The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-08
CHUN HOOK AGAIN.
Escape From the Road Gang Of the
Notorious Chinese Burglar.

Yesterday afternoon a considerable
sensation was caused in town by the cs-
cape Of the notorious Chinese burglar
Chun Hook, whose depredations during
the early part OF the year were d source
Of so much uneasiness. He was working
in gang OF prisoners laying water pipes
on the Nuuanu Valley road a short dis
lance beyond the ice works. At 2:30 p.
m. the luna in charge, Sam Paniani by
name, gave orders for the men TO 90
over 10 a stream on the Waikiki side to
wash themselves, giving the assistant
luna charge for the time BENZ. 1t
would appear that the watch was not
very vigilant, for the precise moment
Of the escape is not known. On
the reassembling of the gang half an
hour later the we'll known form of Chun
Hook, with the chain and ball attached,
was discovered to be missing. a search
was promptly Instituted, and the trail Of
the esCapee was quickly recognized in
the long grass tending in the direction
OF the city on the same side of the road
followed up for distance of 200 yards
or So without the slightest difficulty, the
weight OF some % or 30 pounds with
which the convict was burdened
serving to increase its distinctness. The
trail trended towards the wall OF Ho-
beron's banana grove, at the foot Of
which all trace Of it was lost. The pris-
Oners OF the gang, about 30 in number, /
were then directed to search in all direc- /
tions, and the country was well secured /.
up till p. IN, when the darkness pre- /
Guided its continuance. The gang then /
returned to the jail, the missing man
having SO far eludcd all efforts to effect
his recapture.
The police have theory OF the means
he employed to escape, which seems
reasonable. 1t is supposed that Chun
Hook climbed the wall at the spot
where his tracks were lost, which is but +
a few feet distant from the road, and
that he made MS way to the road, where
i vehicle mast have been in waiting for
him, as it would seem impossible that
he could pass over the ground without
making some impre ssion upon with his
feet, and nothing of the kind is OBJ
servable. The position is such that he
might easily have made his way along
the top OF the wall and thus gain
the road. If this theory is correct it would
be almost a necessity that prior ar
must have been made 10y
the desperate either with a hackman or
some other person to drive him to a
place of temporary refuge, which would
favor the assumption that his escape was
the result OF deliberate conspiracy.
Captain W H. Tell Of the police force,
having been communicated with, the
officers in all parts Of the city and sub
urbs We're put upon the alert, but up to
late hour last night their vigilance had
proved OF no avail.
The series Of burgIaries and crimes Of
violence Of which the notorious desperate
was convicted during the early months
1f the present year will still be fresh in
the minds Of readers Of the ADVERTISER.
On two previous occasions he has made
MS escape from gaoI, the present being
MS third successful attempt. His career
mas been indicative OF considerable
shrewdness Of a certain kind, and the
aggregate Of his sentences amount to
ABOUT ten years Imprisonment, with
hard labor