The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-07-25
On KOOLAT'S TRAIL!
NOTHING CAN SAVE TeE
NURDER0US LEPER
4 Man Hzuter Outlines His
Plan OF Action and Is
Confident OF Success.

A. r. Bind; IS youth who Is
well known about town. Unfortu-
natsly he Is 5 cripple. so he was
compelled TO ride horse. This
tsct Is mentioned merely 50 the
/ readers Of the ADVERTISERS can csll
him TO mind. Young Bindt has
scheme On foot. and if he is success
/ ful he viii make the members of
the Larsen expedition grow green
with envy. This Is the story
When the expedition returned
from halalau valley without bring
ing the body Of hoolau, the hero
/ Of this story made ; bet with him
self that he could accomplish what
an army could not, 50 he hied him
I self to the police station in search
| Of information
He met Captain Juen who gave
him the necessary points At the
I time Juen did not think the youth
was in earnest. but on the contrary.
( he thought Bindt was, TO use an
iueLegant term. talking through
T his face.
Lats- in the day the boy proved
I he was In earnest, IS he departed
. for Kauai, OStensibiy TO work in a
( pla--s-ion store. but in reality to
( capture Eoolau and the 1000 hala-
Klaus dollars offered by the govern
usu--
Before his departure, which was
On last Tuesday. he informed Juen
that s young friend named Harry
GreEs1n would 90 later to reinforce
him. History does not say whether
I G-eEson has gone or not.
Bindt has : plan that viii surely
land koolau. that Is If he can get
within q mile Of the leper. In short
1t Is TO start an Illicit distillery in
the kaIaIau valley, and after he
makes divers gallons Of that fascin-
a-ing drink known as "okole-hao,'
70 ask the murderer 10 partake Of
il. When he Is helpless from the
effects Of the liquor then Bindt
would tie his feet and hands and
then bundle him of 70 jail. 4
similar proposition was advanced
BY g genius while Larsen was at
KaIaIau. The idea was TO place
some poison in 9 large bottle Of gin
and then give it TO Koolau, but the
wise heads Of the camp said It
would be shame TO waste good
~squars-face' in that manner.
The rest Of the story Is told in
Bindt's own words. The following
letter was received yesterday by
Captain Juen;
Wanrza. Kauai. July %, 1893.
Capt. Juen. Police Station, Homo
lulu
Arrived here Thursday and fell in
with Arthur Hunt. He was in hs-
IaIau On guard duty. He says it
would Be impossible to get into the
valley without being seen, 50 l have
formed another plan
Put ne and who l shall choose to I
assist ne above the law for three /.
months 50 We can 60 to kalalau .
and start z okolehsO mill. and by
George II We don't get hoolsu on /
''bUse" l an liar,
II YOU have G small distillery on .
hand send It down.
II you come down come under dis /
guisa and don't let any one know 1
your plans.
II you don't come please write I
and give ne orders
As We viii be outlaws as well as
ho0lsu. We viii be able to get the 4
drop o. him
If you write put the letter il one
envelope with NY address On 1t and
seal It and put IN another envelope
addressed j. Hunt, Wsimes, Kauai
II you don't come ask Ben If he
VIII Be willing to advance z little
money till I return 10 Honolulu.
On ny scheme 1 bet my life | viii
catch him before August 31st-
Il the reporters ask you If yOu
have heard from me tell them. no.
Keep my plans IN your own head
and don't let them out.
II you come down / viii meet you
a the wharf For sign when you
shake hands Just step on my foot.
Give ne z guarantee from the
marshal that 1 VIII receive the re-
ward II l capture KOolau dead or
alive Your obedient servant,
2 Pr