Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02

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An attempt, not tho first, was mnde to
break into Mr.. Bolles' store which, fronting
on Queen street, was attacked in the rear on
Sunday night. The marks of the brick
work show that an endcavor was made TO
insert the wedge end of crowbar behind
the iron door and thus prize it open: fail
ing in this the heavy hinges were next
essaycd and so bent in the effort that it
was necessary to take them to forge to
have them Strengthened; the upper door
sills were also tried with view appar-
emily of wrcnching the door sufficiently
far from the brick work to enable the
burglars to lift the door off its hinges and
80 gain entrance. The fabric however
was too tough for them, and the attempt
was abandoned, not however without very
sufficient evidence of the time labor,
noise, and possibly lights which had been
employed in the course of the effort The
bolts too were bent in this audacous
attempt at house-breaking. Here we have
all the circumstances which should lead
to detection ''in the act" 10y the guardians
OF the peace VIZ, deliberation, force un-
avoidably attended by noise, more or less,
probably the use of lights, but no one
we know what are the steps taken to find
them out Have the marks made by the
crowbar on the brick-work been carefully
examined and measured as a means Of
possible identification of the tool used?
Has anything at all been done, il fact,
towards the discovery of the perpetrators
OF this attempt? What ladder ma k, or
foot marks on the ground have been
measured, noted, and written down for
future use in evidence? All these and
kindred questions may be pertincntly
asked We should like to hear. them
satisfactorily answered
Another attempt to enter the Office and
store of Dr. Mckibbin, in Queen street.
was made in the course of the same night
The would-be burglars first attacked the
mauka door and bored several holes in the
wood of the pannelling with large sized
bit or auger, but We're foiled by the iron
lining. They next tried the weather
boarding of the office wall but after bor-
ing one hole they desisted and appar-
emily gave it up. This makes the eighth
attempt ut burglary ON the same premises,
and on no occasion have the culprits been
traced. 1t is supposed that Cinnamon in
search OF opium were the aggressors; this
may or may not be the case, but the fact
remains that after eight attacks on one
office, the police have failed to bring
single parsonage into the Police Court.
Hence the question necessarily arises, are
the police, as at present organized, equal
to emergencies which may, and not unfre-
quently do, arise? Are the night police
judiciously distributed throughout the
city? Are they wakeful and alert on their
several beats? Or perhaps it would be
more descriptive if we said posts-and
above all are they efficiently superin-
tended and visited during the night or
day either, to see if they are doing their
dutyl We think that the answers to these
questions must be in the negative. The
fact is, that the increase of population,
the enlargement of area of this city.
within the last few years. has not appar-
emily been taken into due consideration,
while the unavoidable increase of Office or
clerical work has converted into sedentary
clerks, those who ought to be active execu-
tive officers. The Marshal with his multi
farlous matters in hand. is at the Govern
ment Offices the greater part of each day.
The Deputy Marshal is in the Office of the
Police Station all day and out of town at
night Mounted constables or patrols are
as yet, we believe unknown even the
idea of keeping horse ready saddled at
the Station House, on which any police
man, native or foreign, could be dispatch |
ed at a moments notice to assist his |
brother officers, or make an arrest at |
comparatively distant part of the district
has not been put in practise. We have !
heard OF one case, when an attempted |
burglary was reported, of constable |
being leisurely provided with an express
to enable him to traverse in comfort the |
quarter of mile which lay between the |
Station House and the scene of outrage.
All this needs remodelling. The posts of |
the individual men must be re-arranged, |
and they must be made conscious that |
they are always under the eye, il not OF |
the public in day, then under that of their
inspectors or sergeants by night.
1t is the custom in some cities that We
know OF, for policeman to try the doors
and windowshutters Of all the houses ON
his beat every time that he passes, which
should be SO many times in watch
Were this done here it would not be pos
sible for a parcel Of thieves to get into a
store, ransack the drawers, examine tie
containers all about, leave ON the floor
some scores Of half burnt matches and
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