The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-12
Around the
Police Station


The present auspicious occasion on
the Chinese calendar is causing the
police a great deal of more work which
they are undertaking cheerfully and
well. Konohi DRINKS and Konohi gam
blers are a drug on the market and
picked up at hazard everywhere.
Duplicating his stunt Of the first day
of the celebration. Chief of Detectives
McDuffie gathered in an unusually large
number of gamblers yesterday, and
would have got more if it hadn t been
for a well known Marathon runner who
used his ability to good advantage.
Early yesterday morning he and his
force made a raid in tenement on Lii
liha street where sixteen Cinnamon
were adding to the ioyousness of the
occasion by playing paikau. McDutfie
got them all, their names being Tau
Chun, All Wan, All Sam, ING Lok, All
Ho, All Wong. All Tai, All Wal. All
Gin, All Moon. All Kap, Tong Yah, All
-Po All Moon. All Sing and All Hong.
In the evening he changed his loca
ton to Moiliili and in back Of one of
the tenements there he found c. X.
Charlie, would-be MarathoniSt. indulg-
ing in the same game with eight other
fellow cOuntrymen.
After McDuffie had gathered them in
and gone through the usual prelimin-
aries and securing their bail. he turned
them loose and Charlie Immediately
hot-footed it across the marsh TO Wal
| kiki where he warned another bunch of
/ |,
McDuffie showed up. Besides Charlie
the others were: All Kit. Lee Pau, Ian
| Tuck. Kun Hoo. All Lum, All 10y, Maj
| HUI and All Sung.
Their Probable Fate
Judge Andrade sympathizes with Ko-
/ noh ceIebrators and he will probably
| deal as gently with these tins morning
as he did with the forty or so gamblers
yesterday morning. At yesterdays ses-
| sion Of court one bunch of sixteen were
| fined s. with the exception of one
| whose case was nol-pro,~ed. Another
! bunch Of twenty-seven were fined -
| one receiving suspended sentence and
| the other sixteen were also assessed the
same amount
Prohibition?'
! Konohi DRINKS. as has been remark
| ed were plentiful Last night six Of
! them were plucked from the gutter and
transpIanted in jail. Of these six ar
| rests. Hose Peter IS responsible for
four and Captain Baker for two. Pc
ter T, catches were John Nniffeu Harry
| DahHa. T. : Tomison and one who was
i too 'spitlIcated - 10 uncover his iden-
titv.
Baker annexed "1ack 30. I. = found
sprawied all over King street and NJ
Silva. DrunkS are not getting off a
easy in court A. the gamblers are and
a large number Of jail sentences are
being handed out by Judge Andrade
Yesterday Fred \. Huston was given
ten days ON the reef for his filtration
with the little brown jug and Harry
Lancaster. a come back. was son
fenced 10 thirty days
Gunner in Pilikia
4 Fort Ruger artjl}eryman face
/ serious trouble before the police ge-
Il through with him japanese woman
! in Iwil"i reported to the Fort Ruge'
H authorities Yesterday that q man wear
\ ing the uniform of the Coast Artillery
| Corps had broken into her room ans
/ attempted to steal what few valuable,
II She possessed. She seized hiS belt an,
| struggled with him hut III was toe
u strong and broke away. leaving his bel
II and can behind. These are at pre-en
II M the hands Of the police. Fort Ruge
Il officers took the matter up and promis
II e3 Pa turn the offender over to I'll,
Il pol ee today. Chief NcDutfie cot
H telephone call last night from the for