The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-06-09
ANOTHER OPIUM
CASE IS BEGUN
TRACING SIX TINS OF DOPE FROM
STEAMER TO CHINA
TOWN.
(From Wednesday Advertiser

(From Wednesday = Advortiser)
Charged on three counts, one, with
importing opiumj two, with assisting
in It's importation, and three, OF sell.
ing and eoncealing and Of facilitating
the sale and concealmout Of unstamp-
ed opium, p. wissig, main deck watch
man Of the liner Manchuria, was
placed on trial in the federal couft
before Judge Clemens and jury yes
terday afternoon. Assistant District
Attorney w. T. Rawlins prosecuted ON
behalf Of the government while Leon
NJ. Straus defended the accused.
That the government win press for
a conviction particularly on the ground
} of facilitating the sale,'' was shown
by the brief statement of Attorney
Rawlins to the jury that he would
prove that Wissig, while in Dick Sui
, livan's saloon, informed Sullivan as to
! the possession of six tins of opium and
also asked where Chinatown was and
would also prove that Wissig and AL
bert Howard, second steward of the
Mauchuria, went into the Chinese
, theater and s'there together bartered
for the sale of the opium with
} Chinaman.
Howard, who was put on the stand
: by the prosecution, did his best, by
his answers to questions. to convince
the jury that he alone was responsible
l for the actual sale, although he ad-
mitted that he and Wissig visited the
Z saloon together and also Chinatown.
owe went into several places in an
, endeavor to sell the stuff, :" said he,
'Wissig was with me but he had no
part in the selling Of it.
j f'What part did Wissig have in the
sale of the opium in the Chinese thea
teri" was one of the questions put
i by Mr. Straus in cross-examination,
and Howard replied:
D Ono part whatever; he had moth
ing to do with it. He would not have
got one dollar if had got the money
j for it"
n Warned Not to Sell.
Dick Sullivan of the Pacific Saloon
was the first witness. lie stated that
D he knew defendant Wissig and he
identified Albert Howard as having
D been in his saloon on April 2S ~
was behind the BARI said Sullivan.
d Wissig beckoned to me and called
me outside of the bar. He asked me
" to step into the office with him. He
| aQknd Vnn NH ]
NJ If l knew anybody who could DISPOSE
of some opium there. 1 told him j
d did not know anything about anv,
thing like that. We stepped outside
le the office and he introduced me To
NJ Howard. We had a drink and they
ID both left.p
'Tell us what he said about this
Ell opium, - said Assistant District At
torney Rawlins.
d He said, Il have got some opium
and i want to get rid of it; do Won
81 know anybody through whom / could
ell dispose of itfp
sullivan stated that he told Wissif
D ne was foolish to try to sell opium.
Howard Gives Evidence.
!" Albert Howard told of the visit t,
n the saloon. He said he saw that Wis
sig was acquainted with Sullivan ant
ne therefore asked the main decl
Waterman to tell the saloonman tina
re he (Howard) had six tins of opium ana
he ask his friend where he eo1ld disnos,
=, or OPIUM He said it was only the.
y that he told Wissig that he had ii,
Tx tins of opium. After they left the sa
or loon he asked Wissig if he got wor,
ct from Sullivan If he knew where H.
va could sell the staff and that Sullivan
told him no. 81 went. on trying t.
10 sell 1T myself; Wissg walked aioni
tn with me" Howard added.
in Witness stated that they visited sew
erai places, but Wissig did not go int
ng all of them. They met with no sue
nd cess and finally were directed to tn
Is, Chinese Theater. Wissig was with hin
ne in the theater, but was fifteen o
of twenty feet away, while Howard wa
trying to dispose Of the opium.
Al Got No Money.
~ Asked if he sold the opium Howar,
~ replied: 81 negotiated the sale al
Us right, but didn't get any money for il
VI Did Wissig know you were goini
- into the theater to sell the opium )
~, III asked Attorney Rawlins.
I. suppose so" was the reply. Ii,
~ added that $40 was agreed upon will
- the Chinese buyer as the price he wal
q to be paid per tin.
y Cross-examined by Attorney Straus
4 he stated that Wtssig and himself die
y not meet by previous arrangement, moi
~ did he have any understanding witt
: Wissig aboard the ship that he was t.
10 meet him.
~ never spoke half dozen word,
TO the man on the ship: only knew
him as a Waterman"
Did he do anything to help you il
AZ selling the opium'1' asked Mr.. Straus
i. "Hot Bit" was the answer.
Opium Was "Back Aft"
1t Prosecutor Rawlins objected to thu
y l-question and Mr.. Straus altered it to
u Did Wissig do anything toward as
q. sisting yon in selling this Opiumf"
II Howard said that II they could use