The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-05-17
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GAMBLING GAME
Goes Fifty Miles for
Gambling Outfit and
Lands 1t.
JAP SWALLOWED TICKETS
Waimanalo Gang Watched by
Police as They Ran a Che
Fa Game.
[From Mondar,a AdrertIser.l }

(From Mondays Advertiser.)
About the best-raided game of che-fa
that was ever nabbed by the police de
partments was annexed by Chief of
Detectives McDufie last night at Wal
manalo. Leaving the city in company
with Sheriff Jarrett and five of his stall
about six O'Clock, he returned five
hours afterwards richer by 5000 and
five gamblers.
jarrett and McDuffie as well as De-
tectives Bergau, Kenett, oleson, Ka-
mauoha and Apana were well armed as
they expected little trouble, the Wal
manalO Japanese being far enough away
from visible law to raise a rumpus.
The road to the plantation was good,
and good time was made ON the trip
down, a big Packard being used as the
means of conveyance. The officers were
met Just outside of the Waimanslo camp
by an informer, who pointed out the
house and then got into the game.
McDuffie managed to get on the
porch and peek through the window,
watching the proceedings for fully five
rinutes. He took care this time to
avoid all knotholes and to pick out
window big enough to convince any
lawyer that he could see through it.
The claim might justly be brought up
that the window had not been washed,
but the chief took precautions against
this possible stand of the defense by
posting Detective Oleson at another
window, which was open.
Just as the drawing was going to
take place, a Japanese stepped on the
porch and was about to enter when ne
espied MeDuffie looking through the
window. He Immediately let out yell
and the chief didn t wait for any in
PRODUCTION but went right through the
door with Apana close after. Kellett
following, tackled the newcomer and
had hard serimmage with him which
was hardly over when the sheriff and
Bergau arrived on the scene. The man
was trying to swallow the che-fa tickets
in his possession, and managed to do
, so, but the sheriff grabbed a sack of
' money with other tickets that he was
! trying to throw away.
| The sheriff and Bergau arriving OF
t the scene late (haying been watching
the wrong house), and Oleson being al
interested spectator outside of anothe
window, Apana and McDuffie were thi
only two to enter the room. Their,
1 were ten Japanese men, a woman ant
a boy present, and they all immediatel.
tried to go through the windows. Th
/ two officers could do little except rusl
J. around and throw them back into tn
= middle of the floor, the money, ticket
4 and books that were later secured il
n evidence being scattered broadcast il
p the scrimmage. Even after all the off
a GERS were in the room one man kept u
d fight and tried to swallow his tickets
"a Kellett seized him by the jaw an
q forced it open, receiving a bad bit
a. while doing so. 1t was not until th
Japanese was dubbed that he gave NJ
McDuffie at once accused one of tn
men of being the banker and anothe
1 of being the bookkeeper, he having see
the operations of both through the wiz
dow. While they did not say anythin
- at the time, the banker, Murakami, cor
g fessed later when. McDuffie persiste'
N but said that the other man, Fujihar;
N was merely buying ticket The bapl
1T er made damaging admissions on thre
in other occasions, and was besides poinlte
70 out by all the others as SUCH So til
ID case against him is securely cinched an
ID he viii probably be soaked the limi
TX che-fa banking being the worst of a
al gambling offenses.
TO All the men, while they were waitiI
for the bond money, made damagir
confessions. The bail of the bank
was set at $3.50 and that of the re
: at $50. Nobody came to the relief
l. the banker, and he, with four othe1
had to come to town, the other six 8
de curing their money. 1t is hardly pro
Dir able that they will show up in court tn
Or morning when their cases are calle
en- and the county will be the richer
Ist the amount of their bonds, totalil
an $500.
Returning to the city, the auto W
overloaded, and after the prisoners a.
tha sheriff and chief were in, the b;
ance of the officers started to wal
ny The auto returned for them at on'
es, after bringing its load to the static
"a and met them at the top of Waimans
his Gap. They reached town about o
ef- O'Clock this morning, covered with glo
TO and mosquito bites.
on, 1t was the first time the sheriff h
been to Waimanalo since he went oN
= to quell the rioting during the L
strike He renewed number Of
auaintanees and recognized some of
men who held him eOOped up for f'
Nj hours on that last memorable occasi