The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-03-14
SINGER ROBBED
OF INSTRUMENTS
lr.-haI TO The Aa,.rll,.rl

Especial Co the Adyerilser)
FAN FRANCISCO. march THE
sw.st sira,ra - hula. and melee Who
have carried the melodies ~ Hawaii
from Uuf1in Co Frisco feel aggfIeNed
at their treatment by resident ~ this
city The hawaiian Glce club com
posed - nine players and singers, Is
row in Los Angeles. and will shortly
sail for Honolulu
While here a thief stole articles
worth Sis from w. X. hacomher, one
OF the club. The police have In Gus
tUdy "a man who is suspected 81 the
theft The Chronicle says concerning
the sad happening:
The Hawaiian Glee club I. out of
tune. Earring discord has marred
,he harmony OF it's final hours Tn san
Francisco. 1t has been robbed OF some
Of it, sweetest melody, and some
~ its finest instruments. No fond
aloha" will sound this morning at Z
o'clock as the dusky ballad singers and
strummers Of stringed things depart
on the early train for Los Angeles.
The wrongs they have suffered in this
great city will stick to their memories
like the native poi" to the ringers
OF the dangerous Hawaiian maiden at
"A feast in Honolulu.
Theirs is a case Of misplaced conf
dence and unlocked doors. They went
10 the Orpheum last night for their
closing performance, and when they
returned to their apartments some ad-
mirers had possessed themselves of
valuable souvenirs and departed into
the darkness Of the stormy night. And
such is the lesson these islanders have
learned IN America, where locks are
put on doors to keep unwelcome WISH
tors from intrudlng and not left or
as is the custom in the unsuspicious
paradise of the Pacific.
If any citizen should find in his pos
session this morning fine Dewick
banjo, value $40, and a Martin man
| dolin, value S25, and an Alvista camera,
value S35, and n black military over
coat, value SIS, then that citizen should
guess that he must have been walking
in his sleep and entered the Hawaiian's
room by mistake and taken those
things away. And the police are out
looking for the man who was In a
trance.
All the mementoes Of the visit Of the
Hawaiian Glee club were taken from
/ one player, w. *. Macomber, perhaps
because he was the most hospitabe
/ individual in the entire troupe, and re-
/ paatedly entertained friends in his little
/ eight by ten inside room at 121 Powell
street. This Hawaiian player and two
other members of the club were in the
crowded room along with Tour local
Hawaiian acquaintances up to Sis
O'clock last night. Then one of the
trio Of singers departed for the thea
ter.
At $50 the host himself went over to
the Orpheum. and fifteen minutes later
the last of the trio of professional play
ers left the room for the show house.
, When he departed the four visitors
were seated on the bed and the trunk
, having, a sociable time. But when Ma
comber returned to his room at 1926
, o'clock the quartet of visiting Hawaii
ans was gone, and SO We're the most
of his valued effects.
This beats my New York record
= sighed the sad Hawaiian singer. "Iu
I New York some one touched me for
$40 in. cash, and the things I have
been robbed of tonight were worth
Sis"
The. Hawaiian Glee Club was an at
traction at the Buffalo Exposition. For
the seven months since the fair these
sweet singers have been touring the
country and making a good thing out
J of the circuit. This was to he their last
: show town, except Los Angeles After
that the whole troupe expects to return
, to Hawaii, where unlocked rooms are
safe and no honest man would steal his
, hosts banjo.
FREDERICK O'BRIEN.