The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-08-15
ENTERS The PREMISES OF Mr.,
JAtK WINTER
When Detected He Attempts TO
Commit Murder.
\ weIl-Knoun and Notorious Chinaman
Supposed to Be the Guilty
Party

I When Mr.. Jack Winter. who
resides on Beretania street. near
/ 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 wss open. While these
two occurrences seemed somewhat
irregular, no particular attention
was paid 10 them, snd 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 lsttice-work. Thinking
that It was some one connected
with his households 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 q
Z strange man, Mr.. Winter demand
ed why he was there, and at the
same time struck him savage
blow on the top Of the head with
his walking-stick, iniicting a
severe scalp wound and knocking
of his hat. The midnight mar
auder then turned around and
started to run, when he was treated
to 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 of 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
himself, Winter started after the
fleeing burglar, who turned partly
around and fired g shot, which for
tunately 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
turbance. Among these were
Messrs. Geo. Allen. Arthur Wilder.
and the McCandless brothers.
The police were telephoned for, /
and Captain Klemme, with two |
officers, answered the summons. |
After being informed about the
trouble, Captain Klemme made |
q search of the premises. and on
the back yeranda was found an
iron bar about two feet in length,
sharpened on one end, which the
burglar had used in prying open
the lattice door. In the room in
which the burglar took refuge, was
found a long sash, which belonged
to the intruder, and which was no
doubt taken off by him in order to
reach the revolver concealed on his
person. Two Chinese shoes were
also found, one near the back steps
and one by the back gate. The
back veranda was covered with
blood, which came from the wound
inflicted on the burglars head. An
Did straw hat with a red colored
band was also found on the YER
anda.
These articles were taken posses
ZION Of by the police, and are now
II the station house.
Mr.. Winter states he is positive
hat the burglar was q Chinaman
and that he was large and power
iul man. As there was a dim
light burning on the veranda Mr..
Winter was able TO get a good
ook at the burglar and viii be