The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-24
DARING R0BBER CAUGHT.
All 10y. an Old Offender, Again in
the Tolls.
Japanese Hotel Entered and $50,
Mostly I'm Gold, Taken-The Thief
Makes a Confession.

One OF the cleverest and most
deliberately planned robberies in
the police record OF the islands was
perpetrated last Sunday night in a
japanese boarding house near the
corner OF Maunakea and Beretania
streets by All 10y, an old Jail bird,
who is notorious for his many dar-
ing escapades in the matter OF
appropriating other peoples pro-
perty. Under cover of darkness
All 10y, with deft fingers, obtained
an entrance to the house and made
off with $236.6O, mostly in gold.
The details of the midnight rob
berry are very interesting, as they
show how far practice makes per-
feet. According to the testimony
of japanese inmates OF the board
ing house for the past month or six
weeks All 10y had been seen in
the vicinity many times, and more
often in front OF the house which
was robbed. Although the thief
could not have entered without
some of the japanese seeing him, he
was nevertheless acquainted with
the minute details of the interior
of the house, as seems to be we'll
proven by his method of procedure.
Entering an alley which led to
the rear of the premises, he obtain
ed large chopping knife from the
next house, and, walking to the
back entrance of the boarding
house, removed a slat, put his hand
through, unlocked the door and
found himself in the kitchen. He
then walked to the bedroom of
Nacayama, the hotel-keeper, who,
with mis- wife, was sleeping sound
ly. The door was locked, but
again having recourse to the knife
the door was opened from the in
side and the midnight prowler
walked in. a dim light was burn
ing on a chair and near it stood
a flask of whiskey. To better pre-
pare himself for the work before
him 10y gulped down half the
contents of the flask. STOPPING
over the Japanese woman, who was
sleeping on the outside of the bed,
he slid one hand under the hus-
bands pillow and pulled out a
bunch of keys. These he fitted into a
trunk not three feet away and
found the one containing money.
The trunk was opened and the large
of money mentioned, togeth-
er with papers OF value to the Japan
csc hotel-keeper, taken out. The thief
did not deign to touch gold watch {
which stared him in the face, and
this was enc of the facts which led
TO his apprehension later. All 10y, Z
in his former escapades, was careful
70 take only money. He went out Q
Of the room and took the pre-
caution to lock the door in the ,
same manner as he had unlocked
t, thus giving him advantage OF
his victims. He spread the papers
,ut on the kitchen table, and, find p
NO them of no value to him, left
hem scattered about the place. As L
he was pocketing the money, Naca- q
anna awoke and, becoming alarmed :
made a break for the door, receiv-
ng only a severe bump in the nose
or his trouble. By the time he Il
cached the kitchen All 10y was
linn bling various and sundry fen
es. in what direction Nacayama
lad no means of telling. q
Detective Kappa got to work D
after the matter was
exported to him on Monday, and,
.fter taking a calm survey OF the
hief's plan OF action, he located y
lis man, made a few inquiries, F
la bbed him, and, through clever
manipulation, obtained from All -
Iov most OF the money which he r
lad taken, together with a comics I
ion of the crime which will assist
in landing him behind
prison walls. n
All 10y is a small, puny China
nan, but For ways that are dark
md tricks that are vain," he takes
he prize. His arrest does not seem II
o trouble him in the least, and he
pent all day yesterday mapping
IN a bench in the station house
ard.