The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-11-06
ESCAPED FROMJAIL
Pat Cullen Under Sen
tence For Murder.
Said to Have Gone to Kauai on
Observation-Disclosures offered
For Capture,

The police department was notified
shortly before 6 o'clock last night OF
the escape of Pat Cullen from Oahu
iail. Only the most meagre informa-
ton could be obtained last night, as
the officials or guards at the Jail de-
clined to give any information, prefer
ring rather to go on a still hunt for
the escape than to give the matter
publicity.
Rumor has it that Cullen, who was
a trusty at the prison and engaged out
side the walls, failed to answer to his
name when called at o'clock. How
long he had been away when the dis
covery was made is not known, but it
is supposed he had been absent about
an hour. Search began at once and
within half hour the prisoners strip
ed suit was found, showing that he
had assistance in his escape.
The clerk at the station was quite as
reticent as the guards at the Jail. He
would say only that prisoner had
escaped. Information was communi-
Gated to the Marshal about o'clock
that Cullen was seen talking to a well
known young man on Sunday for about
three hours, and yesterday at p. m.
he was again in conversation with him
outside the walls.
The Marshal communicated with the
young man, but it was impossible to
learn last night the nature of the in
formation, if any was secured. 1t is
probable that Cullen will conceal him
self somewhere in the mountains until
such time as he can escape from the
country on an outgoing vessel. This
may not be difficult to accomplish, as
several instances of the kind have oc-
Cured within the last few years.
Cullen was convicted of killing Chi
naman in Koolau about two years ago
and was sentenced to imprisonment at
hard labor for five years. His conduct
at the prison has been faultless, and as
a reward for his behavior he was made
a trusty and given the usual privileges.
His home is in Koolau, but it is not
considered probable that he will visit
that locality.
There is, as yet, no clew to the
whereabouts of Pat Cullen, the man
who escaped from Oahu Jail on Tues
day. 1t was first thought that he took
passage on one of the Kauai boats,
which left about 5 o'clock, but this is
now doubted and preference is given to
the belief that he left on the Claudine
for Maui, believing he could secure
passage for the United States from that
point.
On the other hand, schooner, which
usually ties up in the harbor for long
stretches of time, has been absent for
several days. A waterfront man.
who expressed the opinion the other
day that the schooner had gone out
for opium, now thinks there is con-
nection between Cullens' absence and
the departure of the schooner, advanc
ing the idea that Cullen could have
gone of in a small boat, after the man
ner of Arthur Featherstone, two years
ago. and joined the schooner some
where outside. In this case he will
probably not be heard from until he
reaches a foreign port.
Cullen has plenty of friends here,
and what is still better, money, and
between the two he will have little diff
ficulty in keeping clear of the police.
Now that it is quite definitely set
tied that Pat Cullen has gone TO Kauai,
the question arises, will the police be
able TO get him. He had twenty hours
ahead of the messenger who followed
after him, and unless he fingers too
long in Hanalei, he has had ample time
to reach his wife's stopping place in
Kalaulau Valley, and once there, with
all the friends he has in the neighbor-
hood, he will be as safe as Koolau.
Persons who came from Kauai yes
terday state they heard nothing of his
arrival, but as he was not looked for,
this is not surprising. With Marshal
Brown on that Island, Cullen will have
little chance of eluding the police, I'M
less, as has been stated, he has gone
into the Valley.
1t is understood that he had with
him knife and a Ratchet when he
left the Jail, but the latter implement