The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-08
Around the
Police Station
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All conductors of the Rapid Transit
company are not gifted with second
sight, but some of the new police of.
ficers think so. One of the old-time
conductors jolted up one of the new
badge wearers on Tuesday evening and
took him off his pedestal. About IL
o clock one of the cars was boarded
in suburb by an overcoated, SLOUGH
hated, dark.looking man, who made
himself comfortable in a rear seat. The
nickel-puncher came along and called
for fares. The overcoated man gave
an incomprehensible grunt and settled
himself more comfortably.
"Fareslh repeated the conductor.
"Uh-huh, was all the reply the car
man received.
''Dig up your fare. ~
Twenty SEVEN
"Twenty- WHAT" asked the
conductor.
Especial No. %.
And so the talk went on. "See
here said the car conductor, "'dig up
a nickel or get off. The mysterious
passenger announced stitfiy that he was
police officer.
~ don't know you,'' said the car.
man. "Show your badge if you We
got one Finally the gum-shoe man
consented , to show his badge, after
which the conductor gave the officer a
bit of friendly advice.
John Lua Committed.
The Advertiser IS tip to the detective
bureau that John Lua was probably
implicated in burglary attempts around
town, bore fruit in the police court yes
terday when Lua was committed to the
Circuit Court for trial on a charge of
attempted burglary. John was released
from prison on December -. A week
later a man. entered the room of jap
anese woman in an upper Fort street
tenement. He tried several doors and
finally got away over a rear fence. He
was observed during these maneuvers
by Sheriff Jarrett s sister.in-law. The
man was asked why he was trying the
doors and he replied that he was look.
ing for Charley Motley. Later on when
Lua was taken to the station las a sus-
pect and for the good of the commu-
nifty, he was identified by the Sheriff S
| relative. A day after Lua was released
from Oahu prison he was observed on
| the waterfront and the tip was given
|
members of the detective force that
they could well employ their time fol
lowing him up. The detectives did and
finally brought him in to sweat.
| T. NJ. Harrison, the attorney who has
been in hotwater several times on com
plant of some women in Kalihi, was
on the police court calendar again yes
terday, having been surrendered by his
| bondsmen. On motion of the County
Attorney the court discharged Mr.. Har
rison from further court surveillance
and Mr.. Harrison then appeared as at
torney for Lua.
Laundry Law Invalid.
Judge Humphreys, as attorney for a
number of Chinese laundrymen, scored
a victory in police court yesterday
when Judge Long decided that Section
14ls, Act SO, Session Laws of 1907, was
Unconstitutional. Eighteen Chinese
were arrested for non-payment of laun'
| dry license fees to the Territorial Treas
urer under the requirements of the
above section.
Judge Long declared the law uncon'
stitutional in that it gives the Board
of Health arbitrary, discretionary and
legislative powers. The law declares
| that the Treasurer of the Territory
cannot issue licenses to laundrymen I'M
less the laundrymen have previously
| to the effect that the locations of the
| laundries are suitable for such pur-
poses, thus placing in the hands. of