As rooms
altogether. He sold the lease to 9th
ers on July 10, since when he had
no interest in Iwilei.
The interview at the station on April
Is was in Chief Taylor's Office, the She
riff, Townsend and Isoi being present
Asked if the sheriff knew who he was
he said:
Naturally he ought to have known
me because / met him on the night
of the 7th OF course he knew me by
the way he talked and the converse
ton we had, why could tell he knew
nae all right"
Next time he saw the sheriff was
some time after June 20, when Town
send sent hack to his house, telling
him the sheriff wanted to see him
When he went over the sheriff asked
him how the matter of the 500 loar
leaked out and he told him that his
wife Chise showed it to District At
torney Breckons.
Then the sheriff asked me how i
, happened that Chise showed it to Mr.
Breckons, and l didn't have any eX
PLANTATION to make. so l said to him b!
way of excuse that | was on gooC
terms with Mr. Breckons and one da!
Mr.. Breckons called on rs and asked
| Chise how she was getting along anC
Chise thought to tell the truth to Mr.
Breckons, she said we were doing al