The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-18

allowance. The detailed statemen
shows that the annual cost of main
tanning the present police force wa.
$85, 304. 20 whilst for the previous yeal
the charge to the county was $780,
1885 or $21, 634.75 more than the year
1907.
ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS
An itemized statement of the re-
quirements of the police department
for the twelve months ending Deem
Der 31st, 1908, is submitted The total
requirements amount to $4,000 equiva-
lent to monthly allowance of $7750,
and increase of s210 month over the
present allowance of $3.50.
GAMBLING. ~
Under the direction of the chief of
the detective bureau, arrests for gam
bling were continuous throughout the
year, each months reports showing
the results of police activity, not only
in and about Honolulu, but in the out
side districts. An effort was made
early in the year to break up che-fa
and other similar lotteries conducted
by Chinese and japanese. This cam
paign was successful. So-called open
gambling has been suppressed, and
secret games of chance, conducted be-
hind barricaded doors, have been re-
duced to minimum. Attempts
throughout the year were made by
individuals and huis, particularly Chi
nese, to purchase protection for
games of chance, comprising paikau,
pakapio, che-fa and fantan, money
offers ranging from $50 to $14O0 per
week and from 5000 to $500 a month
being made to various members of the
police department One such offer re-
suited in a charge of bribery of an
executive officer being preferred
against a Chinese The case is still
pending in the Circuit Court. The
games under which arrests have been
made include hama, fantan, paikau,
russian war, seven eleven (craps), etc.
The arrests totaled 1911 with 1921 con-
victions, as compared with 14O6 ar
rests, and 97S convictions in 1906, a
percentage of increase for 1907 of 35
per cent
/ would respectfully recommend TO
the board the advisabilfty of enacting
reference to gambling games, similar
VI
October 81. 1905.
ILLICIT LIQUOR SELLING.
In July 1907, the new liquor law
(Act 119) passed by the Legislature of
1907, went into effect and under this
and the former law, Act 81 S. L. 1905,
the arrests for the year 1907 totaled
70, with A convictions as compared
with 80 arrests, and 10 convictions. in
1906. Arrests included the following
offenses to wit: selling without Ii
cense; to minors; manufacturing and
selling sWipes, etc. SWipe cases were
transferred to the United States au-
thorities and by them prosecuted in
the u. S. District Court, with county
police officers as witnesses. Inforrners
for liquor cases are difficult TO obtain,
owing to the doubtful prominence
thrust upon them in the subsequent
trial of cases. Special efforts will be
made, however, to suppress and re-
duce to minimum. this Illicit traffic
in liquor. So long as wholesalers fur
nish and deliver liquor, in quantities
to storekeepers, particularly the small
Ter corner" groceries, Illicit sales will
continue, as in nearly all arrests at
quantities is seized.
HARBOR AND WHARvES.
The waterfront has been kept or
derby and free, to a large extent, from
''beach-combers," who, with other
non-employed persons frequenting the
wharves, have been advised and aided
to leave this port. Petty stealing
along the waterfront has been reduced
to a minimum by the breaking UP of
several gangs, principally composed OF
boys and young men, a large plumber
of whom were sent to Oahu prison and
Boys industrial school.
DETECTIVE SERVICE.
This branch of the department has
been energetically conducted and the
results of its activity in all phases of
criminal prosecution have been most
satisfactory. The detective service
required the attention of its members
in the wide and varied list of criminal
offenses which accompanies this re-
port Their special duties, outside of
suppressing gambling and illicit liquor
traffic covered the detection of larcen-
lists. burglars, highway robbers, pur-
suit of escaped convicts. guarding
pubic ana private property, acIlnS DIS
guards in quarantine sections. assist
ing United States authorities in the
various bureaus here, attending fires,
Kidding the community of suspicious
and dangerous characters, and re-
spending to calls of residents, whose
complaints are too numerous to list.
The duties of the detective force re-
quire the officers to remain on duty
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at $50 a. m, and again at 7:30 o. m.
working from 10 to u and Is hours a
day.
I desire to express my appreciation
of the assistance rendered me by my
deputies in office, the chief of the de-
tective service, the captain of the reg
ular force. and head of the clerical
force, and take great pleasure in com
mending to you the members of the
department for their faithful atten-