The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-06


THE LAST OF THE GANG.
The fourth and last member of the
gang of Chinese desperadoes implicated
in the shooting and robbery of the two
Japs at MOanalua, was captured last
night by Police officer Mulleitner after
q desperate struggle, during which the
patrolman's life was menaced. Lee
Jim, an understood, cunning-lookinS
Chinese with a queue, wearing gum
shoes and carrying a new loaded 3S-
caliber revolver, was landed behind the
bars at D. m. and is kept apart from
his accomplices.
With the capture of Lee Jim the eX-
cellent detective work of Police Officer
All On, the young Chinese special
policeman, has brought to justice one
of the most desperate gangs of ruftians
Honolulu has harbored for many years.
After searching the shack on Liliha
street yesterday for evidences of the
gangs crimes, Officer Mulleitner was
put in charge. The officer sat in a
chair in a small areaway leading to
the small room of the gang. About $50
he heard footsteps. Some one was
stealthily approaching. The officer
listened, and then heard four sharp
hand clasps. Mulleitner remained quiet
and the signal was repeated. Then a
key was thrust in the outer doorway
and the door was quietly pushed in
ward. Mulleitner had drawn his re-
volver and as the head of Chinaman
came into view, he jumped forward,
calling upon the intruder to throw up
his hands The Chinaman was startled
but only partially obeyed the COM
mand. 1t was repeated and the hands
went as far up as the shoulders. The
Chinaman evidently thought the officer
was a robber for he yelled:
You want money!? l give you
quick
Mulleitner assisted the Chinaman's s
hands UP above his head and felt the
mans hip-pockets to ascertain whether
he was armed. He thought he had
concluded when he saw the mans right
hand go down towards his front trous-
er's pocket The officer then discovered
a revolver there which he took posses
sion of. The Chinaman kept dancing
around as if frightened and once or
twice made movement to regain pos
session of the gun. AS the two moved
out into the covered way behind the
Jap lodging house a Japanese woman
came close to the pair, and the China
man made a dash for liberty. He man.
aged to get the woman between him.
self and Mulleitner, so that the latter
could not fire. The officer pursued his
quarry and fred without effect, but al
most striking a Japanese who ran out
to learn the trouble. A second shot
also missed Lee jim ran up the alley
to Akana's stables climbed a fence
disappeared through a window into a
shack and up against another fence
where Mulleitner awaited him. A strug-
gle took place here, and the prisoner
made a second dash, but was knocked
down. He was then bound securely
and brought to the station.
The revolver was a new one, and a
receipt in his pocket showed it had
been sold at E. o. Halls on Thurs
day, Oct. 1, the day Fujikawa was shot.
All On is of the opinion that Lee
Jim and Chu Hoy worked together and
were probably in company last Thurs
day and Friday at Moanalua, one keep
ing watch and the other doing the hold
up work.
The gang has been doing a large
business in stolen bicycles for the last
four or five months.
DIR. PRATT'S SERVICES.
Deputy Sheriff ChiIlingworth spoke
highly last night of the services rem
dered by DR.. Pratt, chief health officer,
in connection with the capture of the
Chinese outlaws. He said:
''Dr. Uchida testified at the coroner S
inquest that the man died from per-
foration of the intestines. He did not
know whether it was caused by a bull
let wound or not, but thought it was.
Il asked DIR. Pratt if it was possible
to locate the bullets at that stage. He
thought it was and gave me a disin-
terment permit. The body was dug
up and taken to the morgue.
Or. Pratt worked at the body for
two hours under fearful conditions.
He succeeded in locating one of the
bullets in the bladder and the other
in the leg. Both had taken down.
ward course from the point of en-
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