The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-07
SENTRIES LAX
laps Freely Cross the
Makapuu Pass.
Plain Statements of One Who Has
Investigated the Matter at
WaimanaIo.

ing under the heading: Dld not run i
the guards: japanese got to Wanna /
nalO over mountain trail. Did not /
cross over to Waimanalo at Makapuu /
Pass. They climbed over the noun /
tIins avoiding the pass and the patrol /
a. the pass. In fact the patrol in scout /
ing over that region in their efforts to /
guard the mountain trails as well as the /
pass, got trace of the fugitives. and |
sent one of their number over the pass
to apprehend them. The guard got to
Waimanalo just after the fugitives had
been arrested"
Allow me to offer you a few plain
statements about what did actually oc-
cur there not being a word of truth in
the foregoing
The five japanese referred to did
come to- Waimanalo by Makapuu pass
and truthfully stated that they did not
see any guards on the road. They were
| called upon by a Chinaman mounted
\ on horseback. a few miles back from
the pass. to come back as they could
not go on that way. The japanese con-
sidered that the Chinaman was not
likely to have any authority in the mat
ter and went on. They saw on the road
on top of the pass a small table with
some empty tins scattered around as
though someone had been eating there.
They must have come by Makapuu pass
as there is only one other place on the
mountain between WaimanalO and Ma
kapuu pass by which any human being
| could cross. and Jha5 could only be
| crossed by a person perfectly famlllar
wlLh the LOCALITY. Inc i've Japanese
| were strangers to that part and could
\ not have known of the pass refer TO.
| IL saws that the guards in scouting
| got trace of the fugitives and sent after
4 them. What trace could the men have
left except foot prints or did the guards
| scent them! If foot prints, how did the
guards know that there were five men,
| and that they we're going TO Wanna
nalo?
I The truth is, the guards were up in
4 the mountains goat hunting, and the
4 Chinese who called after the men and
| who was probably acting as deputy
guard. told the guards he had seen the
Il five men pass along the road. where
upon the guards or somebody else tele-
iphoned to the Marshal who in turn in
1 structed the police at Kaneohe to send
4 a man to Makapuu pass to intercept
] the Japanese. 1t says the guard got to
! Waimanalo 'just after" the fugitiyes
! had been arrested. II was very much
4 lust after. The fugitives were arrested
about p. m. on Monday and the guard
arrived in Waimanalo on Tuesday
! about noon, that is to say about nine
| teen hours after.
Were the guards scouting on Sunday
tmorning, February 25th? The people
in WaimanalO thought that another
revolution had broken out, the rife fir
ing on top of the mountain was so con-
! tinuous. and at times the figures of men
could be plainly seen, and NUMBERS oil
goats could also be seen running on
the mountain side, fugitive goats per-
haps.
Were the guards also on a scout on
Saturday, February oath? Two Jap
anese women came out to Waimanalc
along the road on that day and said
that they had not seen any guards on
the road, but saw the table and tins
which the men saw. Neither the guards
nor any policemen came after those
two women and they are now in Wal
: manalO, having come from Honolulu
| along the road via Makapuu pass. Al
the two women saw the table and tins
on Saturday and the FIVE men saw then
on Monday. it is proof that the table
and tins were there; and If the guards
had been where they belonged TIT
Japs would have seen them and tn,
guards would have seen the Japs.
That the five men were arrested IL
z WaimanalO. by the policeman who ha'
been sent after them. was a mere acct
d dent. The policeman arrived in Wal
| manalO on Monday afternoon and
[ learning there that the guards hat
been removed from Makapuu pass 4
e point a few miles on Honolulu sid
I of the pass, decided that IL would max
n his horse too tired to go all that extr
distance and concluded TO return 4
Kaneohe. He hung around for a Will
70 rest himself after the fatiguing rid
from KaneOhe; and. on starting bacl
again, went to the plantation stables Z
give his horse a drink of water Ii wa
fortunate he did so as the plantation
stables are on top OF a hill which com
| mands a good view OF the surrOundin
= country, and while his horse was drink
ing the policeman happened 10 see fiy
japanese coming along from Makapu
point direction and waited for them
He noticed that they carried bundle
and appeared TO be new arrivals. so h
" at once concluded that they were tn
very men he was after and took then
in charge; and his surmise on enquir
proved to be correct. The Japanes
were caught. not by any zeal on tn
part either Of the Makapuu pass guard
= or Of the policeman from kaneOhe, bu
merely by accident.
|. As two women came past the guard
i on Saturday and five men on Monday
all unchallenred. why should not tn
whole population OF Chinatown com
next? Furthermore. as the guards ar
paid for watching the road and sur
rounding neighbOrhOod. and not 10
goat scouting; and as the whole pOpu
latiOn on that side OF the island ar
dependent upon the faithful discharg
\, Of the guards duty 70 prevent the pos
~ sibility OF contagiOn reaching them
and as the japanese, seven in all, pass
ed along the road unchalleuged. - Jus
tice were done the guards should b