The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-24
BIG RAID MADE
ON SMALL KIDS
Seventy-Five Offenders Against
Curfew Law Rounded Up
by Chief.
R'rom saturdays Advertiser,

From Saturdays Advertiser.1
One more energetic round up Of bad
little boys and girls who dare the buga.
boo man and remain out after hours,
was made last night by Chief MeDuf-
fe and his staff, Judge whitney, of the
juvenile court, being responsible for
the move. The court itself was opened
in the Office of Chief McDufie, and
while not formerly called, was so to
all intents and purposes.
Shortly after seven o clock in the
evening, allowing the coming population
some grace in which to scurry home and
go to bed, he started out and a few
hours afterwards gathered up total of
seventy five.
He confined his attention to the NOV
ing picture shows, stationing some of
his men at the doors of each with orders
to round up all the youngsters coming
out unescorted. All seventy-fve were
caught as they tried to dive out in the
crowd, for the news of the raid ram
the rounds of the juvenile offenders
against the curfew law like wildire.
Their "cute" Move
A number of rising young gentleman
not turned sixteen who found out that
officers would pinch them if they didn It
watch ont begged hard with elders in
the show to hold their hand while they
passed the door and number managed
to escape detection in this manner.
The big police auto was kept busy
going the rounds and gathering up the
contributions from each show, making
seven trips in all. AT the door of the
police headquarters the machine would
spout small boys as it stopped and long
after its capacity seemed to have been
exhausted they still would come in in
cressing numbers. AS many as twenty
were in the machine at one time.
The raid almost broke up the anna
teur performance at the Bijou Theater,
Special Officer Bergau, in accordance
with his instructions, rounding up ten
or so small ones who were hanging
around the doors of the show. A few
moments later the manager tore around
with his hair standing on end, wailing
because the officer had "pinched' = all
his amateur talent. He Immediately
shooed the bunch of scared children
into the show and outside of the Off
Ger IS jurisdiction, and they all appeared
in due time on the stage, none the worse
for the experience. This is almost the
only city in the country which has not
law forbidding the appearance of
minors on the stage.
Interesting Specimens
Judge Whitney found some interest
ing specimens among the crowd that
Chief McDuffie brought him. One
right-looking Hawaiian lad said that
both his father and mother were dead
and that he was living 'with his
smaller brother,' who must have been
very small indeed.
A pinched-cheeked nine.year-old Por.
tuguese, the chiefs last capture in the
Bijou, wept most copiously and said
that his father was blind. He owned
to the existence of mother, but he1
interest in him seemed to be limited.
John Marcallino, clerk of the juve
nile court, was himself making the
rounds of the various theaters without
knowing what was going on, but aftel
feeling the undercurrent of dismay
among the youngsters, accumulated thu
idea that there was something doing
and promptly investigated. He spen
the rest of the night writing names ant
taking ages.