Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-26
Charge
GAMBLING AND
GIVINGOF BRIDE
Cation and Andrews Plead
Guilty in Police Court; Are
Given Heavy Fines

Attempted bribery. a plot Of gam
bling on a gigantic scale. hints Of OPT.
um traffic and other thrills are all
| bound up in case which has been
nnearthed by Capt McDuffie Of the
detectives and for which the princi-
pals. Francis j. Cation and S. F..
Andrews. admitted their guilt in the
district court tits morning and were
fined $3.50 each. which they immedi
ately paid. ...".
Briefly, according TO the story told
| at the police station. Cation and An
drews had obtained considerable
money, possibly from the sale of OPT
um; rented a gambling den; posted
funds TO buy the police and were
in full swing and coming money by
their venture when McDuffie nabbed
the whole gang Now most OF their
known capital is in the hands OF the
police q
Cation and Andrews were arrested
Thursday but investigations had not
yet been completed when the Star
Bulletin went to press and no charges
had been preferred. Cation is an ar
chitect by profession and Andrews
was employed on the Ma{sonia until
about three months ago, when he re-
NAMED in Honolulu and took up with
Cation, the police say .'....@. 80.
Watched for 10 Days ~. .
About 10 days ago McDuffie got
tip that someone with plenty Of money
would start a big game on Pauahi
street during Chinese new year cele-
brations and that the police would be
approached with a bride. He put the
suspected house under guard and
awaited developments, the story goes.
Saturday Korean named Lee APP
preached Korean Detective John Woo
OF McDuffie's department. rendering
him SIS to give to McDuffie to keep
quiet. In the presence of McDuffie
and Deputy Sheriff Asch the money
was received and marked as Exhibit
A. The Korean would not tell where
the money came from but said he
was originally given $50 and kept half
for his share. Then McDuffie drew
the net closer
According to McDuffie's information
the game was Que to start full blast
on Monday but something retarded it. |
Wednesday while the captain was out |
in the country his men, who were
watching closely, saw operations start, |
raided the place and brought in IA
Chinese who were fined IS each when |
they pleaded guilty Of playing pal |
kau, in police court the next morning. |
Started With $500
Upon McDuffie's return he received
Information from Chinese that Cation
and Andrews had given them $500 to
used to bail out the IA arrested. The
Chinese turned over to McDuffie s205
remaining and with the $500 which
the two defendants paid in fines they
are out over 500. The police are try
ing to learn where the money came
from originally.
Andrews activities in the court /
room during the gambling trial of the
IA Chinese was particularly notice
able. Attorney A. l.. Larnach, who
represented the Chinese, appeared for
the two men this morning and in
structed them to plead guilty. i
County Attorney A. NJ Brown, who
took charge of the prosecution in con-
junction with Attorney Chillingworth,
this morning recommended a substan-
tial fine rather than Imprisonment to
Judge Monsarrat inasmuch as the de-
PENDANTS had pleaded guilty and re-
lieved the government of the cost Of
q hearing and possibly jury trial.
( Lee will be taken before the grand
jury this afternoon on charge Of
bribery. II indicted be will be ar
raignsd in court tomorrow: