The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-06-25
RED PAINT DAUBS.
Found on the Fences and Mail Boxes
on Nuuanu Avenue.
Work ArtIsticaIIy Done by one .Joa-
quIn Pimento . Just for Fun
\ Big Contract.

Joaquin Pimento, a Portuguese lad
Of - summers, and an employee of ].
Emmeluth & Co.'S tin shop, was ar
rested Tuesday afternoon for attempt
ing the very large contract of painting
the town red, beginning with Nuuanu
avenue, one of the main thorough
fares.
Shortly after noon on Tuesday Post
master-General Dat made complaint at
police headquarters that some one
had painted red the mail box outside
the Mist home on Nuuanu street, az
well as the one at the corner of School
street and Nuuanu avenue.
Detective KAPPA started up Nuuanu
avenue at once, and upon reaching Ku-
kui street noticed red paint on the
fence running up to the Chinese store
in that vicinity. At intervals all the
way up Nuuanu avenue dabs of red
paint were found on the Eva side on
either the fences or the telephone
poles. In one or two places the letters
"H. l." were found. Proceeding on
further up Detective KAPPA found two
flower stands at the Hebron home that
had been daubed with the same kind
of paint.
On the roof of the Hebron house a
Portuguese and the boy Pimento 4were
seen arranging some tin fixtures The
hOV'S clothes wara cOvorad with rod
paint. The servants about the place
were questioned as to the mystery OF
the flower stands, and it was learned
that, while they had not seen Pimentc
paint these, they had seen him daub q
piece of pipe that lay near by.
Pimento was called down and ques,
toned, but he gave evasive answers
However, upon arrival at the police
station he confessed the whole thing
and told of how the red paint he had
used was some that had been rejected
by the Portuguese plumber whom he
was helping at Hobron's, and which
he was ordered to return to the tin
shop for the proper kind. He had
nothing special to do on the way down
and thought to furnish himself amuse-
ment by asrtistic dashes of the brush
upon anything that happened to come
in his way.
This is by no means the first esca-
pade In his story yesterday he con-
fessed that he and his father, who
were suspected of being the ghosts
in a certain haunted house on the Eva
side of Waikahalulu bridge last year,
were the people who threw stones at
the windows and caused them to give
out those peculiar sounds which so
many people noticed at the time. 1t
will be remembered that, although Pr
mento and his father were arrested,
nothing could be proved regarding their
completely in the affair. The boy stated
that he and his father stood right in
amongst the policemen detailed to
watch the house, and threw stones at
the house without being detected
Questioned as to the reason for en-
gaging in such rascally occupation, Pi-
mento answered that they just did it
for fun and to cause a little sensation.
Added to these shortcomings is an
other which Pimento will not forget
very soon Three years ago he was
tried. convicted and sentenced to two
years in the reform school for setting
fire to the Halawa canefelds on Ha-
wall. This likewise he did for fun.
The red paint case came up in the
Police Court yesterday, but was con,
tinued until Friday morning.