The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-05
Soldiers and
Police Rush
Resorts
Chinese Is Shot
When He Tries
To Escap

One Chinese dead, sixty-three others
arrested ON charges OF vagrancy and
four soldiers, three negroes and ono
white, rounded up and turned ever 10
the military authorities, WINS the toll
Of monster drive conducted by the.
city deleciiyes and q company Of sol
diers, in command Of an officer against
Oriental resorts suspected Of being
opium dens early yesterday morning IN
Honolnlp,s Chinatown. n 4 81 !. q "
The man who is dead was shot by "a
corporal with the company Of soldiers,
after the Oriental had failed to halt
when ordered, to DO so as,he was leaging
building near the corner Of Mailnakea
and Hotel Streets As he left the build,
ing he saw the soldiers and immediatsa
ly started to run, the corporal stopping
him within n few feet by q bullet from
his rifle. esat. sfs.a 2 tlr,.rta
The bullet entered the ChipamAa =
right leg q few inches below the hip
joint tearing deep and wide CASH
about eight inches long This - the
usual result. of wound from the nod
ern army rifle, tis said, at short range,
as the bullet swivels until IL gets its
fun velocity after leaving the rife
barrel y De- s0.4tat hfEEg Fls 4
Dies From Wound ts, sst M
While the Chinaman killed in the raid
yesterday morning was given treatment
at the emergency hospital shortly after
he was shot; he failed TO recover from
secondary shock experienced after he
had begun to recover from primary
shock and he expired at eight O'Clock,
about three hours after he was wound.
ed. 4 .a,f q, h'9 H5Ss Fag4 sf5t ~
SO many of the Opium dens were
raided by the detectives, after n mill
tary guard had been established around
the Districts where they were located,
that two trips had TO be made to the
police station to book the prisoners. At
ten minutes Of four clock 'forty.six
of the Chinese were received at the, sta
ton and held ON charges Of vagrancy.
The next trip to the station was made
by the detectives and soldiers at q five
minutes of seven O'Clock when seven
teen more Of the Chinese were locked
up. }.sf y ~, M a x y -.
Soldiers Arrested sirSs 4 ~ ~
The soldiers were brought in with the
first prisoners and booked as George
Monroe, Company Il, 18th Infantry;
Judge |. Dozier, Company l., 25th In
fantry; Chester Sewell, Company II,
25th Infantry, and William @. Ashley,
Quartermaster's Corps, Fort Shafter.s
The raid. started shortly after one
O'Clock and lasted unit a clean up OF
the last joint visited was made just
before seven O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. AS the officers and soldiers would
enter one. Of the dens the occupants
would be taken into custody and q
quick search made for opium and srno llI
ing utensils .9@' - III ~ ~ ~ -
The raid came as surprise, every
precaution being taken TO stop the news
from spreading from one den to an
other, and the element Of surprise con-
timed to the very last the Chinanish
often being found sound asleep in their
hunks when an entrance was cffscted
Thought Soldier Fooling 6sA,gttl
Chinese residents Of Honolulu say
Lum Kon Chong, the Chinaman killed,
was the victim Of circumstances and
not aware that he was Thought TO be
escaping from the law. They say
Chong was a wood chopper by occn-
patton and was leaving the. building
near whore he was shot early in the
morning to begin his day 81 work. AZ
one of these Chinese explains, he
thought the soldier fool him when he
tell him stop. Soldier all time fool
Chinaman,p y, ~ 2, y - =. IL
However, it, SIDE, that Chopg 9
death was brought about partly by his
lack Of ,,physica1 resistance, due IL is
'believedsto his qse of opium, I,.t ! !
Many Of the Chinamen arrested put
up a bond Of $500 each, although more
than half of them were unable TO do so,
Their hearing in the police court has
been set for today. III .iy. u ,@s
1t Is estimated that the value Of the
opium and pipes seized in the raid Is
about $4,000. ,., !. Z E%Ethh,. u.
An the dens raided were located be.
tween Liliba and Maunakea Streets and
King and Kukui Streets.
zee Yap, the proprietor of the pork
shop at the corner OF Smith and Hotel
Streets, put up the bail for most OF, the
Chinese who were arrested and after,
whrds released. Wv" W AHsSsT as
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