The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-22
GUL|Gk AVENUE
! GAMBLERS SGT
OFF WITH FINE.
Otto Gertz, Son Of Woman Who
Owns Cottage, Tells OF
Previous Games
BIG GANG or CROOKS
ss,a ALMOST KILLED HIN
Tom Quinn Lewis Stables and
Other Angles Of Rottenness
" Now in EimeIight
trrom wedncsaay Aayertlser.l

(rrOm wednesday AdVert1aer)
! "A. MeDcYitt, Prcd Estes and M. Ros.
son pleaded guilty in the police court
yesterday morning TO charge Of gam
tbling, wherein Herman Kuboy was the
eomplaining witness. Judge Monsarrat
/ fined each of the men seventy-five dols
HAIRS and two dollars and thirty cents
costs, which they smilingly Paid to As
sistant Clerk Fred Weed. 4
Thus ended the first chapter in the
sensational expose made by The Adver,
tiser yesterday morning Of the gambling
bring which has been operating openly
and' nagiautly in this yity for many
months.
Kubey, the complaining witness, was
harvested for being a participant in the
| game His case will be tried today.
4 Sam Mcmillan, the chauffeur, who Is
4 alleged TO be the "stcererD In the
game, ard who was also participant
in the Thursday night game, in which
.Kubcy lost $3.50 diamond ring, Is
Iupder arfest and win be tiled in the
tpoliee court tomorrow morning,
/ CROOKS scnrry TO Cover
/ Following the expose In The Adver-
tiscr there was a general scurry for
yOYct auIong those who are prominent
IN Underworld and police circles, and
HRriran Kubcy came in for no small
measure of dernnciation for the part
fhe has taken in bringing the existing
gambling conditions here into the lime
light,
On the witness stand, yesterday morn.
ing, Kubey testified as to the manner
Ia which he was taken TO the cottage
in Gulick avenue, at which several
games were running full blast, He Fur.
ther stated that after these games were
concluded be wis taken with several
Others to the Lewis stables in King
street, where another game was rum
LUNG. Several GaSs esslonal Japanese
gamblers were participants in this
leame. Warrants, be issued today
| for 0gawa and Tasaka, Japanese, who,
| il is alleged, have grown wealthy by
hdnlging in games OF chance about the
lefty. They will be material Witnesses
IN the Lewis stables case, when this
lpiare is Investigated. +
Mrs. eersz Ignorant n
Otto Gertzs son Of Mrs. Anna Gertz,
owncr Of the cottage in which Estos
and McDeyitt arc alleged to have run
a brace game for many months, In q
statement TO The Advertiser last night
declared that his mother had no knowl
edge of the business which had been
carried on In her eottage.s The place
twas rented to man named Baxter,
who was brought to the premises ~
Mcmillan on November rs. Baxter has
since left for tho Coast owing month q
rent, Mrs. Gertz, it is claimed, served
notice on McMillan last Sunday to va.
cate the premises.
Mcmillan denies having had anything
to- do with tho rental OF the cottage at
any time, although young Gertz said
last night that prior to the time that
Baxter engaged the cottage, Mcmillan
was the lessee for a long period 81
! Gertz further declared that on the
night Df December Is he was invited to
1.-The, cottage in question There was a
hula in progress and about twenty per.
sons were present, the majority Of whom
were soldiers aiid young men about
town. IIe was given considerable liq
uor to drink and invited later into d
4 crap game which was in progress Not
having any money with him, he did
1 not participate.
Gertz Badly Beaten r tf *
i Gertz stated that the game PROGRESSED
j for5some time when suddenly an alter.
i cation arose over. the loss of sixty-fve
Il dollars, which nlysteriousIy disappeared
! front the table He was set upon hy
no less than mind men and was 50 severe
lily beaten and licked about the head
land body that ne was under the doe,
j tors care for several days.
sh's'I succeeded an beating of several
Of my assailants, 2 said Gertz, "and
nearly got away, when ] was knocked
1 To the ground by Tom Quinn, who said,
n Let - Kill the ....... ..,.....
as he kicked me la the head. man.
. aged TO get to my mother > house, fin
/. my, and with her assistance was get.
ting the blood and dirt washed OF me,
when Detective Sergeant John Kellett
i entered the house He asked me if
! had the sixtyrfye dollars, over which
the dispute started. i told him that
, did not have the money. Kellett then
made 8 search Of the premises and after
satisfying himself that did not have
the money, he left No arrests Of any
4 fature were made, although Kellett said
If be could find. Joe Leal he would
arrest him, as he thought he got the
money.
Warrant Secured and Dropped
tf'hr went to the-police station the fol
lowing day and .swore to warrant
charging Tom Quinn with assault aud
battery. BY a tound-about way word
was brought 10 me from Quinn stating
ti,at If ! pressed the charge ] would be
g killed i conferred with ny mother
over this feature Of the case and as
she lives out there in Kalihi. alone
most of the time, took her advice and
had the warrant swithdrawI.i
4 Sheriff Rose maintains his clam like
silence in regard TO the present case and
i will admit no knowledge of the eondi-
4 lions as BROUGHT; out ~ Mondays and
yesterdays disclosures.
\, lit was reported yesterday that Judge
8 Ashford win call Observation-Disclosures az
4 the grand jury TO the existing gambling
conditions in thiss city, when this body
meets tomorrow at two o. clock. #a&