Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-25
PROBE Of WAHIAWA GAMBLING AND
BR|BESTORY GOES AGAINST GRAY

the prosecution. He testified that he
was arrested in the raid made by
Gray the gay after the affidavits we're
| flied. that he went to Chang Chau's
office right after being bailed out, that
Chang Chau told Alma, the banker of
the game and one of the affidavit
makers, Don't be afraid. Do as told
you. Say that you paid the officer S.
and everything will be all right"
Then Charles f. Chillingworth, con-
Quoting the cross-examination, ques-
toned him. By requesting the inter-
prefer to translate very carefully he
brought out that what Chang Chau had
really said was, Dent be afraid to
tell that you paid the officer IS a
week. Do that and il will be all right"
All Wing, another chefa gambler ar
rested at the time of the raid, was
next on the stand. He stuck close to
his declaration that Chang Chau had
said to Alma, Don't be afraid. II is
my affair. You just say what | said
to you. Say that you gave the officer
IS and 1t will be all right" But Chill
lingworth discredited his testimony by
proving that he had made a statement
to the sheriff and then denied it to A.
M. Cristy, deputy city attorney.
"Pancho Villa" a mild looking lit
tie Filipino, told of buying chefa tick
cts for Gray almost every day from
the first of March and said that he
had been promised $75 II raid was
made and convictions secured. Cross
questioned he declared that he had
not got the SIS yet but expected it.
This raised the first laugh of the ses-
sion. The next one came when Chill
lingworth asked the sheriff If 1t was
coming out of the incidental fund.
Pancho's testimony might have
helped Gray If he hadn't turned
around and pointed out Alma, the
banker, and said that he had seen
him make the drawings every evening
from March / to March 80 and had
told Gray about 1t and pointed Alma
out to Gray. One of the points Of
Gray's defense was that 1t was impos-
sible to stop the bank by arresting
runners and that the banker could not
be found except by raid.
A police officer who took part In
the raid, and the Chinese bondsman
who procured the release of the men
arrested in the raid on Ahina's bank
completed the list of witnesses called.
The defense rested, then the prose
cution rested. There was a minutes
talk over whether the evidence should
be summed up or left to the commits
sion. Attorney Lightfoot ended the
discussion by asking for five minutes
to address the commissioners, and in
about two minutes pointed out incon-
sistencies in the affidavits on which
the charges were based and the testi.
mony Asss
A. M. Cristy, first deputy city attor-
ney. replied that it was not the affi-
davits but the testimony that the pro-
secution relied on, that the aim of the
city attorneys Office had been to sub
NIT all of the evidence to the commits
sion and. let 1t decide as to the truth
fitness of contradictory witnesses.
The decision of the civil service
commissioners in the case OF Police
Officer Gray is final so far as the
sheriffs office is concerned, and
Sheriff Rose has notified Gray of his
dismissal. Not only is the sheriff
powerless to fight against the commits
sion's decision. IL he wanted to. but
according to the statutes Gray has no
right of appeal to the courts to set
aside the commissions decision. So
Gray is out, absolutely and unalter-
ably out.