The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-02-11
|OPIUM HAUL IN
YOUNG HOTEL
MADE
Aged Guest Caught With Trunk
Full Of Forbidden Juice of
the Poppy.
THREW UP SPONGE AT ONCE
Confessed as Soon as Officials
Entered His Room-Was His
Seventeen Birthday.
From Saturday Advertiser.

~ know what you're here for.
There's no use denying it. II you look
in my trunk you II find the opium"
SO spoke s. d. Hausemen, of Seat
tie, guest at the Alexander Young Ho-
tel, after he had answered peremptory
knock Mt his room door yesterday af-
ternoon and found r. w. Breckons,
United States distinct attorney, and Z.
r. Stackable, collector of customs, at
his threshold. He waved his hand to.
wards his trunk and sunk into n chair.
1t was his seventeen birthday and the
police patrol wagon was waiting for
him at the door.
A few minutes later, carrying
heavy box containing one hundred and
ten tins of contraband dope, the two
officials left the room, accompanied by
the old man. They hurried past the
curious crowd in the lobby to the street,
where they entered the police auto-pa-
troll and were whisked away.
Shortly after four O'Clock the two
United States officers went into the ho-
tel. There was nothing unusual in their
appearance in the lobby, for Mr.. Breck-
ons had been frequently seen there in
the last week, meeting friends from
the Rocky Mountains and elsewhere.
They went up to the third floor and
paused in front of room 80, at the door
of which they knocked. They were l.
mitted by tall, dignified looking man
whose hair was silver, He was a bene-
VIOLENT looking man, well known to the
habitues of the lobby,
The two officers went inside and the
door was locked. The occupant of the
room knew of their mission and denial
was useless. He forestalled direct in
quiries as to whether he had any opium
in his possession by suddenly saying:
81 know what you re here for.
There's no use denying it. If you II
look in my trunk you II find one hun
bred and ten tins of opiuml''
With an invitation Of this nature the
officers lost no time in opening tho
trunk and there were revealed the fam.
liar looking tins containing poppy
juice. 1t was the biggest seizure fol
months and represented small for
| tune.
The tins were taken out and a search
made of other baggage, but all the
| OPIUM was Wnere tne ola man Salu IL
would be found. 1t was bundled and
after Hauseman had prepared himself
for his destination he accompanied
the officers, passed INTO the police patrol
and was soon at the police station,
where he was booked and given a cell.
He remained there last night.
Several Trips Here.
Mr.. Hauseman is a real estate man
of Seattle, where his wife, almost his
own age, resides. He has made several
visits to Honolulu, but whether he has
engaged in the business Of smuggling
before has not been made public. 1t is
understood that he has figured in opium
deals.
All the local boats plying between
the Coast and Honolulu are now watch
ed as closely as the through boats, and
opium is beginning to turn up in unex-
pected places. It is rumored that Hause-
man has divulged information which
will be followed up by the officers,
whose net will, in all probability, snare
several others with whom Hauseman
and his confederates have been doing
business.