The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-11-29
.EX-POLICEMAN
IS ARRESTED
Filipino Interpreter Understood
the Dialects Not Wisely
but Too Well.

The advantages and the disadvan-
tages Of speaking Spanish, English and
four Filipino dialects were displayed
yesterday morning in the police station
when Chief McDufie booked one Of his
ex-ofiicers for investigation pending an
analysis of his moral character.
The said officers name ends with the
words Telefono Balthazar, but so com.
plicated are the cognomens that precede
it that his brother officers, during the
time that he spent on the special staff
reduced the mass to "Jim.p
Jim was put on the staff as Filipino
interpreter, the increasing invasion of
the Little Brown brothers and the
peculiarly criminal propensities which
are Struggled past the customs officers
by great many of them, requiring an
enlargement of the police force.
AS an interpreter he was fine. He
was just acquiring a smattering of jap
anese when he became involved with
young lady over coat, abused her
on the street and departed from the
police station with what is vulgarly
called a can attached to him.
But the story of his present offense
against the ten commandments and the
revised laws of Hawaii dates further
back than that. Just fourteen days ago
yesterday Chief McDuffie received a
call from the chief officer of the trans
port Sheridan, which was then in port
in quarantine, to come down and search
for some Filipino stowaways that were
supposed to be hiding in the vessel
McDuffie did so and took, together
with some other members of his staff,
his Filipino interpreter. His search
was unexpectedly successful as he found
no less than seven Flipinos preparing
to ride blind baggage on the transport
to Manila.
One of these men was said by his
wife to have $50 of his own money on
him and $40 which he had misappro-
priated from his father-in-law. Nc.
Duffe ordered him searched and the
fifty dollars was found but no trace of
the other sum. Finally he ordered Jim
to pull off the man IS shoes and search
him more thoroughly which was done.
Yesterday on reviewing the eircum-
stances the chief remembered that he
had observed tho Filipino to be, put.
ting on his boots again aftepl qbeing
searched in hasty manner, but paid
no attention to that fact.
Doctor Ramus ordered the seven
Filipinos to quarantine island for the
regulation fourteen days, they being
released yesterday. Yesterday morning
the stowaway gentleman whom McDuf
fe had ordered searched withoutg avail
came to him and said that L. Balthazal
had swiped his seventy dollarslIfrom
him. The chief was naturally extreme
ly interested and II. BalthazarT soo1
landed in the tanks with which he hat
an outside acquaintance.
According to the story of the alleged
plundered man, the money was fount
in his shoe after all, but Jim permitted
it to stay there and as he was conduct
ing him to quarantine island told hin
to take his shoe off again and give hin
the money which he would keep for hin
until he was released. This was done
two witnesses being produced befor
McDuffie yesterday to prove the asser
tions.
McDlffie's own officers have noticed
their Filipino brother-in.arms buyinl
clothes which were evidently beyonC
the reach of police salary and thi
all came out in the investigation yes
terday. No charge has, however, beel
presented against Jim and it will be
delicate matter to decide whether rob
berry or embezzlement fits him better.
He was found to be booked on tn
Mauna Kea for Hilo where he intende
to take up his residence. The CON
plant reached the chief after deman
had been made for the money and onl
two dollars paid on account. Jim's las
words to his departing creditor wer
"Come again Wednesday. !"