Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-27


the street, where he turned key in
a safety. deposit box
IL was by starlight only that four au.
tomobiies, loaded 10 the fender with
men, slipped away from the police sta.
ton al 3: ~ and glided noiselessly with
all lights out, down the Prison road
that leads TO 1wilei The darkness
was intense and the lighted street cor.
ners showed no one stirring Within
two hours 10 men had been arrested,
booked at the jail for investigation.
No one but those in charge OF the
expedition knew where they were go
ing, but everyone Of the silent Off
GERS felt there was something "big"
about TO break and their quietness
enhanced the tensity Of the venture.
Chief McDuffie and Sergeant Kellett
LED in their big Packard and next
came Deputy Sheriff Asch with a load
OF officers, the patrol wagon and an
other machine.
Explicit instructions Given
About two blocks from the makai
entrance to the Iwilei district all cars
halted and the chief led the detectives
and policemen into a dark shadow
where the first instructions we're Civ
en-, which were brief but clear and
concise.
Every man was to stay at the post
assigned him and to allow no one to
leave any building or cottage to be
raided.
Twenty-eight men. led by McDufie
and Asch with Kellett in charge of the
detectives, and Charles ii. Baker, cap
tain OF the police. directing his men,
then tip-toed to their stations. Nc
Duffie carried a rough chart of the
district and had indicated with q
black mark where he thought the men
wanted were to be found. This proved
to be the case in practically every in
stance.
When the policemen and detectives
were all hid away in the shadows of
the various buildings and cottages to
be watched, Mcpufie, Asch, Kellett
and a newspaperman started the real
work of the morning.
"You Are Under Arrest"
In one of the makai cottages on the
Eva side Of lwilei road the first ar
est was made-about o'clock 1t
was OF Samuel Folk. The formalities |
were short and businesslike, the pro
cedure in every case being almost
identical
With every window and door of the
house guarded McDuffie gave sharp
rap on the door and at the order the
curt words, "McDuffie-police officer
let me in" the door eventually opened,
although in several cases few harder
blows on the panel accompanied with
a couple OF kicks, were necessary.
When the door was finally. flung |
wide by a blear-eyed, terrorstrick |
woman, who viewed the assembled |
crowd outside with evident alarm, the
chief went through the rooms with
his searchlight Almost invariably the
officers outside heard q gruff voice
boom out You're under arrest" Those
guarding the house were detailed to
take the prisoner in charge and es-
cort him to the patrol wagon.
No Disorder Or Confusion
There was no excitement in the way /
of confusion or disorder, although Iwi-
lei inmates were soon in a panic. /
Each man OF the raiding force knew
his place. kept It and followed direc-
lions explicitly. The early morning
stiffness was broken only by an occa-
sionally cry from one of the women
or the frightened barking of dogs, as
scared. apparently, as their mistresses.
McDuffie had hoped only to sack
about nine or ten men; he got Is in
stead Many of them the police say
fhey had never heard of or seen be-
fore. Several arrived in Honolulu re-
Gently. lufed here and to residences
of Iwilei women, so McDuffie believes,
by a belief that the police were friend
ly to the Iwflei situation and would
do nothing to trouble them.
Although the raid was tragic enough
for the victims and undertaken with
all seriousness by the officers several |