The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-13
PROBE Of OPIUM
! ring NAY REACH
DETECTIVE GANG.
Fear and Trembling Settles Upon
Higher Ups Since Lepiency
Is Shown ScuIly
Observation-Disclosures
DEAL or YEARS AGO STALKS
All Signs Point to Terrific Sensa-
ton That Win Involve
Unnamed Crooks

Il y . 7, ~
There is fear and trembling among
the Hhigherups,s in opium circles Of
Honolulu as result yesterday Of the
entering Of a nolle PROSE- in the ease
Of Jack sculIy, indicted on 4 charge
Of highway robbery. seuliy already
has one conviction standing against
him and il awaiting sentence on that.
With his pals, John r. MeGrath,
George II. Bower ard P. n. Boggr, he
appeared before Judge Ashford in
the circuit court to be tried ON the
second charge. It was here that the
prosecution sprung what proved big
surprise to many in asking that the
case against Seully be passed.
Gum Shoes Leave Tracks
The only inference il that scully
has agreed to testify against his com.
panions and tell ali, he knows Of the
so-ealled opium ring. For weeks CITY
Attorney Cathcart has been working
hard ON this case, seeking TO get the
inside facts regarding the existence Of
the opium ring that has operated 80
dehantly in Honolulu for the past six
or seven years scully has told il oil,
report now has it and there are Ger.
tain gum -shoe men in town who fear
| that they are nearing the end OF their
rope and well on the way to wearing
the stripes they had hoped to put on
| Scullys back.
Particularly one Of these sleuths,
now resting smugly in the belief that
he is too firmly intrenched behind his
official position, Is said to be impli,
Gated. The authorities, II is alleged,
are in possession OF corroborative evi.
dence showing that this worthy, acted
as a leading figure in a fifteen-th6u-
sand dollar opium deal here six wears
| ago, and that only good fortune pre-
vented him from being captured red
banded with his booty at the time,
Might Visit 70 Cache NJ
After Bower and his companions
had earrfcd this fifteen thbasand dol
lars worth Of opium from the steam.
or and placed it in an automobile and
took It to it's cache, the sleuth who dis
rected the deal Is said to have hired
a rig and gone to the cache at nipht,
/ he WIS AccOmp0niod Dy n comma Mon
whose name the proper ahthorities are
believed 10 have. ahd with their rich
cargo Of opium thew started Tor Aiea.
when their rio broke down. In order
| TO escape detection they were com.
PEELED to hide their contraband, Il is
alleged, and await another emporium.
ity 70 deliver IL 10 their customer.
These are details, SculIv. reused Ia
discuss vesterdav. \ neither admittina
nor DENYING that he has told the pros.
ecutine attorney ANYTHING. II Is not
known whether he win take the stand
when the cases Of his COMPANIONS are
called tomorrow. The pubiication Of
| the Information regarding the fifteen,
thousand dollar opium dehI. however,
win. it "a believed. make those who in
the mast have covered up their flleaal
acts. because Of the power given them
by their official positions. know thai
they are fast nearing the end Of their
rome. 3s 3 (, I.
The sequel depends upon whether OF
not Scully win talk when the time
comes. ~. IA q
III Is not improbable that when the
ease AGAINST McGfath, Bower and
BoQgs Is called tomorrow, Mrs. j. 7.
Scniiy viii be one Of the witnesses. II