The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-11-21
CASE IN
A TANGLED
MESS
City Attorney Defending in Fed
eral Court Man His Office Had
Convicted in Police Court, and
Who Is Named in Confession as
Principal in Frameup Against
One Who Helped Convict Gam
bling Hui.
(From Wednesday Advcftiscr.J

(From Wednesday Advcftiser.)
Attorney Charles r. Cnhnng~ worth
was a prominent witness yesterday III
the ease before the United States com
m ssioncr in which Au Lin Tin is be
ing heard on charge of assisting in
the sale of uustamped opium, but in
which the real ease IS an Hort to prove
purported framcup against Sau Kai.
The latter is Chinese merchant who
helped the police and whose evidence
convicted some prominent gamblers,
who notified him that they would "get
him Tor his activities. These gam
blers, by the way, were some of those
whom McDuiiie could not suppress, but
whom Deputy Sheriff Rose landed and
conN ictcd. Defending An Lin Tin is
City Attorney Cathcart, who is so
busy defending in the federal court
that he cannot do any prosecuting in
the territorial courts.
Chilliugworth came into the case
| from the fact that plan of the prem.
ises of Sau Kai, the man against whom
the frameup is alleged to have been at
tempted, was found with the names of
the streets written thereon in the at
torney's handwriting. 1t was Chilling.
worth, too, who first mentioned to Unit.
cd States Attorney Breckons that Sau
| Kai could be looked upon as an opium
suspect.
Chillingworth Explains
Before the commissioner yesterday
| Chillingworth explained that he had
been brought into the case by Lum
| Chan, who now coufesses to a frameup,
asking him to tip the information re-
gardirr opium off to Breckons. Chill
nngworth knew Au Lin by seeing him
as the police court defendant in the
muchta.ked OF gambling case, when he
appeared as deputy city attorney and
| prosecuted, while Sau Kai, the victim
of the frameup, was the star witness
for the prosecution.
Thus the various angles of the hear
ing before the United States commits
sionor are these. The city attorney is
defending a convicted gambler charged
with dealing in opium and implicated in
"A confession of being the principal to
railrond man to Jail for helping the
city attorneys department convict him
of gambling Attorney Chillingworth,
who acts as deputy city attorney in the
police court, tostifes that he acted as
go between between TIE ones charged
with the frnmeup against the police in
former and the district attorneys of.
flee and explains his handwriting on
the map by stating that he wrote in
| the names of the streets on the draw
'np furnished him in order to help the
| federal officers in their opium raid. He
had been asked he said, to present the
opium tip to Breckons because I.un
Chan did not kno" how to get the ear
of the federal official.
Lun Chan, IN his confession, saws
that he was forced into playing the
part Of opium informer and forced 10
plant the opium where the federal Off.
GERS found it,
Preliminary Hearing Drags
The preliminary hearinr of this case
mas been dragging along for some time
and promises some startling develop
mcnts if it goes to trial.
The facts brought out so far show
that An LIN Tim had been arrested
early IN October for running percent.
age gambling game and knew that one
Sau kai had furnished the infor.
nation to the police. Lum Chan went
to District ATTORNEY Brcckons' office on
the night of October II and in the
presence of Collector Stackable and
United states Attorney Breckons stated
that he could lead the officers to house
where he, Lum Chan, could purchase
ouium. lum Chen led the officers to
the dwelling of Sau Kai ON Nuuanu
street, aud had arranged 10 throw a
rubber ball out of the window when the
deal was completed.
Lum Chan. II is stated. went up to
the rooms Of Sau Kai and after an in.
terval of about fifteen minutes gave
the signal bv throwing the ball out of
the window and the officers rushed in
TO the room and found Sau Kai sitting
in the room, but no evidence of opium
was visible. Lum Chan, however.
pointed out tin Of opium on bunk
= an adjoining room in plain view.
The whole cnse had such fshv aspect,
stated District Attorney Breckons yes
teriay, that after consultation with
Collector Stackable il was decided 10
place Lum Chan under arrest. Suhse,
quently Lum Chan made confession
TO Deputy District Attorney Biting
and admitted TO the official that the
whole affair was "plant" gotten mn
by An Lin Tim to get even with San
kai aud nut him in jail for his police
conrt testimony,
non the evidence given hv lam
Chan An Lin Tim was arrested hv the
federnl authorities for aiding and abet.
ting IN the sale Of unstamped oninm
County Attorney John W Csihrprt
viii arpue for a Dismissal ~ the
charges against Au Lin Tim next Mon
day afternoon nt two o'clnrk before
.nlFd states Commissioner George A.
Davis,
80,
nv Federal Wircloss Topography
WASHINGTON, Noremhnr ls
Especial 10 Tho Advprtiaprl .nI. Il