The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-18
ELECTROMAGNETIC PAN 70 SHANahfLEHG'
LOCAL HUI WANTS REWARD FbR
HIS HEAD.
I'ried to Buy a schooner-would Kid
nap the Reformer and Carry Him to
China.

is the word of the Empress Dowager
of China good for $65, ,00O2 The lack of
an affirmative answer to this question
is the only thing that has so far saved
reformer Leung Chi-tso from being
prisoner on a schooner bound for the
land in which the Empress has offered
that amount for his head. A hui has
been formed, and has gone so Tar as to
get q schooner in which to carry the
man with the valuable head, but the
question of how to get the CHASTITY
trophy into the possession of the EN-
press is one that those who are in the
scheme have so far been unable to an
swer. The, picture of reward -earners
trying to get into the imperial palace
with the handsome head of Leung Chi
tso under the arm of one of them does
not seem to promise much for the
schemers
Leung Chi-tso has been in real danger
during the past few days. The men
who got up the plan have boasted that
they would have no trouble in getting
hold of him. There are four in the
party. 1t was proposed that they go
after him at night, one of them per-
sonating an officer and placing the re-
former under arrest. A favorable op-
portunity would have been taken on the
way to overpower him, the three others
jumping in at the right moment to help.
| taken on board the schooner and the
vessel would have sailed away for the
celestial kingdom.
! An effort to find out who the parties
to the deal were was made this morn
| ing but none of those who knew any
| thing about the matter would disclose
the names of the conspirators. Harry
| Evans, who has just resigned as cap
/ tain of the harbor police, admitted thai
( a'SOUnn NJ
| ties came after me to buy one of my
/ schooners for the purpose of taking
1 Leung Chi-tso to China" said Mr.. Ev-
ans. 1.-THE matter was mentioned to me
again this morning, but I have not sold
any vessel. I do not know just what
| the scheme was"
! Oscar Lewis of Turk & Lewis, who
| are about as much in touch with water
front affairs as anyone, stated that he
| had not heard of the scheme. In fact
he did not know that there was a mar
in Honolulu whose head was Of sucf
value. If there was, he thought tht
scheme was an easy one.
The schemers are still believed to bt
working upon their little enterprise
The cost of getting the reformer t
China would be mere trifie in com
parison with the reward offered. Blu
the awkward question of how to collec
the reward remains unanswered. If tn
crafty empress took the head and CAV
only thanks for it there would be NJ
way of forcing her to put up any cash
A man who is familiar with the plan
of the conspirators stated this morn
ing that but for this difficulty Leuni
Chi-tso would at this moment have beel
far away from Honolulu in a small
schooner with four white men to lool
after his wants until he was safeI
turned over to the empress or he
agents.
Possibly the scbemers reckoned with
out one important factor in the prob
lem. If Leung suddeny disappeare
from Honolulu the government, or a
least, some local Chinese might get
steamer and go after him. though
would not be easy to find the schooner