Quotes from Don Chapman, former MidWeek Editor and Honolulu Advertiser Columnist: 

“(In 1977 KHON Scott Shirai) … reported that the Head of a State Board had been involved in a heroin bust at Punchbowl cemetery … (I tracked him down in Cleveland he said) it was Larry.” 

“Francis Keala, the former Chief of Police here, told several people that Larry's reputation is directly attributable to what Larry did at HPD.  And HPD asked him to go out and mediate gangland disputes—syndicate disputes.  And he’d go out and sit down two tough guys – and you know with these guys there’s no backing down – and he’d talk to this guy, talk to that guy and they’d walk out shake hands and they’re pals.”     

IQ Test: Therefore Larry Mehau was the Godfather of Organized Crime in Hawaii?  T/F

NYT 1977: Mehau heroin

The Goodfather: The Life of Larry Mehau

ThinkTech, April 24, 2018

In this episode of Talk Story with John Waihee, Don Chapman talks the book the wrote called The Good Father.

The host for this episode is John Waihee.

The guest for this episode is Don Chapman.

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THE GOODFATHER: The Life of Larry Mehau in His Own Words

ThinkTech, February 16, 2018

Author, Don Chapman joins Roger Jellinek in a discussion about the role played by Larry Mehau an a revision of Hawaii's mythology.

NOTE: Book should be available by the end of April from Island Heritage.