The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-06-13
FOUR INDICTED BY THE
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
Bert Bower Charged Under Ed.
munds Act as Well as for White
Slavery; Action Is Believed to
Have Followed Developments in
Kukui Dance Hall Investigation.

Kukui Dance Hall Investigation.
(From "Wednesday Adversely
The federal grand jury took action on
the Hawaiian Dance Hall investigation
Yesterday. Indicting each on two
counts with white slavery, the grand
Jury returned charges against Albert
Machado, Manuel Correa and Edward
Quincy. Two indictments on the same
charge against another man still remain
on the secret file of the United States
| marshal y office, pending the serving of
the bench warrant.
Local Chaufeurs Involved.
Two of the men, who are local chauf
feurs, were arrested yesterday and re-.
leased upon furnishing bond for $500.
Machado, however, is serving a thirty.
day sentence in Oahu Prison on the
charge of having run down and injured
a japanese and leaving him unconscious
in deserted section of Atkinson Park.
The warrant on the fourth man is pre-
dicted to be served either late today OF
tomorrow and the quartet will appear
in Judge Dole Is department of the Unit
ed States district court next Thursday
morning for the setting of the date of
their trials.
Altogether, the grand jury returned
eight indictments, charging the quartet
on two counts each with violation of
the white slave laws. Despite the reti-
cence maintained by the federal author.
itics it is believed that evidence has
been secured against the men on charges
Of procuring and transporting girls
within the Territory for illegal pur-
poses.
Quincy is chauffeur, who has often
| figured in automobile escapades.
Albert Machado pleaded guilty in
the circuit court a few weeks ago to
the charge of running down a japanese
and attempting to escape the process of
the law by leaving the injured man un.
conscious in Atkinson Park. He was
committed with three other companions
to serve thirty days in Oahu Prison. All
three of the men indicted yesterday are
alleged to have been regular attendants
at the Hawaiian Dance Hall in Kukuj
street.
Bower Indicted.
The grand jury also returned two in.
dictments against George A. Bower bet
ter known as "Bert' Bower, a baseball
umpire and manager of the Oahu Auto
Stand. One indictment is for viola.
tion of the Edmunds' Act, while the
second covers the white slave clause.
The indictments against Bower were
returned rs a result of different inves-
tigation by the federal grand jury than
the Hawaiian Dance Hall probe, but the
expose by The Advertiser of the dance
in Motley Hall in Kukui street and the
resultant investigation by the grand
jury led, it is stated, to the findings
against Bower.
Bower is said to be married man
He has been manager of the Oahu Auto
mobile stand in Fort street for some
years. The exact charges against him
were not given out by the grand jury
yesterday. He was released on bond
of $500.
1t is matter of record that the To-
cal Juvenile court authorities and va
rious probation officers have been on tho
trail of Bower for some time. Com
plants that named him specifically are
believed to have been filed against him
with Judge Whitney of the circuit and
juvenile courts, but it has been stated
by the territorial officials that they have
been handicapped by lack of evidence
Two other indictments on different
charges were brought by the federal
grand jury during the morning session
yesterday. Pukuioela Mokini was in
dicted on statutory charge, in which
the name of Susie Ahee figured. Mo
KIM was released on a bond Of $3.50.
Simon Popou, alias Charles w. Boyd
and Gregory Gustohin, the two Russian
youths who were arrested by the polio.
Sunday morning on the charge of mail
ing obscene matter to young Slavic
girls, were indicted by the grand jury
yesterday on the one count. The men
will be brought up before Judge Dole
of the United States district court fol
the determining of the date of Their
trial some time later in the week.