The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-07-13
A Wonderful Tale, if True.

A Wonderful Tale, if True.
Have you heard of the last bur-
glary?" said citizen to another on the
street the other day.
"Oh, yes! The Beehive has hard
time; it was the third, I think" was
the reply.
No, no. don't mean that. Hav'nt
you heard of the raid on the Station
House?"
"On the Station House! Well, of all
places in the world to burglarize l
suppose they have the robbers caught at
last, then"
Caught! Ha, ha. Not exactly! It
seems that some fines had been col
lected that day about 81 85, believe
and the burglars heard of it, so concluded
to capture the 'swag,' as they called it,
and went there Saturday night about
half-past s. There must have been two
or three of them. One sat guard on the
corner of the fence opposite, while the
others went into the MarshaPs office.
The ridicule and anger excited by the
inability of the police during the past
few months to prevent burglary must
have stirred the force to unusual activity,
for inside of two hours they had force
of eight men stationed at various stra-
tegic points watching the confederate on
the fence. Of course all the burglars had
to do was to complete all their prepare
tons and wait for the guard to go to
sleep, which they proceeded to do by IL
o'clock. Then the charge went off,
which evidently blew open the safe in
the Marshal's office. 1t made ire
mendous bang, for it was heard by the
guard on the Iroquois, and at the Oahu
Railway Co. IS office. Of course it woke
up the Station House keeper, the captain
of the guard, and most of the watchmen
within radius of two hundred feet OF
the Station House. They all went run
ming in, and, after hurried consulta-
t1on, sent for Jones to take shorthand
notes of an examination, so as to save
time. The evidence all went to show
that the explosion must have occurred
in the immediate neighborhood of the
post-office. A force was then detailed to
make reconnaissance. They discovered
that the confederate who sat on the
fence corner was gone, leaving only
some threads of his pants sticking to the
nails on the post, and that window had
been blown by the conclusion from
the MarshaPs office. The situation was
80 grave now that special force was
sent to wake up the Marshal He came
down about o'clock, and, after further
consultation, the fact leaked out that the
last Australia may have landed Wilcox on
Molokai, and that he had probably come
to town on raft, landing at Makapuu
At any rate, notary was sent for, and
he took the affidavit of these policemen
and civilian who strolled in; that they
remembered having seen Bush and Will
cox under Theresa's house having Sc
cret consultation. AS orders have been
issued that no important action is to be
taken without general consent, the Cab.
met was called in and held a secret
meeting tor an hour. +"
"Good graciousl What's all this ?
Has there been another revolution u
asked citizen number two.
Now don't be in hurry; I'll get to
the end of my story by-and-by."
"To make long story short. They
concluded that something wrong had
occur ed n the Marshal's Office. Let's
us go right in!' said that great fat
captain whose name l have forgot. The
Marshal, you know, unites discretion
and caution to his well known bravery
and he said, Now hold on, these bur.
glars are a desperate lot and go armed
There is no evidence , he said, looking
over the notes of testimony, that they
have left; so we will capture them alive
They sent out to the barracks and palace
and got those brass guns, the Gatlings
and swore in and armed lot of extra
policemen; placed me guns and men al
the proper point and prepared for action
Then came the finest thing of all. The
Marshal you know is powerful fellow
as we'll as possessing undoubted courage
so he took pair of old iron shutters and
holding them before him made rush
from the hall against the screen doors
before his Office.
1t was an awful moment, for every
one expected that the shutters would re-
ceive volley from the arms carried by
the burglars. The force behind him
obeyed orders and never stirred. Con
trary to general expectation the shutters
met no volley, and as the doors were no
fastened he tumbled in on the floor, but
was on his feet in an instant. There was
no sound and the electric light outside
showed that the room was empty. The
safe, however, had been blown open anC
81 .65 stolen, besides all of the commits
sions of the police officers, including the
MarshaPs, etc. But the worst loss of al
was a lot of certificates of bravery watch
fulness, etc. They think that they may
find a clue to the burglars by having the
junk shops of San Francisco all watched
for these. That is the story as heard by
BowsEN BEN"