The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-02-10

gunhout Nashville today landed eighty
marines to suppress pillage by maraud.
ing gangs encouraged by recent political
disorders Some rioting has been TAX.
ing place, which was promptly checked
by the marines.
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NEW YORK, February 6.-(Assoeiat.
ed Press Cable)--In marked contrast 10
his violent dcmeanor a number of times
Nduring his trial for the murder Of Anna
.Annullcr, Hans Schmidt, bogus priest
and yesterday convicted OF murder in
the first degree, is today tranquil. He
has refused to permit his counsel to
appeal his case and apparently has re.
signed himself to die.
an editor Of the Hawaii Shinpo, School
street, on the night of December 80,
lOl3, of whom description was sup
Piled the deteetivosl E
- On The sixth Of january, X. Shi.
bata, n cement \, dealer, near MoiliiIi
school, was robbed Of ten dollars. We
should like TO know what the police of.
fee has done in this case.
- On the seventh Of January, Matsu-
motto, tailor; Ito, barber, and the Sal
kai-ya hotel, at Palama, were robbed
OF some things, respectively, but we
have heard nothing as to what have
been done about any one. Of the cases
by the police. i.E #
What have the police done with re-
gard to the robbery of the Y. NJ. C. A..
ON January l2i
"On January 81 Hamano-shoten and
4 Ito Of Beretania street, and Yama.
motto, plumber, Alapai street, were rob.
bed Of some things. NJ,
On January 2S thief entered the
iriha Auto Stand on Beretania street.
'On January 20 there was another
burglary at the Saikai-ya hotel.
son January 81 some things were
stolen from Kitayama's cold drink
parlor, Maunakea street, and similar
robbery occurred in Mayeda 3 cold
drink parlor on February 4, on Hotel
street ss
q" About the above several cases we
have not heard that anything has been
done by the police department.. In this
connection we may say that we shall
DC satisfied II the guilty ones in Ave
cases out of a hundred be arrested, but
we must remind the captain Of detec.
tives that the thieves are cleYerer than
the detectives and will not come to the
police department to surrender them.
selves, as the detectives seem to think.
Besides the above facts there have been
! other cases, such az thefts in the houses
OF Yakko. Tomoye aud Kokin, the geisha
| girls of Kuna lane, as we'll as the sifni-
lar eases at the Yamasliro and Kobn.
yashi hotels, In the above eases, and
many others, protection was requested
from the able captain of detectives and
his men, but nothing has been heard of
any work accomplished by them with
regard to these cases. pAnd with re-
gard to tho runaway of Pimpu Nishi.
yama, who was suspected of,thn robbery
Of the house of Mr.. iIattori, we are un,
ible to believe the captain Of detee.
tives has fulfilled his duties, although
he had requested Messrs. Shiba and
Maxine TO find some othcr suspects for
him to arrest. And for all the failure
In these cases, tho captain Of detectives
wants TO transfer the responsibility to
Knroda, xty.dollar-a-mohth detec.
tive, which we take TO be quito poor
excuse, as Kuroda could only work with
and under the instruction Of the cap
tain of detectives. -
/" Although it is not very tempting
position, should Mepufiie tentfust us
with the fun power he has as captain
OF detectives, in the course of one week
we are convinced that we could stop
the gambling practice now carried on
in such an open manner ana could ar.
rest th0ngamblers in Wholesale manner
but we would not be so foolish lis to
90 after them in automobiles, making
a great fuss, as the police are ALWAYS
doing now, as we know that gamblers
and thieves are very sensitive about
being where 80 much. noise Is being
made. @E t8tv VI =
""fhe damage being done through
chefa games is not confined to the IN.
cidents mentioned in the paper few
days ago, but we hear that il has been
influencing the boys and girls as well,
so much so that some children are turn.
ing the money TO ehe-fa lottery which
they were given to buy school lunches
with, and some such have had TO be
sent back to their old country, for the
protection Of their future lives. 3
"We see that the detective who Ind
been suspected of standing In has been
restored TO his old position, and that
one, who was out on bail, is back at
the same place, conducting the lotteries,
and we think that this shpws fair
! trade. .."".t
Should the captain Of detectives
come to MS, ina humble manner we
shall not be stingy in our instructions
to him how 60 better these things, but
we wonder whether he is 80 sincere as
he says" tn. -. .g.