The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-08-28
Alleged TO Have Shot Detective
While Searching for Spots.
EVIDENCE FOUND IN HIS HOUSE.
Bos,n Ben Arrested for Completely.
NickeIs and Company Envelopes
Galore-Burned ana Buried--Borh
Deny All knowledge of the Robbery.

The robbery of the Tramways Com
pany's Palama office had its sequel IN
The arrest of Arthur Fitzgerald at .
O'Clock Yesterday morning. Fitzgerald
had been under suspicion ever since the
case was reported to the police, and on
August q, the day after the ROBBERY,
Detective KAPPA procured warrant to
search Fitzgerald's residence, but no
evidence of his being mixed up in the
affair was found. The next chapter IN
the robbery was the finding OF bag OF
money in the Peterson stable, which is
located in the adjoining lot to F1tzger-
AIDS and about hundred yards IN the
rear.
Suspicion then grew stronger that
Fitzgerald was in the trick. Detective
KAPPA detailed All Fat and William
Huihui on the case and told them to
take a position in the stable and watch
for any one who might come around
there at night The stable building is
a long one, the makai end being lifted
with stalls and the mauka end large
room. A narrow hall divides these two
apartments, and it was under this hall,
lust inside the door, that the money
was found.
In the large room there were two
chairs. a rocker and a small cane seated
one. All Fat was sitting in the rocker
and Huihui was doing in the other
chair about four feet away. Just about
9 o'clock yesterday morning All Fat
heard a noise in the narrow hallway
and saw through an opening in the par
tition a man on his hands and knees.
He stretched his leg in order to touch
Huihui and arouse him, but in doing so
made slight noise, which the intruder
evidently heard. a second later there
was a shot fired and All Fat received
the bullet in the fleshy part of his thigh
The man who fired the shot ran to-
ward Fitzgerald's cottage. Huihui saw
him and grabbed All Fats pistol and
fired twice without effect, and the run
ner disappeared. All Fat fell over on tc
the floor and Huihui believed he was
badly wounded. Instead of running af-
ter the assailant, he went to the near
est telephone and sent message TO the
police station for the wagon to remove
the wounded man.
Captain Parker and posse went ou
and took the officer to the hospital
where his wound, which was merely
flesh one, was dressed.
As the indications pointed to Fitz
gerald as the culprit, Detective Kaap;
started for his house at o'clock to ar
rest him, but met him on King street
near Asylum road, driving his hack
He was barefooted and the officer plac
ed him under arrest, against Arthur
protest. He said he had just returned
from driving a load to Waikiki ant
knew nothing about the shooting. HI
was taken to the station house, and Oh
looking at the soles OF his feet one wa
found to have fresh cut made by
sharp stone or thorn. He was locke,
up pending an investigation. Later OF
ficers went to the house to search TO
evidence.
It is a three-room affair of one story
located some distance up Asylum road
and is in rather a delapidated condition
1t is occupied jointly by Arthur Fitz
gerald and James Bennett, otherwis
sBos'n Ben" the latter occupying tn
room to the left of the entrance, an
Arthur a smaller one to the right. Tn
back room runs clear across the hous
and is evidently used as kitchen, din
ing room and pantry by the couple
There were a half dozen packages o
Chinese tea, a loaf of bread and som
butter in the room, but no other edi
bles. The dining table was a small al
fair with drawer in it. In this wa
found several engraved visiting card
of Mrs w. w. Hall and one of A. [
Fireman. These may have been wit
a q
into the house. Standing in the yarC
at a corner in the rear OF the house, wa
a stove improvised from an oil drum
Lying near Captain Parker saw
Tramway money envelope, partly burn
ed. A further search revealed severe
scent pieces and a lump of nickel SUI
posed TO be the remains of some of tn
5-cent pieces left in the envelopes an
thrown into the fire to be destroyed
A search around the yard reveale
about slips buried just under the SUI
face in two places. In the garden wa
also found a pair of hammock spread
ers and about fifty yards further bac
a hammock was found by Captain Pal
ker. buried under some bushes. Thes
are supposed to have been stolen Aus
ust from Mrs. McLain's on Alake
street, near King.
Returning to the house, Captain Pal
ker found in corner of the room occt
pied by Bos'n Ben torn Tramway
packet and a dime lying on the foo
Raising the mating, he found a piec
of the floor recently cut, forming
trap door. In Fitzgerald's room, or til
one alleged to have been occupied
him, was pair of overalls shown
fresh earth on the knees, as thong
the wearer had crept for long di!
lance. On the mauka side of the hous
about thirty torn Tramways coin Ell
yelopes were found.