The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-06-21
LAW LAYS TRIO
BY THE HEELS
king Of Opium Trailiokers," and
Two Others Arrested on
Breckons' Warrant

alias Fisher, again lanruishes IN /
Oahu prison.
Norman Il. Smith and Lilly Hoo. |
kano were arrested yesterday on a
warrant sworn out under the Ed /
munds Act, and the woman is also be
ing held under the charge OF biRamy. !
]. +. Thompson was arrested on the
charge Of illegal dealing in opium, and
caught with the goods on him as he
was leaving the express Office yester-
day noon with two suit cases. As
matter of fact, the other two are later
TO be charged with unlawfully selling
opium, and the present charge against
them is chiefly TO hold them until they
are definitely connected up with
Thompson.
Norman b. Smith and ]. f. Thomp-
son, who now admits that Fisher is his
true name. arrived in Honolulu by the
Lurline. June s. Lilly Hookano re-
turned to Honolulu on the Manchuria
week ago yesterday. The warrants
against Smith and the woman were
issued some ten days ago, but were
not served until yesterday.
Closely Watched.
It appears that Smith and the wom-
an have been under observation by the
Federal authorities since they went to
the Coast after-the "King of Opium
Trafickers" was released from the
tolls last December She has heen
touring Arizona and southern Califor-
MIA since that time, but the only thing
of interest the officials have been able
TO find among her things so far is
bill for $35 worth of ostrich feathers.
About the time of Smith arrival
District Attorney BreckOns received
n cable from San Francisco to look
out for the person who would call for
two suit cases that were being shipped
bv express to Honolulu on the Honolu.
Ian, consigned to ]. F. Thompson. The
suit cases arrived yesterday and about
! O'Clock Yesterday afternoon dark
complexioned young man called at the
express office for them, giving his
name as ]. F. Thompson. The suit
cases were delivered to him, but as
he iauntily stepped out of the office
he found the United State g marshal's
iovial embonpoint confronting him,
and he was relieved of the suit cases
and asked to visit the marshal's office.
Eased His Load.
When the Office was reached and the
suit cases examined, strange to say
they were found to be filed with files
of old newspapers with hut one single,
solitary can of opium in each case.
Rumor has il that when they were
first delivered into the hands of the
express company in San Francisco the
suit cases were filed with cans OF
opium, but that Federal officials there
considerably removed all except the
one can in each case, substituting
therefor the newspapers, which took
up as much space but didn't weigh so
much.
Thompson. alias Fisher, appeared
somewhat flippant when first arrest
ed. but after being interviewed by the
district attorney his fippancy be-
gan to disappear and he
seemed to weaken. 1t is ex-
pected that after undergoing the
ttthird degree he will divulge the
whole plot and that several local peo
pie as well as others on the Coast will
become involved in very far.reach
inc scheme to deal in opium in whole
sale quantities. There are very strong
grounds to state that many other suit
cases filed with the drug and belong
ing to the combine are either in San
Francisco or Honolulu or in transit.
Looked for Job.
A day or so after Thompson arri-
val he inserted an advertisement in
The Advertiser stating that he sought
a position as stenographer or book
keeper and that he had long expert
ence and desired a permanent posi-
tion. This was doubtless intended as
a "blind.
The warrant against Smith and the
woman were sworn out about ten days
ago and were kept in case of an en-
Urgency. That against Thompson was
issued yesterday Just previous to his
arrest. The Federal authorities have
in their hands evidence Immediately,
directly and incontrovertibly estab-
f, fishing the connection between Smith
=" and Thompson, and it is only a ques.
ton of few days when Smith will be
formally charged with illegally traf-
ticking in opium. :
Smith lost no time in engaging an
attorney, but this time turned from
his former attorney, Frank E. Thomp-
son, and engaged E. G. Peters. The
other man has so far not obtained
counsel.
. All three will appear for examina-
ton before Commissioner Davis this
morning
Smiths Record.
Only few months ago on cabled in
structions from here Norman B.
Smith was arrested on the Wilhelmina
as she entered San Francisco harbor.
In charge of two United States deputy
marshals he was returned to Honolulu
on the Honolulan, arriving September
81 last. At the time of his arrest
$4,000 was found in his possession, pre-
sumably the proceeds of his last opium
venture in the Islands. He was re-
leased on bail and finally November
20 pleaded guilty to the charge and
was fined $500 and costs amounting
to $l170.27 and sentenced TO fifteen
days in Jail. Attorney Frank r.
Thompson was his counsel at that
time. After serving his sentence he
disappeared from Honolulu, going to
San Francisco in company with Lilly
Hookano, the woman who was arrest