The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-19
MCDutfie Leads Men To AIIang-
ton Short Time After Adver-
tiser Sent Man There
BOOZE ALSO WAS SOLD
TO HELP FLEECE LAMBS
James E. Boyle Supplies Bail For
Eight Persons Arrested:
Woman Wrote Letter

The poker and craps joint which
has been running more or less regnar
| ly in the Allangton rooming house. al
| Hotel and MON etrccts, was raided
! by Captain of Detectives McDufIie and
n squad of his men early yesterday
morning, within few hours after O
representative of The Advertiser had
visited the joint for the purpose Of Sc
| curing some information for grand jury
| purposes.
The detectives gathered in crowd
If gamblers and seized the most elabor
ate gambling layout which has been
brought to the police station for years
| including loaded dice, marked cards
| chips, tables and the other accessories
| of a regularly and well established dive
| for the robbng Of suckers.
Loaded Dice Factory, Too
Following the raid the detectives
| searched the rooms of one of the prin
cipals caught, place fitted up for the
manufacture of loaded dice, with deli
cate machinery for boring and loading
| the ''sure thing' cubes. In the raid
| yesterday morning some of the dice
turned ont by the fleeing gang were
secured. On the table, when the raid
was made, were found chips represent
| ing an aggregate value of several hun
bred dollars.
James f Boyle, who is known to be
| very familiar with the game which has
been making speciality of fleeing sol
! diers and sailors, supplied the bail mo
ney for the many caught.
The authorities are now investigating
the alleged selling of booze in the joint
it being understood that a large and
dourishing beer business has been work
ed up as a side line to the use of the
phoney dice and the marked decks, one
of the essentials to the successful use
of phoney gambling apparatus being a
certain state of fuddlPness on the part
Of the victims. If profit can be made
out Of the befuddling of the suckers,
so such the better.
Numerous Complaints Made
The game, which has been ruhning
in Room 10 of the rOOming house, has
been in operation for many months
and while numerous complaints have
been made to the police, last night $
raid marked the first move to close it.
As a conspicuous example of the way
in which gambling has been running
practically without restraint, The Adj
vertiser has during the past several
days been paying the Joint some atten,
ton. Wednesday, visit to the place
on the part of representative of this
paper may or may not have precipitated
the raid few hours afterwards.
A letter received by Chief McDuffie,
from the wife of one Of the men who
has been continually feeced was shown
in the police court yesterday morning.
The letter saws:
81 am taking the liberty to write
you a personal letter to see if you would
do something to rid this town of a
couple of professional gamblers by the
names of Spencer and Stats, who have
been preying on poor unfOrtunates who
have the gambling craze, such as my
husband and his friends. The person
Stats, | am informed, is an ex convict
from San Quentin, being sent there for
doping "A party and rObbing them. He
rooms at the GreystOne, Room B, and
am told that he has all his crook ed
outfit with him, such as marked cards,
drills, quicksilver, loaded dice, etc. One
Of the places they usually take their
prey il to Room 10, New AllangtOn no
tel, on Union street. The room is at the
end of the hallway. Kindly break up
this clique; it may be the means of
saving home. 1t will do me good
if YOU catch my husband with the bunch
it may learn him a lesson" The letter
was signed "a Friend"
Enough For Blind Man
Detectives McDuflie, Swift, KelIctt
Silva, Anderson and Captain Baker of
the police were detailed for the raid
Entering the front entrance to the no
tel, the light in Room 10, which is at
the extreme end of the hall, was burn
ing brightly, with seemingly no attempt
to shield the game. Loud talking and
the rattle of chips would have steer
ed "A blind man to the room. There was
no necessity of breaking into the
room. The detectives simply walked in
us could anybody else, when they wish
ed to depart with their hard earnings
The detectives found eight men seated
around table, with poker game go
ing on in full blast. These gave their
names as John Smith COrbett, +. John
son, G. l.. Watson, w Wilson, +. Miller
Charles Finn, X. Martin and G.. Felix
Johnson, who claimed ownership OF
the gambling outfit, was released on
$3.50 bail. Watson put up $50 and the
others a cash bail of $25 each.
The money furnished for all the balls
was supplied by James +. Boyle. John
son, who has been long suspected as
one Of the master hands in connection
with the joint, was taken to his room
at the Greystone Hotel where the PO
lice found every conceivable necessity
for running crooked games. lie har
dentist s drill stand, and set OF
drills used for boring dice, hanc
drills, blank dice, and dozen pairs Of
loaded dice.
The room was well fortified, two au
| tomato IevOlvers adjoining the bureal
At the police station yesterday John