Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-17
SMUGGLER OF
OPIUM CAUGHT
ON CHIYO MARU

The second man to step across the
gangway leading from the Togo Kisen
Kaisha liner Chiyo Maru TO the Alakea
wharf this morning was A. Aebusa, a
Japanese butcher employed in the yes
sci. who before he passed inspection
at the hands of Customs Officer Nc
Nicoll, was. placed under arrest, while
two tins of prepared opium, valued at
about one hundred dollars, were con-
fiscated.
Securely fastened to each leg at a
point about halfway below the knee,
the federal official, in running his
hands down the body of the Japanese,
came upon the concealed drug.
To better facilitate the smuggling of
the opium and designed to avoid de-
lection, the big exporters Of the poppy
Juice are said to have hit upon a
unique as well as much smaller pack
age than usual A container, made of
brass and securely soldered at the
cover has of late been found a success
in the landing of considerable quanti-
ties of the commodity.
The new container is of size that
will permit it being slipped within the
folds of q stocking or an undergar-
ment.
specter McNicolI this morning, instruc-
tions were issued by which all eff
GERS, members Of the crew and stew
ards department and steerage passen-
gers were carefully searched. Those
engaged IN the loading of vegetables
and supplies were not spared In the
quest for the centraband drug.
A young woman was given a station
near the saloon entrance to the ship.
and to her was assigned the duty of.
keeping close tab on women passen-l
gers. In this instance, while no search
was ordered, it is the purpose of the
federal officers to make careful note
Of all those who leave and return to-
the ship during the stay in port.
The customs squad paid q visit to
the room occupied by the Chiyo'si
butcher. After some time, several adj.
ditional packages of opium were dis
covered hidden in locker.
Collector Of the Port Stackable was
an interested spectator at the Alakea
wharf as the Asiatic crew and pas
sengers left the fessel for the shore.
He remained there for some time and
took hand in the direction of the
forces.
With the exception Of Harbor OFF,
Ger Carter, city and county secret ser
vice men and police were conspicuous
by their absence at the arrival Of the
Chiyo Maru from San Francisco this
Their work with the Paci-
fic Mail steamer Manchnria lay main
ly in watching the movements of two
or three passengers, who had pur-
chased through tickets to the Orient
before leaving San Francisco. De-
spite the faet thai The personal effects
Of these people were minutely in
spected. and the individuals tDaiIeda
throughout the day, it is said that
nothing of an discriminating nature
was discovered.
One of the suspects who reached
the city in the Manchuria with a.
through ticket to Hongkong, changed
bis mind following the encounter with
the formidable array of officers, and
decided at a late hour to return to
the coast, taking passage in the Mat
son Navigation steamship Honolulan.
That the officers were in quest Of
papers and records believed to be Of
sufficiently discriminating nature to.
bring certain members of the alleged
coast and island "opium ring" within
the meshes of the law, is the belief
expressed. The story goes that sew
eral parties have been dispatched for.
China, there to arrange for heavy
purchases of opium, the same to be
to the United States on the
first available. steamers crossing the
Pacific. Tos gain possession of such
data has for some time been the de
sire of customs collectors at many
ports. The return of these
purchasing agents will be awaited by
the Honolulu forces with more than
interest.
Caught With Opium.
Caught II the aet of carrying six
tins. of opium off the steamship Man
churia yesterday afternoon Arai and
Kusonoki, two Japanese deckhands
were arrested by the customs officials
and placed in custody The officials
had been warned by Captain Andrew
Dixon that an opium smuggling at
tempt was expected, but were unable
to learn who would make the attempt.
s They met the vessel outside the.
harbor and accompanied her in, then
watching the gangplank and carefully
inspecting all who left her. When the
two deckhands walked OF the inspec-
tors Immediately searched them and
found the contraband tucked away in
the legs of their trousers. Both are
held in Jail and probably will get a
preliminary hearing this afternoon or
tomorrow. -. 81 T.. :