Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-29
YSGANGSTERS
PULLED OFF DOPE
DEAL FROM JAZZ
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sistance, 1t is alleged. OF a fireman
on one of the Pacific Mail steamships
who knew how to get the dope
ashore, and also OF a Chinese fner-
chant Of Honolulu whose name il Civ
en- by Cough and who is said to have
been the main guy" in buying the
poppy extract from the smugglers.. Go.
between in the persons Of certain
hack-drivers and bartenders, it is re-
lated, helped to facilitate the matter
BY acting as the messengers between
the various parties These go-betweens
had free access to the prisoners and
would run their errands at all hours
OF the day or night.
Coughs recital OF this particular
feat ascribed to the garigsters when
they were supposed to be under strict
guard is as follows:
The deal was cooked up by Jack
McGrath and Bert Bower in the Jail
and by one of the petty officers of
the Pacific Mail line fname given)
who was one of the principal chaps in
the handling Of dope across the Pa
cific. He had several men Of the
crews working for him apparently.
They had several systems of get.
ting the stuff ashore. Sometimes
they could slip off the ship with it.
At other times they would drop IL
overheard some miles from the harbor
as a ship came in or went out When
dropped overheard, they used to have
an empty tin-can with a long wire or
string attached to it and this can
would be the buoy marking where the
stuff was sunk At night, after the
dope had been sunk, the boys used to
go out in sampan and pick it up
and for this purpose they had sam
pan run by chap who would keep
quiet about his job.
"On this particular deal, pulled off
while the boys were In Jail, the dope
was sent ashore from a Pacific Mail
steamer by fireman. As soon as he
got ashore, guess he got word to one
of the gobetweens for ----------
name giyenl came up to the jail.
walked in to the hospital as usual
and said to the boys. That jams ar
rived all right.
.'They talked. it over a. little, al.
ways using the word jam or Junk
mostly jam and winking and laugh
ing when they said it.
THAT night Jack and Bert (Mc.
Grath and Bower) went out through
the bathroom window and over the
fence. They got the stuff from who
ever had it for them and brought il
home that same night. Half of il
was left in the shed near the hospital;
the other hals brought inside. IssaW
it myself and there twas very little il
any attempt to conceal it.
sNext day the boys ,phoned to Sher.
If Rose that they wanted to get ont
and hunt for bond -at this time they
were in there unable to raise the bond.
It used to be constant excuse for
their getting out in the daytime that
they wanted to hunt for bond-money.
They were allowed to go out.
They then wrapped the dope up
In some dirty clothes ready for wash.
ing and went out with parcel under
each arm
There was an auto outside driven
by a FREDERICKSBURG fellow did a
lot Of work for them. Sc they went
out and sold the dope to Chinanan
on Nuuanu street tname given) and
came back that night with any amount
Of money.
when talking it over the night be-
fore they said they had about $1,000
worth OF the stuff. After it was sold
the money was divided on the table.
Then the gambling began and 1t ran
high as long as the losers had any.
thing to put np.r
Sharp Enters Denial.
A story in a morning paper today
reporting that Deputy County Sheriff
Julius w. Asch had been told in San
Francisco by Raymer Sharp, deputy
collector of customs, that the latter
knew where john j. McGrath was
and could place hands an him in less
than an hour, was denied today by
Mr.. Sharp a
81 had a casual talk with Mr.. Asch
at the Hawaii building at the San
francisco exposition said Mr.. Sharp
this afternoon, but McGrath's name
was never mentioned. did not see
McGrath, and IL had / would have
been the first to take steps leading to
his arrest, because he was badly
wanted then for opium deals in this
city,"
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