Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume IX, Number 36, 17 December 1936 — LILO KE KUAI OPIUMA I MEA HOOPOMAIKAI Hoowalewaleia he wahine malihini [ARTICLE]

LILO KE KUAI OPIUMA I MEA HOOPOMAIKAI

Hoowalewaleia he wahine malihini

• He ekolu mau kanaka e noho nei ma neia paemoku i lawe ae i ko iakou mau ike o na mea huna o nei i kumuhana e loaa mai ai ia lakou na pomaikai a me ka loaa ana mai o he elua tausaiii dala mai kekahi kaikamahine maiihini opio mai i pae ma neia paemoku i kulike me ka hoike i waihoia ma ke keena oihana o na makai kuloko.

0 na inoa o na keiki oia no o Lapaki Webb, Hale Lee Fong ame Milion Douglas. E hooloheia ana ka hihia o Douglas. ma ka la 17 o keia mahina.

Na Miss Gladys L. Eissmg, e noho nei ma helu 2455 Kuhio Alanui, i hookomo i ka palapala hoopii. He ekolu mahina i kaahope ae nei i iiolo mai ai o Miss Eissing mai na aina haole mai a ma-

hope o kona hoea ana i nei, kuai ae la oia i kekahi puulu hale hoolimalima e ku nei ma Waikiki no ke kumukuai 0 he 22,000 dala, wahi ana 1 hoike ,aku ai i ke keena makai. Oiai oia e noho ana ma ke kahakai o Waikiki, halawai oia me Webb, i huli a maopopo ka waiwai io o keia wahine opio.

Holo mai o.Webb no nei mamuli o kona kauohaia ana aku e hele mai no ka hana ana me kekahi hale keaka, aka no ke ko ole ana o na mea i hoolalaia hooneleia kana huakai. Mahope o ko Webb hoomaopopo ana i kō Miss Eissing kulana ulakolako, komo pu aku la me Fong ame Douglas ma kekahi papahana no ka hoomama ana ia Mias Eissing miai na ke daTa 0 2000 a penei lakou i hoo-" maka ai: O ko Webb mahele oia no ka pelo a hooipoipo ana ia Miss ĒLssing a hilinai mai oia iaia. Ua olelo aku oia ia Miss Eissing he kanaka opio kulana ano nui kona maanei, 01 aku ma na hana hoopae malu i natini opiuma. Wehewehe oia i ke ano o na hana hoopae opiuma a me na dala he lehulehu mahope o ko lakou hooliloia ana, ame kona olelo ana aku aole oia i l'awa loa me na dala e hoohaha ai.

Nolaila hoolauna ae !a oia ia Douglas, he kanaka hookele kaa uwila i kekahi manawa i hala ae nei, ma ke ano he kanaka oia i pīH i ka oihana kuke awa, liie iia poho lima i hele f maneo o kaua mea „o kona makēiiiake ana e loaa mai na <3āla keu. 0 kekahi mea he mau hoaloha kekahi o Douglas e hikī ke kokuaia ka lakou mau haua. Mahope o kela, o ka mea e hana aku ai oia no ka hoikeike ana ia Miss Ēissing i ke alahele e hoonui a e hoomahuahuaia ai ,na dala ana e waiho ana iloko o na hana hoopae opiuma. I ka Poano hiki mai la o Douglas ma kahi e noho ana o Webb a huki ae 3a i kekahi tini uuku mai kona kakini ae, Me ka hoopunipuni, hoomaka iho la oia e wehe i ke tini me kona oeoe ana i kona manamanalima ma ke ano e hoao ana i ka opiuma e waiho ana iloko me ka i ana: "Auwe, he maikai maoli! Heaha ke,kun)ukuai?" . "He 200 dala," i pane a-

ku ai o Douglas. Me koīāā r ßoohalaliala ana, unuhi ae Tā t>ia he 200. e kau ana ma le'ekahi ope dala a āleii Ta ia Douglas". ī kona tiele ana i waiho, iholo awiwi 'aku la oia ma kahi ā Fon£ e ku mai ana a haawi at:u"Ta i na dala he 200 iaia. I ko 3?ong hiki ana ma kahi o Webb, aui mai la oia: "He opiumā anei kau o keia la?" ' Alaila hoolilo aku la o Douglas i lee tini opiuma ana i kuai ai mai a Webb mai no na huina jdala he 350 ia Fong, a ua like ia me he loaa keu o he 150 dala.

0 keia oia wale no kekahi 0 na alahele like ole e loaa mai ai na pomaikai he hewahewa a Web.b i hoeueu aku ai ia j§ssing. Me kekahi huina dala lehulehu, ua hiki iaia komo aku iloko o na papahana elike me keia i 01 aku ka nui o na dala. Ua

makaukaujpia e waiho aku he 2000 dafa iloko o keia hui a ua komojpu la nohoi o Miss Eissin,g me he 2000 dala. Ae mafla ola.

I ka auwinala o ka Poakahi nei, e"kali ana o Webb ame ma kona wahi noheu ka'hiki ana aku 0 na tini opiuma he 36. I ko2l)Qiiglas hoea ana, ua kauplW mai la oia e haawi ia aku iaia he 2000 o kona haawi i na'iini opiuma. Haawi m|r3a 0 Webb i na data he Hāalejela o pouglas 1 ka rufiil a JBeīe aku la no waho me kona'huli hoi.ana mai me tfa\np. aku la o Miss iaia he 2000., he jhoi o 4000. I ka po Foakahi nei, hiki hou ana o "#ong i kalii o Webb - a auijnai la: "Ehia kau e malamā nei?"

"He eko!u r kakini tfni. O ke kumukiiai'lie 8000 dala," a Webb i pane aku ai.

Olelo mai la o Fong 110 ka lawa pono ole o na dala mi ia f aka e liuli hoi mai ana oia me na dala t kuīike me k? kumukuai o na tini opiuma. Aole'i Kußq ko Fong komo ana aku ilokō o kahi o Webb, no ka 'lua o ka manawa a pal&mimo ana Ke eīua ma ka pīika a kukalā. ana. mai ke keena federala mai laua a he kanaka oihana kiu i na poe hoopae maīul na tini opiuma. Lawe īaua i na tini e waiho ana.ī'liopu iho Ia ia Fong. 3 •

* Ma keia wihi hoohuoi iho la o Miss Ēiss'ing. Telepona akū la oia ia p. l T r . keena federala e i na hana hoopae laau j§Ssu ku-e i ke kanawai a īaia mai i lohe ai oia ao!e kekahi mea iloko o kona &eena i maopopo i ka ana o kekahi hana kanaka kuekanawal^/. Me ko īaleoū manao ana \ia maalahi mau hana, hoolaīa la, lakou me ka wahine op!ō e huilion lakou no ka ana i na daīa he 5000 jjīij|ki i ka ]oaa ana o he 1Ō,0p.. Aka i ko la-, kou hiki anajna kalu a lakc« i e noho mai ana na ke aupuni a hopu ii , Ta h<jf|hoi o I?oU4j;las .400 dalj ia Sliss Eissing a, ua oleMmai o Webb e aiej ana huina dala o 1600 m|| Foag mai no ka uku anaTna daīa a Miss Eissing i ei|.