The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-16
Big Island NeuUs

Jug OF run truih mOtaSSes which was
seereted underneath his home, Frank
de Lima, a homestradcr at Waialee
miles above Hakalau, was placed un.
der arrest by Internal Revenue Agent
Ned Crabbe and United States Marshal
Smiddy. rtea
Crabbe had been working on the case
for some time to secure evidence Of
the man = guilt and was finally sue.
cssful in learning where the still might
be found. When Marshal Smiddv ar.
rived from Honolulu he told him Of
his discoveries and they decided to
make an immediate arrest.
Only one bottle Of liquor was found
on the Premises and this was hidden
between the mattresses Of Lima's bed.
| He declared that he has never sold
any of the liquor and was only expert.
menting with the view of later taking
out federal, permit, if he found be
could make a good quality Of rum.
The officials, however. say they have
proof that he has been selling the
stuff 10 plantation workmen. Lima pur,
chased the mollassps for making IN,
rum from the Hakalnu plantation in
small quantities in order to not al
tract attention.
The still was rather an elaborate onA
thirty gallons at every cooking. The
still was made in IIil0, but Lima had
manufactured his own worm which
was about fifteen feet long and made
of one half inch, pipe
The officers believed that Lima has
! been making liquor for the last eight
cen months They DESTROYED the stin
and took the worm aud liquor as evi.
dence to Honolulu where Lima was TAX
en- for trial. r~E
The maximum penalty for Illicit dis
tilling is a fine of $4,000 or two years
imprisonment orasbOth.
To take up the trial Of Jose Belinu.
eva, the Filipino indicted by the Kai.
lua grand jury for assauIting and muir
dering Harriet Humane. it was neces-
sary to draw Q special venire of jury
men, The grand made it's report on
last Thursday and returned several
other indictments.
Sadao Goto, a japanese accused of
killing his young bride, was indicted
| for murder in the first degree, Fausto
Ramos, Sabrino Bayoyo, Albina Bill
oso. and Estivan PementeI. Fihpinos,
were indicted for abduction and Fran
cisco diego Molina, the Kau Spaniard,
for murder in the frst degree.
No bills were returned against Ra-
mon Barquez and Maria Christian Bar
quez who were charged with ASSISTING
Molina to escape from Kau.
The trial of the FiIipinos charged
with abduction began on Friday and
was ended on Saturday, when a YER
diet of guilty was returned.
The GOtO trial !. will begin when the
Kohala murder .Gase is finished. Attor
ney Harry Irwin has been retained to
defend GOto.
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The amount of cash on hand on Dc.
tober 81, according TO the report of
County Auditor Sam Spencer and
Treasurer Charles Swain, was $77,ll5.-
II. The report set forth the following
receipts and disbpFsements: General
fund: Receipts, $32,995.Sl and dis
bnrsements, see, 64S.64, leaving bal
ance of $6,347.17; road fund: receipts,
$24, .7ll.50 and disbursements, $l6,
302.96 leaving a balance of $8,4O8.54;
school fund: receipts, 52,666.34 and
disbursements, $l6,54S.63, leaving a
balance of $36,OSl.7l; permanent i'm
provement fund: receipts $50, 1864
and disbursements $l6,205. 30, leaving
a balance of $25,6l2.60 preservation
fund: receipts $665.75, and no dis
bursements, leaving balance Of
$665.75 and total of 81, 1877 cash
on hand.
Through the efforts of the Rev.
Father Bruno, in large measure, OIo-
walu is TO have new Catholic church
within a short time. The building will
be located on the Makai side of the
| road, a short distance on the Waluku
side of the mill II will be a small
structure but will be adequate for the
size of the community. Father Bruno
expects to petition the board of sup
ervisors to sell to the church the old
bell which now hangs, all but useless
in the belfry of the Lahaina court
house. For sentimental reasons, as
well az practical ones, it is hoped that
the county fathers may ese fit to part
with the bell which is said not to be
made use of in its present position.
Many years ago this bell hung in the
little tower of the Catholic mission
church at Ukemehame, which is the
name of the big valley several miles
east of OlOwau. This valley was once
well populated with native Hawaiians,
but the community is no more from
deaths and removals. The church was
unused for some time and, then one
day a heavy wind out of the valley
proved too much for its old timbers,
and it collapsed. This was some ten
or fifteen years ago. The bell was
later sold to the county, and placed
in the Lahaina court house as fire
bell.
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