The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-18
A BASKETFUL Of MONEY
THE SPRECKELSVILLE BURGLAR
WITH HIS SWAG.
A Carnival of Crime and Disorder on
Maui and Hawaii-Negroes, Porto
Ricans, Japanese and Galicians.

WAILUKU, March l6.-PoHceman
hahanaOkai iate TINS afternoon urres,-
cd a negro DcueVeu 10 De one OF the
burglars VINO broke INTO camp y store.
Inc negro was fUunu near tne lumber
yalu. ue had ON a par OIL jumper
ONetaus over MS cIOJhes, bat scattered
through this pockets he had Sl4O. ln
addition he had a basket in which were
several hundred dollars Wnle being
taken to the police station he broke
away from the policeman but was re-
captured. He will have nearing u
the district court Monday.
WAlLUkJ, March l5.-BuIglars
broke into the Camp %, Hawaiian Com
mercial and Sugar Company store last
Thursday night ana made away with
a little over nine hundred dollars. The
burglars broke into the tool house FIRST
and after securing the necessary appar-
atus. they cut a pane of glass from the
store window, entered the store. and
carried the safe containing the treasure
through the front door. The safe was
small one, and was carried on "a
WheelbaroW from the door of the
store To the cane field where 10 was
found afterwards That the safe was
carried on the Wheelba rroW was shown
10y the fact that the track of the wheel
was seen ON the wet ground, it having
shoWered little that night The tools
with which The pane of glass was cut
We're found I'm the store, and the chisol
and other implements with which the
safe was opened, were found ncav the
safe i'm the cane field. The safe con-
tanned nine hundred and thirty-four
dollars, and when it was found i'm the
field, about sixty dollars were found
near il In the dirt.
Namagata, the manager. went to his
store on Friday morning and found
that the store had been burglarized;
he Immediately reported the matter to
the police, and Deputy Sheriff Haysel-
den responded.
horseback, as foot prints of large
and small horse We're i'm evidence,
and leading away from the safe. Yes
terday two negroes living at Camp
b, were reported as missing and this
gave rise to a suspicion Of them. How
ever. the fact that the burglars rode on
horseback makes it less suspicious for
the negroes, as these colored people
have not so far been seen riding on
horseback
WAILUKU, March 16-Three negro
boys, Joe Manuel Charley Lewis and
George Brooks, of th1 ages OF about 9,
10 and II respectively. and Dorset an
elderly negro are now held i'm the Wal
luku jail pending trial which will be
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ed with larceny and the other with
receiving stolen goods. According to
the statement of the children, ii seems
that they stole several watches from
Morris store in Kahului about three
weeks ago, and sold these watches to
the other person. These boys were seen
in kahului some time ago singing at
some places, and trying to get some
thing to eat By a clever trick they
managed to pocket the watches, and
sold them. When asked where their
parents were, one of them replied that
none of them had relatives here, but
that they were stolen from their homes
to come with the new immigrants.
WAILUKU, March 16.-Win Towles,
a negro living at Camp 5, Spreckels-
Vile, was committed to the jury at
term time by Judge Mckay in the
District Court of Waikiki last Mon
day. 1t seems that Towles used to lay
off from work very often, and when he
was hungry he would help himself to
a stick of cane or two; this however
was detected by Some of the Japanese
laborers, and it did not take long be-
fore Towles was arrested and charged
with larceny. The case was tried, and
being an infamous crime, Judge Nc
Kay could only commit him for trial.
Rev. Gus Hutchinson another colored
man at Camp ., was charged with as
sault and battery on one Reed Cloud.
Reed Cloud, who is also a Southerner,
was acting as Il peacemaker in trying
TO prevent Hutchinson from assaulting
George Brooks, one of the boys charged
with stealing watches, but Hutchinson
turned around on Cloud and hurt him
badly. Cloud serve out a warrant
against Hutchinson, and the latter was
arrested Immediately thereafter Judge
Mckay sentenced Hutchinson to twenty
days on the reef.
Other petty troubles have been re-
ported among the new immigrants.
HILO, March 1.-two Japanese have
been arrested for embezZlement. 1t
seems that there was due twenty-four
men working on the contract $62S.5O,
and this money was given the two
Japanese to take to the camp. Instead
of doing so they came over to Hilo and
secured apartmC nts at Okamura's no.
tel and proceeded to paint the town
roseate hue, until their delay in ar
irving with the money began to cause
murmur of discomfort among the
laborers. Then the police were noti-
fled and Yotaro was put on the case,
500 being offered by the contractors for
the arrest of the men He found them
at the hotel and took them to the sta
ton house where, on being searched
they yielded up $42225 and two cases
Of indigestion. A policeman was sent
ever from Kau to take the men back
and he left Hilo with his charges, hand
cuffed together. some time Tuesday.
At twelve miles he stopped to feed his
horse leaving the prisoners on the YER
anda of a house occupied by some ma
tive friends. After attending to the
wants of the horse he returned to the
house only to find that one of the pris-
oners had slipped his handouts from
his wrists and made his escape. The
other one had not attempted to get
away.
officer Kelley was notified and made
a thorough search without satisfactory
results. Yesterday morning he got
word of someone seeing a Japanese
answering the description of the miss
ing man, but there was nothing de-
finite. Deputy Sheriff OVerend and
Captain Hitchcock went up to Olaa
yesterday to assist in the search
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