The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-06
(From Mondays Advertiser.)

(FTom Mondays Advertiser)
The police, under command of Act
ing-Chief of Detectives Kellett and
Liquor Inspector Fennell, early yester-
day morning captured two thousand
four hundred gallons of wine in the
| biggest liquor raid ever pulled off in
| Hawaii so far as the records of the po-
( lice 20. In all forty one casks of Cali
fornia wine, representing in value APP
lproximately $1G40, were confseated
and will be hauled into town today in
six big drays. At present watchmen
are stationed on the place far back in
the valley to see that the casks are not
tempered with. Four of them were
brought in yesterday morning as part
of the immediate evidence, being the
casks supplied to the informer.
The alleged blind-pigger is A. ".
Dias. 1t is the first time a wholesale
blind pig has ever been uncovered.
| Tips the Police.
| One of Fennell 8 men, holding a com
/
from the liquor inspector making him
a deputy of the board of commission
1 ers, found the place in the course of
his work He made arrangements with
Mrs. Dias to call for three casks of
wine at midnight Saturday, saying that
his father wanted the liquor to sell at
a Holy Ghost festival in Wahiawa.
Two of the casks, he added, were to
be dropped off at Waipahu. The story
sounded plausible and Mrs. Dias gave
him his instructions, which were duly
Tetailed to the police, enabling them to
make their plans accordingly.
Kclett hired heavy dray and
horse which Fennell s officer drove
from the police station Saturday night
at eleven clock. Kellett, with Fen
nell and Detectives Oeson, Apana and
Holbron, went to Palolo by auto and
leaving the machine on the lower road
crossed to Tenth avenue where they
met the dray.
The four-mile trip up the valley was
made with the officers hanging on to
the draws stanchions for dear life as
the wagon bumped over the abominable
road and part way up the pyramidal
spur which cuts the upper valley into
two parts.
The house was tucked away beneath
a grove of immense monkey-pods, and
hiding behind a little offshoot from the
spur. The officers climbed over this
and hid in the Dias barn while the dep
uty inspector drove into the yard. He
: was met at the point of a revolver by
Dias, but finally allayed their sus
picions.
Seal the Bargain.
A little conference was held in tn,
ward at which the inspector agreed tt
D buy four casks for $40. Dias, assiste'
, by his wife and the disguised officer
then proceeded to the cellar and tn
. men in the barn heard with glee tn
4 rumble of the casks as they were rolle'
out and the heavy thud as they wer
hoisted into the dray.
Officer Apana was sent across tn
1 paddock to hide under a tree near tn
r dray in case the money was paid outsid
so that he could jump the man befor
he could dispose of it. Three of tn
: Dias horses chased him and asslste
( him under the fence with their noses
much to the alarm and the dismay o
Kellett and his squad. The last part o
t the transaction, however, was held i
i the Dias kitchen.
4 Kelett held his men until he hear
the chink of coin, which the inspecto
: counted with as much noise as possible
g and then ordered the "break. - Apan
"a was the first r,an in and was prompt
,. tackled by D'as. The wiry Office
threw him halfway across the roo
and seized the money before the vii
"a could get rid of it. All the coins ha
4 been marked and were identified ON I'll
spot.
y Grabs His Knife.
Ig When the woman g screams had bee
n hushed and the cold routine of the RAJ
:, commenced Dias slipped his haI
around Kellett Is back to the table al
n, seized knife The chief felt the NOV
q ment and before the man could use Il
" weapon knocked him halfway throuG
the door with a blow. Dias struck Of
for a moment but was soon overpo'
cred.
, The scrimmage had the double effe
~ of subduing him and so soaring b
wife that she blurted out the story
the whole transaction and admitted e
no erything.
-, inspection of the cellar revealed loi
III rows of casks, thirty.seven IN all, 10
being already roped in the dray:: VI
GERS Holbron and Apana were left
eharge OF the cohhse"tou ido
se the raiders returned on the dray wi
their evidence and the liquor and also
loaded shotgun which they had TAX
or away from Dias.
a Kellett and Fennell made anotf
nd trip back at once with a Waterman, a
=, upon the earnest pleading of Mrs. ID
ny released her husband without bail
NIX appear this morning in the police cou
ng The wine is part of consignment
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