The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-19
The Knights Of the
Jimmy Making
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Hay.
TRY FOR JEWELRY
BUT SECURE NONE
Wicked Seaman Who Threatened
the Life Of Americans
Chief Officer.

OnlcI OIIlCcT.
~ ONOLULU is being swept by
| III wave of burglaries the like of
| IA which has not been seen since the
time when are-Footed Bill
was abroad in the land.
Among the many places where noe
turnal touches have been made are H.
G. -Biart's jewelry store on Fort street.
| This store was visited on Sunday
night. The burglars made entrance
through the back, climbing from the
premises back of B. F. Ehlers & Com
pany over a shed in the rear of Biart's
and thence to the ground near the right
entrance to the place.
| A pane of glass in a door was taken
out and the door. thus opened. The
burglar made a thorough search of the
place and was evidently looking for
some object of special value. Just as
the thief was prospecting among the
show cases the door of one of them fell
| in and scared the intruder out of the
place. Some plated ware was takenSby
! him.
A number of other places have been
visited and in every case is remark
entrance is effected.
Fred Beer, Charles Herpes and Fred
Scholtz, f1remen on the steamship
! American. were again in the police
court yesterday morning charged with
! having threatened the life of Chief Of
lficer Dalton Last week they We're fin
ed for being drunk and discharged for
an assault with weapon.
| Dalton Swore that he was afraid that
the men would kill him. They had VOW
ed, he said, that they would knife or
hang him before the ship got into New
York. Therefore he wanted them put
under bonds to keep the peace.
The trouble occurred on February IS.
It appeared that defendants had had
trouble with Dalton previously, during
(which he had struck Beer. Defendants
got more or less drunk and going to
Dalton demanded to know why he had
Istruck Beer. They then challenged him
to come out and fight and one of them
drew pocket knife and threatened to
disembowel Dalton with it before he
got to New York. Herpes said that he
would hang him. This scared the first
Iofficer and he sent for the police. Dali
ton said that he was afraid of his life
If the men remained at liberty.
First Assistant Engineer Tenkel, Sec
ond Officer Clemans and Quartermaster
Faye gave evidence for the prosecu-
ton.
Schultz denied having drawn a knife
but said that he had used threatening
Language. The words he used were:
"If you do the firemen like you do the
sailors you will get killed before you
get to New York"
Tanner, fireman, said that he was
too drunk to remember anything about
the trouble and was promptly excused.
why, I was drunk before the others
started,' he explained.
Attorney Chillingworth for the de-
Tense seemed to be considerably inter-
ested in the destination of the ship I'M
til his honor requested him to limit his
questions to modern times and not to
go back to the stone age.
Judge Wilcox said that fresh drink
ing spell while the ship was at sea
might reopen the old sore and accord
each to keep the peace toward Dalton
for one month. An appeal has been
noted.
Kuhale, charged with larceny in the
second degree, was discharged. He was
arrested for attempting to dispose OF
two taps valued at 81 which he
claimed he had found on Queen street
The larceny was not proved, however
and defendant went free.
Thirteen wet goods men paid the u.s.
ual fine.
The following cases were also dis
posed of:
Omura, larceny second degree, Feb,
10; Yamagochi, larceny second degree
nolle pros'd: Chas. Hanola, common
nuisance, discharged; All Fat, Sigaki
Nagamura, gambling, Feb. 10; w. Il
Chapman, assault and battery on Ka.
aipoopoo, nolle pros'd; Matsuro, heed
less driving. S. and costs; Dee, Ton
Carey, drunkenness, bail forfeited; At
kinson, drunkenness, Feb. 10; JOSEPH
Naiwi, assault and battery on JOS
Desha, IS and costs; Kailianu, larceny
second degree, Feb. 20.
All the cases which required the ser
vices of interpreters went over unit
today on account of the translators be
ing engaged in the Circuit Court.
There should be a set of interpreter
for the Circuit Court and another TO
the Police Court said Judge Wilcox
and the sooner the Government In
stitutes the change the better. TIL
business of this court is continually be
ing delayed by the interpreters having
to go to the Circuit Court