Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-18

stuff" in Honolulu, and a letter re.
ceived by the police department later
gave more information. The letter,
which came to McDuffie several days
ago, is interesting.
II am taking the liberty to write to
you q personal letter to see If you
would do something to rid this town
of q couple of professional gamblers
by the names of Spencer and Stats,
who have been preying on poor unfor-
Inmates who have the gambling craze,
such as my husband and his friends.
THE person Stats, am Informed,
is an ex-convict from San Quentin, be-
ing sent there for doping party and
then robbing him. He rooms at the
Greystone, room B, and / am told that
he has all his crooked outfit with him,
such as marked cards, drills, quick
silver, loaded dice, etc.
"One of the places they usually take
their prey to is room 10, New Allans-
ton hotel, on Union street. The room
is at the end of the hallway.
Kindly break up this clique; 1t
may be the means of saving home.
at will do me good If you catch my
husband with the bunch; 1t may learn
him lesson.
"A FRIEND"
"Slats" is thought to mean Johnson,
and Spencer" is probably Watson.
Saw Soldiers Lose Money. -
Facts relating to the games In room
10 were communicated to McDuff1e
previous to the receipt Of the letter,
and one man reported that on the
night of November 8 he watched the
game in No. 10 through transom un-
til o'clock In the morning, mum
Der of soldiers being engaged in play
and most of them losing all they had.
When Detectives McDuffie, Swift,
Kellett, Silva, Anderson and Capt. Ba.
ker of the police broke into room 10 at
IL o'clock last night they found eight
men around the table. Rubber chips
on the table represented % cents, 81
and SIS each, the total value of chips
in the game being $4S5, while $40 in
cash was taken. A dozen or more
decks of cards we're on hand.
When Johnson was searched he
gave the tip himself that led to the
seizure of the rest of his outfit, when
he said to one of the detectives, II
know what you are looking for. You
are looking for couple of coins with
quicksilver on them"
Find Tools for Crooks.
The reference to quicksilver led to
the conclusion that Johnson was the
man who was loading dice, and his
room at the Graystone Hotel, corner
King and Nuuanu streets, was
searched. In the room was found
every conceivable necessity for crook.
ed gambling.
Johnson had a dentists drill stand
and set of drills for boring dice, two
automatic revolvers, hand drills, blank
dice, and dozen pairs of loaded dice
He is expert enough to load even
transparent celluloid dice, which he
does by boring the marks on the faces
deeper and putting cement and quick
silver in.
This morning Johnson admitted that
he had been engaged in opium SNUG
Cling, and claimed he lost 100000
through miscarriage of a smuggling
scheme last year. He says he has
five bullet wounds in his body and
claims that in San Francisco he was
licensed to carry a revolver. He has
plenty of money.
"Oh, they'll fine me 500, or maybe
$500, and let me CO." he said this
morning. That will pay them for
their trouble and l will get out of
town. I'm willing to leave The town
is too small for my kind of game"
Johnson was recognized by Police
man Carter as having formerly made
a practise of running on transports,