The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-10

The largest criminal job which has
been attempted in Honolulu in years was
cleveriy frustrated by the police last
night. A conspiracy to rob L. a. Ward
iewelry store on upper Fort street, near
Kulzui street, was revealed to- the police
department by one of the gang. The store
was watched by a number of officers
whose patience was rewarded by their
seeing a trunk taken out Of the place
and deposited in a hack by two colored
men and a white man. The robbers were
commanded to halt, but instead ran
away. pursued by the police. A tusli-
Iade Of shots was fired by both sides, no
one. however. being hit. Later on one
sf the colored men, Bob Williams, was
arrested in Fishers lodging house at ha-
Laako In the trunk was found JeWeIfF
TO the value of s., 800. Early this morning
the police were still searching the city
for the other two robbers.
williams is suspected OF being one OF
the men who last Friday night robbed
a Chinese hackdriver at the point of the
gun, near the Lunahlo Home. -Four
charges have been preferred against
him.
The police got the tip about O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. and Deputy Sher-
if Chillingworth Immediately prepared
a plan of action. The informant was one
of the gang who had been arrested yes
terday on another charge
About p. IN. Deputy Sheriff Chilling
worth Lieutenant Leslie and Officers joy
and Agnew went to the scene of the pro-
iected robbery and laid in wait. Ward,
who had been told of what was going
on, had left his place so that the thieves
might have every chance to fail into the
trap laid for them.
Nothing happened until . o'clock when
three men were seen to drive up to the
store in hack no 1872. enter the place
from the rear and shortly afterwards
emerge, carrying a trunk, which they de-
posted N the hack.
ChilIingworth rushed from his hiding
place and, gun in hand, commanded the
men to halt. Instead they started off
down Kukui street toward Nuuanu. al a
dead run, holly pursued by the officers.
The Deputy Sheriff was afraid to shoot
at them, for there was great danger of
hitting innocent people there being many
about at the time. So, hoping to scare
the robbers, he fired in the air two or
three times. The compliment was re-
turned in dead earnest and then the
other officers commenced to shoot. No
one was hit. far as could be ascer-
tanned, on either side.
one of the men ran into the Club Sta
bleS on Kukui street, and the China
man in attendance shut the door and put
out the light, doubtless scared out of his
wits. BY the time the police gained en-
trance he had made good his escape, as
did his two companions in another direc-
ton.
Seeing that their men had got away.
the police returned to the station, and
after a hurried consultation with the in
former. paid a visit to Fishers lodging
on OF nf he
men wanted, Bob Williams, found In
bed and taken to the lookup. vigor-
ous search was prosecuted for the other
men. but up to the hour of going TO
press neither had been captured.
Williams. who was shipped here from
tennessee, has a very bad record. Time
md time again he has been arrested for
iagrancy and carrying deadly weapon.
The police have regarded him as such a
lard case that they have locked him up |
whenever a chance presented itself, in
'rder 10 have HIM in safe keeping He |
5 suspected of being concerned in the |
lold up of Chinese hack driver last |
Thursday night near the LunaIilo Home. |
md also of robbing Wing Quais store of |
10 last Thursday night. Four charges |
ave been preferred against him, two of |
obbery, one of burglary and another of !
-agrancy
The trunk was taken to the police sta |
ION and opened by the owner. 1t con- |
aimed over $500 worth of rings, chains. |
watches and other jewelry. In the store /
vas another trunk of jewelry just as |
aluable.
The idea of the robbers was to go to |
ne store knock on the back door, and |
men ward put In an appearance, crack |
nm over the head with billy. There |
you'd then be nothing to hinder them in |
heir operations.
had the job gone through smoothly the
lunder was to have been packed into an
10 piano and shipped to the coast.
ME the men We're in the store a col
! u woman walked up and down the adj
AGENT sidewalk, keeping watch
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