The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-07-25
SM0OTH0R|ENTAL
CROOK LOSES OUT
!. QUICKLY in JAPAN
Korean Criminal Who Did Az He
Pleased Here, Promptly Jailed
In Yokohama
HONOLULU POLICE WERE
EASY: COURTS LIKEWISE
Nipponese Authorities, However,
Waste No Time With Kim and
His Shady Transactions

=. Nj. Kim, who has q remarkable
record as a crook in Hawaii, IL now
before the high court in Yokohama, on
trial for obtaining money under false
pretenses. If convicted, he probably
will not have such an easy time as he
had when put in Jail here, for while
serving time here he succeeded in put.
ting over profitable financial deal
A letter from the police officials in
Toxic to the local Japanese consul hen.
eral asks for Kim = criminal record,
and the reply will describe wonder,
full showing of graft and crookcduesa.
The letter was turned over TO Edward
Townsend, u Japanese interpreter, and
Townsend undertook the work of look
ing mp Kim's record. @a
AS o result of the report that Town
send sent forward. II IL probable that
Kim will be supplied with a lavender
or salmon eolOred suit, in Japanese
prison, whore he will find conditions
different from those in which he serv.
ed terms here. under which escapes
have heen rather easy.
Reads Like Novel
Kim 8 record in Honolulu reads like
n dime novel. Upon his arrival from
Koren in 1905 he represented himself
as a linguist, speaking Chinese. Japa-
nose, and Korean fueutly. and also as
student Of law He was accepted by
we'll kno'"n attorney as runner
In Hilo. Finding that working for q
salary was not in his lile. Kim printed
ahcut 200 Of the attorney 3 cards, and
sold them 20 Korean and Japanese lab
oreTs for ono, dollar each, saying that
the card entitled them to free advice
and protection by law. when they were
in. difficulty. For this swindle he was
convicted, and sentenced TO serve one
year. imprisonment. .
After securing his liberty. be sue.
neoded in ginning passage 20 Maui, and
after q few successful mouths rs
cotDterfeiter, was arrested while pas
sing bogus coins, and back in dnrnpce
vile he went for three years. After be.
ing lodged in Jail he decided to tnrn
states evidences. against several others
| who were caught counterfciting, and
after serving one year Of his sentence
he was pardoned. '@g#~Es.
Money Newer Delivered faf.,a
I Former Marshal 4. r. Hendry was
the next victim to Kim's willy ways,
| Hendry wps 80 confident that Kim had
reformed that he detailed him to carry
| a sum Of money 20 Mani Hendry mado
mistnke. Kim evidently landed in
the Valley Isle with the money, but
| the gold was never delivered ut its
proper destination. So Kim, natural.
ly. was again arrested. tried for lar
eeny and sentenced for the pFoyerbial
one wear. RI '.#N WV
After doing his ibit." he was
agPin released. Joined a christian So
Getty and went for a few promin-
eRt Japanese, Including the Consul.
| After extraeting sums of monOyE from
them, on the prctense that he was or.
ganizing great educational bureau,
his contributors became suspicious
when, his plans failed 20 materiali.e,
and had him arrested. AsAusual when
caught, Kim pleaded guilty, for he ut
no time was fighting Korean, and ON
five charges of embezzlement he was
sen need to serve seven months ON
each. r.. .tF3sHE- af
Then came his masterpiece, While
in prison serving his sentence, he &C.
tually succeeded in selling pig ranch,
which he never owned, aud never saw,
to an unsuspecting Japanese who called
at the bastile frequently. for the sum
Of 1890. When the Japanese after
paying over the required sum TO Kim,
4 went 10 take possession of his ranch,
he found that the porperty was oc,
| cupiea by another, who proved TO be
the rightful owner. Kim was. then
charged with accepting money under
| false pretense, but because of lack OF
eyidcnee, the case was never brought to
saib For Japan
i Following this escapade, Kim was
arrested, shortly sitter his release, for
Rembezzlement; served one year, npd
| after he emerged free man was re-
arrested upon a simiiat charge. While
his case was pending, efforts were made
to get him out Of the Tertiary. When
the prosecuting witness failed 10 ap-
pear against him in the embezxlement
charge, be was released and he sailed
FOR Japan in the Shinyo Maru the same
bolt in which Japanese sonsul, II. Ari-
Ia, was q passenger for Japan.
Arriving IN Yokohama, ne went bnet
to, the same old game, but not unob-
served Consul Arita was on the Job
and ordered a close watch upon the
willy Korean, which resulted in his ar
rest, charged with embexzhnR over one
hundred dollars from a picture bride
lWhO was hound fnr uonnInL, o.