The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-12-10
WENT COON HUNTING
a DOZEN POLICEMEN TRAIL THE
BURGLAR.
Found In Banana Patsh with KTif
And Axe-Barney Joy Gets the Drop
On Him.


Ward on upper Fort street. The planl
was given away to the police early inl
the evening or late in the afternoon and
Ward took pains TO leave everything sol
that the men would fall into the trap
and go ahead with the robbery while
the police surrounded them on the out
side.
About nine O'Clock three men were
seen to drive up in hack 1872 and enter
the premises whence they shortly issued
with a trunk and deposited ,--e same I'M
hack. Chillingworth gun in hand
rushed out and commanded them tol
halt. They ran off down Kukui to-
wards Nuuanu followed by the police.
Shots were exchanged without effect.
Later, guided by the infOrmer, one of
the negroes, Bob Williams by name,
was found in Fishers lodging house on
Quee. rect. A trunk was also found
containing jewelry to the amount of
81 500. Another trunk was in the store
in readiness for removal filled with
jewelry to about the same amount. The
plan appears to have been to knock on
the back door of the store and hit Ward
over the head with a billv as he an
swered. The plunder would then have
been packed in an old piano box and
shipped to the coast.
Enorts were made last night without
success to locate the others concerned
This morning, mounted ofiiCed Matt
land patrolling his beat at Kalihi saw
a negro in a lane and recognized him
He dismounted and came up with the
man as he was by a fence. The mans
answers being unsatisfactory he start
ed to arrest him. v'Hnn the negro vault
ed the fence followed by Officer Matt
land. The fugitive made for the high
Reform School fence over which he
went like a cat. The officer attempting
to follow and encumbered with belt and
spurs was unable to make as good pro-
sa~f
Assisted by posse of small boys Matt
land secured the neighbO4nOOI.
Some one telephOned in, in the mean
time to headquarters and a posse con-
sisting Of Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth,
A. Mossman w. Vida, Devachelle and
Richardson started along the railroad
on hand car which they pumped down
to what is known as the anchorage.
There a man was seen swimming across
the bay. Chillingworth spashed in af-
ter him to find II was not the object of
their chase. They then started to scour
the country inland from the old salt
works.
I The negro was supposed to have his
| revolver with him and had also knife
and an axe. The latter he secured from
a Portuguese woman who was chopping
| wood, threatening her with his knife in
order to obtain the heavier weapon.
MOssman was the next to see him
with a crowd of boys Williams offered
to give himself up if the boys were call
ed off. Instead of doing so he made a
vicious cut with his knife at Mossman
| who was unarmed and warned him to
keep his distance.
Barney JOY of the police force had by
| this time started out independently on
! the Rapid Transit and, arriving at the
! scene of action was told by a native
| that the man was asleep in a banana
patch.
| low GRANT IN and oauy Tho falIou, I,yina
on the ground with a knife in his hand
and the axe beside him. Joy dropped a
| gun on him and told him be would shoot
If he moved Williams decided not to
| move and the rest of the posse came VI
with the exception of Lieutenant Les
| lie officers Stewart and Copp who were
securing at Moanalua. The prisoner
was brought into town in a hack. He
| explained that he had thrown away the
revolver a double action Smith and
| Wesson, not wishing to be caught with
| 1t in his possession. His pockets were
filled with cartridges and the knife anC
axe were brought along as evidence.
The capture is known to the police az
Edgar Williams alias Hickey. The
man captured last night is known a;
Bob Williams. They are apparently no
brothers Bob being much lighter thar
| Edgar who Is a typical woody headed
| African. He seemed to be morally ir
responsible and in his cell was as merry
and unconcerned as he could be. II,
has no hesitancy about talking abou
his exploit and explained to the Sheriff
that Bob was the captain of the gam
but that they had left him in the lurch
Bob and the other fellow had tough
over division of spots aud there hdt
been squabbles. He assured the sheriff
that he had never done time in tn
States but dtvulged the fact chat h,
and Bob had been implicated I'm sellinj
| tn 10 nan md ha haN F.AF
also mixed up with Chinese hackmal
in some way
, Bob is suspected by the police of hold
ing up Chinese hackman last Thurs
} day and also of robbing Wing Quar-
| store of $110 Hickey this morninI
p spoke of the division of 23,75 betweel
, the gang.
Bob Williams the captain, has a ba
| record here, having been convicted seV
eral times of vagTancy and carrying
deadly weapon. He was shipped her
from Tennessee as a plantation hanC
: Hickey has also worked here on
: plantation and claims to have shine
shoes for living since he quit the can
fields.
Il wus powful glad to get that lunc
sub said he this morning. Yes indee
| didn't have no time to be thinkin bot
eatin since las night. Jes had one pa
of water TO supper an brekfus. ~
been heah bout nine months. / com
from Cincinnatti, yes sub. Give theI
fellers pretty smart run this mornil
but, laws they was too many fur m
Made an awful fuss over one cullu
man. This country amt like th
States. They's water all round it an
you cant go but a little ways TO yu
runs into the sea. An | CUES ia rath'
talk to 'pliceman than a shark Y,
indeed sub"
The place where he was captured
L. A 4 So H.. a. a.
side of King street at Kalih not "a
from the fertilizer works.
Bob Williams the other colored ma
was arraigned before Judge Wilcox In
morning to answer 20 a charge OF bu
glary I'm the first degrne. The heariT
was set for Thursday.
THE SEARCHLIGHT.
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