Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-03
GRAY ENLARGES
ON Charge HE'S
FRAME.UP victim
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and others to fix" him and let gam6.
ling games operate in which they
were interested; secondly, that Chang
Chau is the defendant in a case soon
r. to come up in federal court: that he.
Gray, is one Of the principal witnesses
20 be used against Chang Chau, and
that the Chinese storekeeper wishes
to discredit Gray's testimony by just
T. the Sort OF action the civil service
commission took in his case.
Chang Chau, All Foon and All Fook,
the latter two being his employees,
we're arrested by U. S. Marshal Smid-
dy last November They are charged
with buying and selling government
property, presumably stolen. including
oats and barley taken from the caval-
~ quartermaster's stores at Leilehua.
In federal court circles 1t is said
:, that the case against Chang Chau and
these men was worked up by Gray.
Gray arrested the employees and held
them prior to the preparation of war
rants and the arrival of Smiddy to
serve them. ..-.t
Denies He Protected Games. ~:
Gray declares that he can bring
many witnesses to prove that at the
time the affidavits say he was protect.
ing gamblers he was in fact raiding
. them and arranging other raids. He
also says that he can bring many wit
nesses, army officers and others, to
testify as to his honesty Of character.
In the hope that some action will be
taken looking toward a re-opening OF
8 his case. he made the following state
rnent 10 the Star-Bulletin in the pres
3 ence of q witness:
"The frame-up to get me- was be-
gun by. Chang Chau after ] arrested
two of his men for stealing and sell
ing federal government goods and he
was arrested, too. by u. s. Marshal
Smiddy on the same charge. Even
before that time Chang Chau was al
ter me, believe, because / was work
ing to block some of the crooked work
i he was trying to pull off around Wa
hiawa.
j How He Made Chang chau Hostile.
Last November, complaints reach
ed me that Chang 1Chau and his men
! were stealing--or helping to steal
4 Eofernment property. including oats
and barley taken from the cavalry
quartermaster's stores at Schofield.
laid for them and caught two OF his
: men with a wagon containing oats
which they had secured and were go
) ing TO sell. Well, drove the wagon,
taking the men. too. to the field artil-
lery cantonment and then phoned to
Chang Chau to come and get his wa
gon. He wanted me to let the men
out on bail, but wouldn't do It WITH
out authority from the sheriff or Mar
shall Smiddy. He came to town and
saw the sheriff and McDuffie. The
next day we brought the men In to
turn over to the U. s. marshal and
then Marshal Smiddy arrested Chang
Chau, too. That case is now about
ready to come UP in the federal court,
and am convinced that this frame-up
was fixed up against me to discredt
me as far as possible so that IL am
q witness against Chang Chau bis law.
yers can attack me as being charged
with grating.
Il am certain also that Chang Chau
had another reason for framing
against me, that being that i was try
ing 10 get evidence against this game
Of Ahina's, the one we finally raided.
Was Getting Ready For Raid.
During the investigation before the
civil service commission these China.
men testified that they started this
chefa game about the 23d of January.
II was about the middle Of February
when I first heard of II. Bp to that
time they had been mighty quiet.
Then various people at WahiaYa be-
gan telling me about II and started
working to get my evidence. A Jap
90 fhn cont
and one or two Cinnamon were the
first people who informed me about
the game.
81 had two men principally working
to get the evidence, a Filipino and
japanese. They went to work as run.
ners for the bank, collecting all the
evidence they could. | got hold oil
the Filipino myself out there at Wa
hiawa The Japanese came into town
and told the detective department
about the chefa game and Kellett told
him TO report to me and told me to
use him. The Japanese kept all his
returns to be used as evidence, in his
room out there, while the Filipino
turned over to me all the evidence
that he got.
ITO show you how carefully these
informers worked, IL is fact that
the Filipino bought chefa tickets from
this japanese and told me about 1t,
and never knew that the Japanese
was also working for me.
When Affidavits Came Out.
I'VE were all working on this evi
dence up to the time Of the raid. A
few days before the raidwhich was
On March 30--T was ready To DuI| IL
off. but could not get the officers out
from town. They couldn't spare them
KeiIett wanted Arena ia 80 along
1nd once Apane Couldn't HoNf|&@
/ have proof and can bring more proof
20 show that the raid Vas r'onr11
seVerai days before the a[|'1@|'-.
made "a Nr. Brown were given I.'''-
,c,fion n the SI4rRulIetin. can
~fSw tlal ire making public Of these
s = y. w. Ind NOTHING Whatever u |1
with the 1me 81 the raid
wen. We n.o. re .:. .o e g. ere, g.