The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-03-25
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house.
You'd have done the same thing" said
he to "A reporter. III you'd been sent to
jail for life 10y a drunken Judge for a Sl6
case. tell you it made me mad TO think
that man who commits murder gets
only six months sometimes, while / was
booked for ,he term of my natural life
for stealing. ! reckoned that | had moth
ins to gain by going cak to Jail and
would be whole lot to the good by es-
Gaping. Half an hour after / had been
in the brush / saw my case was hope
less"
Woods escaped on Thursday. the 18th
inst. From then until last Tuesday, ac-
cord.ng 10 his own story. he hid ia the
lartana I'm Manoa valley by day, occas-
sionally ventur!ng into town at night.
Last Tuesday night he says he walked
down PunchbOwl street. to the Pacific
Mail wharf where the Coptic was lying
am tried to get on board. He recog
rZ-d such a number of officers in civil
ian dress on the wharf that he speedily
concluded that 1t was hopeless to attempt
to board the vessel without being dis
covered. lie also says that he tried to
get job on board the ship A. J. Fuller,
lying at the Railway wharf. but without
success
When in Jail M Hickory, the negro
burglar, told him where his revolver was
hidden, and one day last week Woods
W In search of IL. He found the wea-
por I'm a lodging house close to the
br W,'!, Queet street being guided
to the srot by Hickorys wife, who Ie-
si'-s ct Fishers joint. also on Queen
st. eet. He says he slept one night at
Fishers rl-ce. The night he went and
Got The revolver he bought some papers
and a glass of beer before he took TO the
woods again. Asked as to how he OBJ
tnined the necessary money he ambigu-
uusly replied that he took it,
Woods says that one night he stood
outside the police station on the opposite
side of the street ana had a good mind
to give himself up, but thought better
Of It. The police do not credit this how
ever. on Saturday night last he says he
again came to town and tried to get
aN e. ON vessel. Referring to his
ether doings on that evening, he jocG.
ldrly remarked 10 the Deputy Sherif:
''Hcss, sab, / had a good mind to call
at your house and try and borrow five
dollars from you. ! guess ia have got
1t, iC1."
ON Saturday he says hc tried to enlist
On the transport Hancock but was tod
tol' that they could not recruit on
board.
"One night" said Woods, that Old
Cap Bowers had lis bicycle lantern risnt
in my eyes and then he couldn't see me.
l was scared to move and just kept on
staring at the light until the Old cap.
went away"
When Woods was captured he was
clad i'm a grimy suit of overalls, and
looked a typical coal passer He was de-
tanned at the police station last night.
and every precaution taken to prevent
his escaping a third time.
Woods came to the country over a year
ago to work on a plantation and his
career while here has been troublous
one. About nine months ago he broke
into the plantation store at Spreckels-
vile, Maui, and got away with the safe
containing $1,000 He was arrested on
board the Claudne. just as the steamer
was about to sail for Honolulu.
Woods was charged with burglary IN
the first degree and after being commit
ted for trial at Wailuku was brought to
Honolulu. one day he escaped from
oahu Jail and got into the lantana Al
Kalih, where he was retaken by a posse
of officers who had the drop on him.
Judge Kalua tried his case and sem
tenccd him to life Imprisonment. Not
/ lcng after being sentenced he attacked
| the jailer at Wailuku jail, in a desper-
ate attempt to escape and nearly choked
| him to death. For this he wore a ball
and chain for three months and was on
| his good behavior until last Thursday
| week when he escaped from the convict
gang breaking rocks in Kewalo quarry.
! Woods is about 2S years of age. feet
: s inches tall, and~powerfully built. The
heads of the police department breathe
more freely now that he is captured
J and the members of the force who have
been looking for him day and night for
! the last few days will take their regular
, intervals of repose as OF yore.