The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06
Around the
Police Station
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Officer Waipa, the oldest officer in
point of service in the police depart
ment, had the honor of making the
first town arrest under the Jarrett
regime. He brought in Hawaiian at
five o'elock on January 4. Waipa has
been in the police department about
thirty five years.
Was False Friend.
Matsuda, a diminutive japanese bar
port Dix on Monday evening. Naka
mura had bottle of sake, and they re-
paired to a Japanese restaurant and be-
came friendly Then they went to Mat
suda s place of business at the junction
of King street and Beretania avenue.
Then trouble began. Nakamura locked
| the door. Matsuda couldn It understand
this proceeding. Finally he got out of
| the place and searched for police of
| fcer. He found Captain Charles Baker
and told the officer that he thought
Nakamura was playing game on him
and might try to steal something from
his shop. On their return they caught
| Nakamura slowing away some of Mat
suda s implements of trade in his
clothes At the station they found
/ other curios. However, the case did not
seem strong enough to Judge Long to
| hold the man and he was discharged
Lua's Cases Go Over.
When the eases of John Lua were
called in court yesterday morning the
| prosecution asked that they 90 over I'M
| til this morning. Lua is charged with
entering the room of Japanese
woman IN an upper Fort street tenement
| about December p, and also with steal
| ing $40 belonging to a japanese woman
| living in the tenement ON King street
| opposite the Waikiki road The loser
of the $40 says she saw a man around
| her place about December % wearing
| clothes which resembled those of Lua.
In connection with Lua they are tell
| ing story at the expense of Chief ka-
| lakiela Some weeks ago a lady had
her room robbed and among the jew
| elry was watch. After Lua was taken
to the police station as burglar sus-
pect the chief sent for the lady and
said that he believed he had the man.
She was overjoyed, of course. The chief
assured her that he and his men had
been watching the fellow ever since he
left prison on December IS, and weren It
likely to be mistaken. The lady then
calmly informed the chief that her
| foh hoA +olo
Der 5.
| New Chinese Officer.
T. All Kong has been added to the
detective force as new Chinese officer
All Kong has been well known in gam
| bling matters for several years. 1t was
on his evidence that the famous "6S
gambling case was brought to the at
tention of a grand jury and the house
raided by the members of the Hutchins
grand jury and the ease carried sue
cessfully through the courts. The de
tective force is now made up of the
following officers:
Chief Kalakiela, Assistant Chief Ne
deiros, Specials Minvielle, Ali, Kong
Pearce, David Manuel, Sam Kaahu
Kong (korean), and Suenaga (Japan
ese). In addition the newlytormed bi
cycle detective corps of six men IS un
der the orders of the chief of detec
ives, although they are assigned to reg
ular residence beats by the deputy
sheriff
Steel to the Reef.
George Steel, who has made a nui
sance of himself about the streets fo1
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