The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-14
CHUN HOOK.
False Report of His DeaIh-ThC Burg
lar Stili at Large.

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lar still al Large.
Last evening about o'clock His Ex
cellency Mr.. Rosa, Attorney General. re
ceived telephone message from 4 police
officer at Kaneohe, to the effect that I
native had just arrived from Honolulu
by way of the Pail and brought informa
ton that Chun Hook, the escaped pris
oner, had been shot dead above the
Halfway House by police officer, The
natives story was that just after passing
the Hallway House he heard the re
port OF a pistol, and on looking in the
direction from which it came saw two
! men dragging a body along. He rode
/ on to the top of the hill, and looking
/ back recognized the body as that of q
I Chinaman, and also saw nine men near
| it. This same story was also tclephoned
/ to the Police Station, and within a few
! minutes the news had spread throughout
the city and the approaches to the sta
ton House were crowded with persons
who expected soon to see Chun Hook 5
body carried in.
The Attorney General only arrived
from Lahaina on Sunday, whittier he
went to attend the Circuit Court Early
on Monday morning he made arrange
ments for number of police officers to
90 in search of Chun Hook Posters were
put around the town Offering Il reward OF
$500 to any person who would capture
and deliver to the nearest Jail this motor
ious burglar.
About half-past O'Clock in the after
noon Officer Hopkins with men left the
Station House and proceeded up Nuu-
anu Valley to search for Chun Hook
They were each provided with pistols,
and had also seven well trained dogs
with them. Directly after reaching the
Hallway House they turned into the
valley on the Eva side, and went to the
hills nearly to the top to take a view
They came to some long grass and found
trail in the direction of the city This
was followed for about half Il mile, after
which the nature of the country changed.
and was such as to preclude the posi-
bility of following the track any further.
The slope from this point was covered
with dense scrubby vegetation.
Finding that they could no longer
continue the trail, the search party sep
arated and spent considerable time in
securing the scrub over an area of about
a square mile. Having done this and
darkness setting in, they returned to
town, arriving at the Station House
about haft-past s O'Clock last evening.
Hopkins was unable to say whether the
track found was fresh one Their ar
rival at the Station House set at rest the
report OF Chun Hooks death. The gen
eral theory after the message was re-
ceived from KaneOhe was that if the man
had been captured or shot one of the
party would have made all haste to town
with the news. They received instruc-
tons to that effect. AS none of the party
put in an appearance within an hour
after the message had been received, no
faith was put in the telephone message.
This morning Hopkins and five other
officers start again to search for Chun
Hook. The former will carry a carbine,
the others pistols. They will take pro-
visions with them and are instructed to
make a thorough search in the valleys
Their route is so laid out that should any
news come to hand regarding Chun
Hook from other directions, Deputy
Marshal Dayton can at once communi-
cate with them. Mr.. Dayton will keep
his horse saddIed all night, ready to be
off at moments notice. Other parties
intend to go out and search attracted by
the large reward.