The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-11-04
LABELS
LOOK PH0NEY
District Attorney May Find Opium
Tins Are Stamped With
CounterfeitS.

Glossy paper labels adjoining ive.tael
tins Of opium WHICH lay upon the
busiest office desk in Honolulu--that of
United States District Attorney Breck-
ons-yesterday engrossed the attention
not only of Uncle Sam S vigilant pros
ecutor, but of some paper experts whom
he called in to look at those labels.
Dull paper labels upon other tins
were also in evidence on that same desk
and when two tins of opium were placed
side by side, one with glossy label
and the other with a dull label, the
district attorney face indicated that
he agreed with the experts and they
agreed with him that the glossy label
/ had look which might be spelled,
counterfeit.
The tins with the glossy labels came
from a box, just an ordinary grocery
box which the district attorney had
seized as it lay in the express office,
and the man to whom it was consigned,
was also seized. Wong Chong, well
known in Chinese and business circles,
was the man who called for the box,
which contained nearly thirty tins of
contraband.
The first thing that attracted the dis
trict attorneys attention was the fact
that most of the tins bore labels. The
next thing that struck him was the
shiny glossiness of those labels. He
turned to another box and took tin
with a label on it, and then smiled
On April l, 1909, the importation of
opium was stopped by one of the
strongest laws ever passed out by the
government The glossy labels on the
| boxes show the apparent mark of the
Spokane customhouse in the blank space
reserved for that designation. 1t is
rubber stamped and the date is after
April l, 1909. The blank space for the
name of the importer bears only these
words: "Public Sale, " is suspiciously'
! looking new ink marks.
These are few of the things which
! Mr.. Breckons has found which make
him believe that not only the tins them
selves, but the stamps, the customs port
at which they are alleged to have been
passed through, and some others
will cause Mr.. Breckons to probe very
deeply this time, and the probe may
reach to Spokane.
Commissioner Davis yesterday after
noon, and upon waving examination
was held in $500 bail, which was fur
nished through his attorney, E. A. Dou
thitt. Wong Leong, the well known
Chinese who appeared at the marshal .
office to aid Wong Chong in the way Of
bail, said something about Wong Chont
having received letter from the Coas
about the box, and that something wa
stated therein about imitation dope
Limit to Bail Bonding.
United States Commissioner Davi
caused something of furry in tn
United States court section of tn
, judiciary building yesterday while al
proving the bond which released Won
Chong from custody. The name of
Amin, the well-known Chinese capita
list and market owner, was upon til
bond, along with that of another Oh
| nese. Mr.. Davis hesitated as he cam
I'to the name of Mr.. Amin, and then d.
: llivered himself of the ultimatum tina
, Mr.. Amin could not qualify before hi
again as bOndsman because he Wa
on too many bonds already. He state
} that Amin had signed bonds aggrega
ing nearly $4,000, and he did not pr
4 pose to allow him to qualify furthe
S although he said he would make an e,
t ception in the Wong ChOng case. Cor
missioner Davis stated there was tt
s much professional bail bond busine
about the courts and he would not
y a party to more of it.
1t may not be generally known b
n the various courts have little seer
book on file in which they have t
r, amounts of taxation assessments of {
o those who have appended their nam
d to bail bonds. Against this they Ike
e a strict watch to see that 4 man W
f has stated that he has sufficient pre-
erty to Offset bail bond of $500 dc
y not 90 beyond the value of his pre-
e erty. In some cases where men ha
4 qualified on bail bonds for sever
y thousand dollars, it has been fou
N they have property to tax valued
IS much less than the bonds. The cler
ID will take no chances and a man W
ID states off hand that he has suffice
property to Offset, say $4,000 of bond
y obligations, whereas, as a matter
fact he has only $4,000 worth of prt
d. erty had best be careful for the lit
Is secret book is on tap behind the col
IS tiers. In the case of Mr.. Amin, he
IS down on some books, according to I
&C. office returns, for 100000 worth
IA property, sufficient to offset all Dor
~ which he may have signed.