The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-08-14

When Detected He Attempts 10
Commit Murder.


resides on Beretania street, neal
Pensacola, returned to his home
Saturday evening shortly after
midnight he noticed that his COW
was browsing in the front yard and
that the gate between the back and
front yards was open. While these
two occurrences seemed somewhat
irregular, no particular attention
was paid to them, and Mr.. Winter
proceeded to drive the cow to the
rear of his premises, where she is
always kept. Having accomplished
this, he noticed some one walking
on the back veranda, which is in
closed by lattice-work. Thinking
that it was some one connected
with his household Japanese
man and woman being employed
by him-Mr. Winter assembled the
steps and found the veranda lattice
door open.
Seeing that the intruder was a
strange man, Mr.. Winter demand
ed why he was there, and at the
same time struck him a savage
blow on the top of the head with
his walking-stick, inhicting a
severe scalp wound and knocking
off his hat. The midnight mar
auder then turned around and
started to run, when he was treated
to a blow directly in the face by
Mr.. Winter. These blows some
what dazed the burglar, but did not
knock him down and seeing the
door of one of the small rooms on
the veranda open, he dashed into it
and closed the door and thumb
latched it.
Finding himself in close quar-
tiers, the burglar attempted to force
the window in the room and escape.
Being unable to do this, he returned
to the door, through which Mr..
Winter had been trying to effect an
entrance. Finally, the door knob
was pulled off by Mr.. Winter and
the door swung open, when the
burglar dashed out, holding a re-
volver in his hand. By this time
the noise had awakened Mrs.
Winter, who came out of her room
just as the burglar dashed by her
husband. Mr.. Winters attention
being drawn toward his wife, gave
the intruder chance to pass down
the steps. Immediately recovering
Winter started after the
fleeing burglar, who turned partly
around and fired a shot, which for
missed him.
At the flash of the revolver, Mrs.
Winter began screaming, and, amid
the confusion, the burglar vanished
from sight. Mr.. Winter, thinking
the burglar had gone out the front
way, proceeded in that direction,
but failed to catch sight of him.
The screams of Mrs. Winter aroused |
several of the neighbors, who came
over to learn the cause of the dis
,urbance. Among these were
Messrs. Geo. Allen, Arthur Wilder,
md the McCandless brothers.
The police were telephoned for,
md Captain Klemme, with two
answered the summons.
After being informed about the
rouble, Captain Klemme made
! search of the premises. and on
he back veranda was found an
ron bar about two feet in length,
happened on one end, which the
burglar had used in prying open
he lattice door. In the room in
which the burglar took refuge, was
ound long sash, which belonged |
o the intruder, and which was no
oubt taken off by him in order to
each the revolver concealed on his
erson. Two Chinese shoes were
lso found, one near the back steps !
nd one by the back gate. The
ack veranda was covered with
lood, which came from the wound
afflicted on the burglars head. An
Id straw hat with a red colored
and was also found on the YER
nda.
These articles were taken posses
on of by the police, and are now
the station house.
Mr.. Winter states he is positive
lat the burglar was Il Chinaman
nd that he was large and power
ii man. AS there was n dim
ght burning on the veranda Mr.
inter was able to get good
ok mt the burglar and will be
Die to identify him. AS no
itrance had been made into the I
Duao nothing was missed.
Captain Klomme believes the
nrglar TO be well known and
glorious Chinaman, who has half
hundred crimes charged to his
edit. This Chinaman haa been 3