The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-07
|IMP[Rs0NAT9R IS
QUICKLY LANDED
WHY Japanese VINO victimized
countrymen Is Taken in /,
Cdssoag On Hamaii.

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H1Lo,. April s.---Immigration Inspec.
tor Brown and DR.. Katsunnma, also Of
ire fsderai' iannSeratioH servfee came
70 Hilo lhst Thursday to catch one Of
the most during and insolent yiolators
Of the laws ever seen here. The Off.
ejals did tkeif work with record
| nrompthess, Cor While, they had expect.
| "a 70 Rnd fheir qpssfy ii Hilo, they
found on Arriving here that Ne Rad left
/ town. 'rhey btartedFih pursuit, 10.
eated him away over at Honuabo, and
brought him back to Hilo in time 70
secure evidence against him Ssre and
| yet bring hin back TO Honolulu In
last Friday steamer. As record for
swift and efficient detective work this
WIN be Hard 10 beat. ~
Z AetofdingSt6 the Immigration of.
eials this Japanese, who is an actor By
profession, first got into tfddble with
| Uncle Sam on account of q Japanese
/ .lady Of what Kipling declares is the
oldestf profession in the world. This
| N0hfa lhad Been ordefefi depofted 10
japan, but had been released BY fur
II = came
for her to leave ID a. Jdpan.bound
steamer, her bonlsmen prepared TO
surrender her The Japane4s gentle
man got wddd Of this, got n0id Of
me lady and hid her in MS house until
the steanref had left Honoihlu 81
IL The Immigration ofiIeials soon To-
Gated the woman; and from ker they
learned the state Of AFFAIRS mentioned.
Under the eiredmstknees the lady Is
actor friend had gctteif himself into a
serious tangle, and d warrant was Is.
sued akafDst him under the federal
statute which makes IL al offense to
harbor such women. FL ftt
But again the WHY actor Tot Wind Of
the fact that there was trouble in the
air. : So he decided 70 depart. hut asst
he wanted 10 take ub a Connection Of
money to take with him on kis final de-
lpaftnre to the chysahthemtlnht land,
lend he selected, Hawaii as being the
island where there are most people Of
the type which most readily parts
| from money. It Is possible that he
had heard Of the ancient proyerb which
names Kawaihae as the particular
habitat Of the genus damphool. At
any event he landed in Is Kohalh, and,
evidently possessing wen developed
sense Of hnmor, this man, with a war
brant ont for HIS Arrest, proceeded to
masquerade. as federal officer, making
tour through Kohala, and. rs far as
Hilo. ~ -GI" ~
All the way along the line this gen.
tleman did a land Office business. His
little game was simplicity itself. He
would 20 to Japahese whom he thought
he could frfghten by using the dreaded
name Of the federal authorities, and
to snch he would declare that he was
q federal officer, who had the authority
to have them deported to Japan. He
would, however, overlook whateve- lit,
tic peccadihos the parties in question
might have on their, eonsciences, pro,
yided q small fee, anywhere from fff.
teen to twenty-five dollars were hand
| ed him. 3 tp
The gentleman 8 histrionic training
assisted him materially, for SO sue
eessful was his impersonation that he
gathered IN consfderabIe good coin.
Hiio contributing quite a number Of
the species of which the proverb has
II that one is born every minute. The
game ended last Thursday afternoon,
at Honnapo, when the fake and the
genuine federal officers had dramatic
injecting. The actor was brought back
to Hiloa the same afternoon, and that
evening until almost midnight Brown
and Katsunuma spent examining the;
various dupes of their prisoner q wiles.
They met with considerable trouble, as
the witnesses have the fear Of federal
officials which is common with the
lower class Asiaties, and, also, as they
did not relish the prospect Of being
called TO Honolulu as witnesses. Still,
sufficient evidence was secured TO de.
mand some skill ON the part Of the
prisoner when he is called upon to
furnish an explanation. - 80 -
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rest houses are copducted for tourists,
and possibly that the Malay States may
ihHye something to learn from those
Of us who have been wonderfully sue!
cessful in organizing orr forces to Sc.
cure, not the tourist Of a day, but the
visitor Of weeks and months. We shall.
try 10 secure the cooperation OF the
r. M. 8. Railways, but in any event