Apana, Chang b. 1871 d. December 8, 1933 Folk Figure. He was the inspiration for the fictional sleuth Charlie Chan. The son of Chinese immigrants, he worked as a cowboy on Oahu before joining the new Honolulu Police Department in 1898. Carrying a whip instead of a gun, he often led the force in arrests and became Hawaii's most famous cop. During his 34-year career Apana was stabbed six times, shot once, thrown out of a second-story window, run over with a horse and buggy, attacked with machetes, and bludgeoned with an axe...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Manoa Chinese Cemetery, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
b. 1871 d. December 8, 1933