The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-02-23


to go back and fetch the boy. Instead
Of coming. she remained on Kauai and
did not send any word whatever. The
time set for her arrival had long pass
ed by, and was getting very impa-
tent II struck me that something
might have happened to the boy. and
The more l became impressed with the
idea the more kept thinking OF climb
ing over the wall Steamer after steam
er came, and yet not news. A favor
able opportunity came, and I simply
slid out, with no other idea in my
mind than to get to my wife and chill
dren.
well, I intended to give myself up,
but Coney caught me before 1 got a
chance. On the evening of the 18th Of
his month was sitting with number
# friends in the house of my sister-in-
law in one of the ravines Of Kalalau.
We were all watching hula, in which
several of the Kauai bellies were taking
part. Suddenly heard someone cry:
/ Makaip policeman and l jumped for
my rife. which was standing against
the opposite wall. but Coney was too
quick for me. He pushed open the
1oor, and even as made the first move
4 pistol was at my head, and the COM
mand: Throw up your handsF came
in voice that I thought it best for my
own good to obey. congratulated the
Deputy Sheriff, and told him that he
had earned his 500.
1T might be interesting to know that
when Coney first went up into the val
ley, on the It'll of November. or day
after my arrival in that vicinity, was
but a very short distance away from
him. hidden in the bushes. with my
wife, when we had been forced to flee
On account of the presence of the police
officers. On the occasion of his second
visit was out shooting goats close to
Honokoa. The third time was a charm
I had just gone down for little fun on
the day of my capture Well, I didn't
have it, and besides that, had to give
up my rife. 44-caliber Winchester
carbine, which is the one that did the
work on the soldiers who went after
the leper. Koolau, some years ago. My
revolver. too, was taken away.
Life in Kalalau is not what it is
cracked up to be- have always been
well, but since December, 1896, have
| felt very weak The cold and damp
valley and hard life was too much for
me. My wife, the children and had
little ii leaf hut up in one of the ra-
vines, near the place where Koolau
lived. OF course, we moved about from
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cipal rendezvous. How did we get any
thing to eat? Well, stole taro from
below and caught fish and shrimps in
the streams. Besides that, we had
| friends who gave us lot of stuff. AS
to ammunition, l was kept we'll sup
piled by the natives.
There must be about so people liv-
ing in Kalalau Valley, but | can assure
you that they are not having very
good time. 1t is no place for any de-
cent man to live in. Besides, all the
other disagreeable qualities it has had
added during the last four or five years
long stretches of the lantana.
"In regard to Koolau, I can say
truthfully that do not know what has
become of him. During all my stay in
Kalalau did not see him once The
popular belief is that he Is dead.
81 am rather glad to be back again,
and feel perfectly willing to do what
will probably be put upon me as pen
atty for what have done, but l tell
YOU that my running away was for no
other reason than the longing to see
my boy, whom I had begun to think
was either dead or suffering from some
ailment"
Refugees Captured
While in Kalalau Valley, and on the
same night of the capture of Cullen.
Deputy Sheriff Coney caught Japan
csc by the name of Okoda, who escaped
four years ago from Lihue Jail, after
having been sentenced to a term for
burglary. He had house built for
himself in the valley, and was living
very comfortably.
A young native leper. who had es-
lcaped the officers for several years, and
who had successfully kept out of the
Molokai Leper Settlement, was anoth-
Ter one of the captures made on the
same night by the Deputy Sheriff. The
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