The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-24
Rev. Charles II. Mcvey Despite
Threats Of McDuffie Swears
q Out uice-Warrant 49,.
WHEN DEPARTMENT FAILS
THIS cLERGYMEN ACTS
Takes Personal HAND IN "clsapj,Ol
ing Up" KaIihi District Near -,
His Church tG W.

Rev. Charles II. Mcvey, pastor Of
Kalihi union church forced the issuance
of "viee.warrmt yesterday mbTnihg
in police court, apparently much against
the desires Of the police department,
Vice conditions have been growing
steadily worse in the district in which
Rev. Mcvey's church is, situated.
Although he has repeatedly called the
attention of the police to the existence
of diForderly houses nothing has hap.
pened and hence he took matters into
his own hands yesterday. As neithet
Deputy City Attorney Chillingw0rth,
Captain Of Detectives McDufie, nor Po-
lice Judge MOnsarrat cared to swear ont
warrant, the Kalihi pastor did 80 him.
self .. =. .'.,
Pastor Got His Warrant.
As a result NJ. Manini, n Hawaiian,
was arrested on a "John Doe" infor.
ma ton and held in detention afte,. u
wordy alteration had taken place be.
tween Mr.. McDuffie and Mr.. MeVey at
the station. The chief of detectives
having accused Mr.. McVey of declar.
ing that the police department Is rot.
tenly incompetent in handling vice in
Honolulu, the latter answered that be
had said so and stood ready to prove
his words.
He said there are n number Of houses
Of ilkfame openly operated out In the
Asylum Road district.
Public Orgies
81 have protested again and again
20 the police authorities, telepho ning
numerous times, about the orgies in
houses near my church and play
! ground" he said. "These have been
so bad that, unable TO get the police
to, do anything, l have several times
been forced to 60 myself and clean
up some of the worst punches.
TUESDAY afternoon big fight
started near n house just back of the
playground. Men and women were
fighting. They kept it up. l., tele,
\ phopPd to the police at five O'Clock, at
fve.thirty and at six. When / told
the man at the desk who answered. the
telephone call that this disgraeeful
scene was going on, he said, We'll,
what about it. l demanded that an
officer be sent to stop the fight,
Finally, getting tired of waiting, I
went over myself and put an END. to Ii.
tThe people who were in il knew that l
would take n club, il necessary. and
kick them off the place, and they shut
up. ~
Police TOO Busy ,....
"About six-thirty an oficer-either
d motorcycle or bicycle officer, 1 think,
came and asked about the row. told
him then what thought Of a police
force that would handle a situation
like that. BY this time it would have
been impossible to find and arrest most
Of those who were doing the fighting
and quarreling. He went back to town
and / suppose, from what occurred,
that he told them at the station what
had said about the police force"
Mr.. McVey said that he was then
shunted around from one official to an
other, in the mean time being threat
ened with personal violence by Nc
Dufie, without however allowing him
self to be bluffed out of his purpose
; The police claimed they had no evi
dence and would have to first satisfy
themselves of the facts alleged by thu
mission pastor.
Vice Flaunts Itself
As the latter has himself been a Po
, lice officer and member of the Philip
pine secret service the objections o.
} the police were finally abandoned anC
warrant issued.
In company with Palama Settleneu
workers The Advertiser has investigat
ed vice-condtions in Kalihi, Palama
upper Fort Street and other district
where disorderly houses are operated
Conditions in Kalihi have been foun'
to be especially bad.
As told by the settlement worker
, certain hackmen at stands in the yici
/ nifty of the Railroad depot are more o
less openly engaged in touting 70
these resorts which are apparently uu
D der "proteetion from some mystic
n rious "higher-up." At least the peae
/ officers whose duty it is to prevent lay
breaking are densely ignorant Q
O wrong-doing patent to the Observable
{ Of the average citizen.