The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-03

stated tnaL some kdnakaS had been
there and made kick and that the
| game had better be closed in that vi
| entity. The paraphernalia was taken
from the house where the game had
been opened, and removed to the rear
of billiard parlor, where it remained
| hidden for severaldays.
Helped Strike Fund.
| The second night the game was run
| ming. one of the leaders of the Japa-
nese gamblers came to McHenry and
said that as the japanese We're out of
| employment and as they were the ones
who most patronized the game, they
| (the japanese gamblers) thought the
strikers were entitled to a percentage
| of the proceeds. A consultation be-
| tween McHenry and his two partners
resulted in the Japanese getting what
| they wanted, and then, said MeHenrv,
Vida and Napoleon dropped him Me
] Henry suddenly out of the game for
some unknown reason.
| McHenrv went to the place where
| the outfit had been stored and found
| that it had been removed, and then
| asked Napoleon whether the japanese
had made any further proposition to
them. as McHenry and Vida had left it
| to him.
McHenry in the Cold.
Although Napoleon had repeatedly
| told McHenry that the game was not
| running, the latter learned from one of
the japanese gamblers and from others
| who were playing that it was still go
ing on in place On Beretania avenue.
u 4 Il Il, e.
no attempt to become connected with
the game, as he saw that he was not
wanted any longer.
One of the japanese afterwards told
McHenry that as they were paying a
portion of their money to the strikers
association, they thought that it would
be fair for twenty-five per cent. of the
net income from the game that Apali-
ona and Vida were running to go to
the same organization. This plan, it
seems, was agreed upon.
Game at Waikiki.
McHenrv was afterwards on a Wal
kiki ear with a soldier friend when d
japanese asked him whether he was
going ''hanahana. Seeing that the
man thought that he still knew where
wig SdLIC was pls AhSIIChlN
swered in the affirmative and the orr
entail went 20 house near the Wal
kiki carline.
When McHenry entered the house,
Vida and Napoleon We're somewhat
taken aback at seeing him, but he as
sured them he only wanted to play
little, which he did. The soldier who
was with him introduced some phoney
dice into the game and McHenry won
tidy little sum. One of the Japa-
nese reached over and took the dice
off the table and replaced them with
others, and as McHenry began to see
that the others were in a threatening
mood, he got up and left.
Apaliona Confirms Statement.
In the statement made to Sheriff
Jarrett by Sam Apaliona, whom Nc
Henry called Napoleon, the account of
the gamblers proceedings made by
McHenry were confirmed, and the tes-
timony of the Hawaiian, if true, pre-
sents stronger case against Leal.
When Vida made overtures to him
| to start game, Apaliona refused, as
| he thought there would be trouble He
saws that Vida then went to Leal and
came back to announce that it would
| be safe. Thew then started and oper-
ated game for three nights, as Nc
Henry. had said, on Beretania avenue
and King, near the railroad station.
Two or three weeks after that they
opened again on Beretania near the All
Kwai building, on the Eva side, and
played here two or three weeks before
| the game was again closed and the
japanese took the game to King
street, near Kalakaua avenue, where
MeHenry last saw them
In this last place they ran but five
days, and then went back to the All
| Kwai building. The first day they
opened at the old place they were
| caught by A. P. Taylor.
Leafs Share.
Apaliona said that Leal was to get
| one share of all the winnings. The
first three nights of the game near the
| station, the gamblers lost ard Leal got
nothing, and he then told them to
| stop. The gambler stated to Jarrett
that Leal had said that he was scared
of Taylor and thought that it would
be better to slow up. Vida. as Nc
| Henry and Apaliona both said. watch
ed at the Royal Annex.
| After the game opened, Apaliona
| says that new arrangement was
made with Leal. McHenry had pre-
viously stated that Leal had expressed
| himself to the effect that the gamblers
could do him up on the percentage
| system and so a new arrangement was
made by which the chief got fifty dol
lars a week.
The money, said Apahona, was paid
to Leal by himself. Sometimes Vida
accompanied him, but never paid over
the money, and was nearly ALWAYS in
the next room when it changed hands.
The gamblers went to Leal s house on
King street. The greater part of Apa-
Iona s statement concerned the paw
ing over of the money.
The first time the game started, Vida,
Apaliona, McHenry and Leal were ali
to get quarter. After the Japanese
demanded a percentage and after Ne