The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-31
GAMBLING AND
CRAFT CHARGES
Sheriff Fires Apana Who Says
That He Is the Victim
of a lob.

Special Police Officer Apana has
been notified that his services viii no
longer be required by the police de-
partment, Sheriff Iaukea breaking the
news to him yesterday. The reason
given by the Sheriff is that he has be.
come convinced that certain gambling
games in the city are being protected
and that Apana is suspected of being
| IN on the graft. In discharging the
officer yesterday, the Sheriff told him
that such was the case.
Apana, on the other hand, states that
during the past two weeks, since gen.
eral gambling has been revived
| throughout Chinatown, all his efforts
to make raids have been discouraged
and that the new Chief of Detectives
has stated that he has received orders
direct from Iaukea not to modest the
smaller games running.
81 have had to let Apana go, - said
the Sheriff yesterday. 81 have had so
many people come to me with reports
that he is with others protecting Ger.
tain gambling games, that / had no
other step to take than to notify him
that he was no longer wanted. He
has been an energetic officer, although
he was one of those slated to be re-
tired when l first took Office
Yesterday Apana declared that he
had been made the victim of a job.
On July II, when the gamblers began
to take advantage of the feet being
here to start up their games, he re-
ported, he said, a gambling game to
his new chief, this game having about
forty men of the old Liliha stable
crowd engaged. The game was run
ming on Liliha street, within easy
striking distance. He waited around
the station to report the game to Ka
lakiela personally, the specials having
been instructed when the new CHER
took office that there were to be no
gambling raids unless on the personal
order of the Chief or Luahiwa. Ka,
lakiela refused to order q raid. La
ter, Apana again reported a game rum
ming, this one on Hotel street in the
joint raided by Luahiwa on Wednes
day night. Again Kalakiela refused to
stir, instead telling Apana and Madei. !
ros to go out and watch the Liliha |!
stable joint. Apana says that he then |
secured plan of the All Hoo premises !
and took this to Kalakiela, pointing |
out how raid might be made on this |
0ObOrlOuS pldCt successfully Ills pan
and scheme were turned down.
On Wednesday, as has been reported, |
Luahiwa raided the Hotel street game, |
bringing fifteen men and it was on &C |
count of this raid that the Sheriff has !
let Apana out, stating that it was EVIL |
dent that the old officers could not |
have wanted to arrest these players, |
although Apana claims that he had al |
ready told of the game and wanted to |
raid it. Apana is also authority for |
the statement that when Luahiwa |
brought in the arrested gamblers on |
Wednesday night he was reprimanded |
by Kalakiela for making the arrests, |
his orders having been to go and raid |
else.
81 have been on the police force for :
ten wears, - declared the discharged
officer, 'and I have never spoiled my |
name. / demanded that the Sheriff |
face me with some one who had ac- /
eused me of grating. / have worked I
hard and never showed any favors. |
When Brown was sheriff, / arrested his |
cook, and | have arrested lots of my /
friends With Chief Taylor gone and
Joe Leal taken off the special force,
there was only me left to watch the |
gamblers. / guess they don t want the I
games watched any more.
TOWNSEND HAS RESIGNED.
Townsend, the japanese special, has |
handed in his resignation, stating that
he believes that his retention on the !
force is weakening the Sheriff with |
his friends. He asks that the resigna-
tion take effect on August 8.
The Sheriff is considering the reslg- |
nation, but has no one in view to take |
his place as japanese interpreter