The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-02-03
.ODRIGUES is CAUGHT
lContInned from PaEe IL

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claims that the reason he left the
prison was because a prison luna was
very brutal to him.
The Porto Rican convict who was
two years for having robbed
General Miles and Colonel Maus and
Mrs. Maus at the Hawaiian Hotel
about a year ago, escaped from the
oahu Prison early Monday morning
The turnkey failed to throw the lock
completely into the socket so Pedro
was able by converting the handle of a
bucket inthe cell into a monkey wrench
to unloosen one of the bolts of the
lock so as to force the bolt back and
open the door. He did this about
O'Clock Monday morning. He scaled
the Eva wall and dropped about IA feet
to liberty.
He claims that he went direct to
Waipahu. In another statement he
claimed however that he went to Iwi-
lei. He said to Deputy High Sheriff
Chilingworth that he found a pair Of
old trowsers and put them on discard |
ing his prison suit of clothes. Pedro |
walked to Waipahu arriving there |
Tuesday morning. Yesterday morn /
ing Deputy Sheriff Fernandez read the |
paper and saw the account of the es-
cape of Rodriguez from the jail and (
also saw the picture of the man. Fer |
nandez has three or four Porto Ricans /
i'm his employ as spies so he called
their attention to the fact that Rodri- T.
guez had esc- ed.
They replied that the fellow had been
at Waipahu that morning. The officer
ordered them to go ahead and try to
get further trace of the man. They
informed the officer that Rodriguez had
said something about securing work
but they had advised him to go on to-
ward EVA Fernandez learned that
Rodriguez had purchased a suit of
clothes, a hat and a new pair of shoes
at a shop at Waipahu and had that
morning purchased a ticket for Aiea
offering payment with five dollar gold
piece.
Fernandez and his officers went to-
ward Aiea but they failed to find any
trace of the Porto Rican. In fact
the man had not left the train at Aiea
The officers started back and at Pun
ioa learned that the Porto Rican had
left the train. At Puuloa is a switch
man and Waterman and this man re-
membered having seen a man who an
swered the description of Rodriguez
leave the train. The Switchman did
not however remember in which di
rection the fellow had gone. Deputy
Sheriff Philip Manuel was stationed at
this point by Fernandez with orders to
keep sharp lookout for the Porto
Rican.
Fernandez did not at that time think
the convict would make his way back
to Honolulu, but Rodriguez evidently
wanted to get to Honolulu where there
were friends, for Rodriguez claims that
| last evening he walked from Puuloa to
the end of the electric car at Kalihi
boarded a car and rode to the house OF
Andres. 1t was at this place that the
convict secured the dirk knife.
He saw the two Porto Ricans near
the depot who later gave the police no
tlce of his being in the city. He took
Hack No. 269 and drove to Fishers
place in Kakaako but did not remain
there any length of time. Rodriguez
claims that he went out and walked to
Waikiki along King street. He says
he did not go to visit any Porto Ricans
but went simply to take ''holo hOlo."
He walked back to Thomas Square and
took Hack No. 31O On River street
between Vineyard and Beretania he
was seen by officers Oliver Akau and
Alfred Kane. He left the hack and
ran, with the officers in pursuit, but
Rodriguez lodged in among the dark
lanes in the vicinity of AhOo's place
and eluded capture. Evidently the ex-
perience impressed Rodriguez with the
fact that he would do better to return
to the country so he says he started
to walk back toward Eva.
He claims that he secured breakfast
about 4:3O o'clock this morning in Pa
lama but the place he refuses to di-
vulge. Rodriguez followed the rail-
road and shortly after o'clock the
watchers at Puuloa switch saw him APP
preaching. When he came up they
rushed up TO him and both Philip
Manuel and the Waterman grabbed the
fellow and threw him to the ground.
He was disarmed without trouble. De-
putty Sheriff Fernandez brought Rodri-
guez to Honolulu this morning about
IL o'clock. Rodriguez was put into a
cell where he will be detained for the
present.
Deputy High Sheriff intends to ascer- !
tain from Rodriguez the people who
assisted and abetted the convict after
he got out of prison. So far as the
present circumstances go to show, there !
was no collision in his actual escape |
from the prison The officers have rea- !
son to suspect that the Porto Rican in !
stead Of going straight to Waipahu |
came to Honolulu and robbed some |
one of about $40. He admits that he |
had 500 in cash at Waipahu. The Of
fcers desire to know from whom he |
secured the money, especially if he stole |
1t.
The convict when questioned by the |
deputy stated this morning that the |
reason Re wanted to leave the prison |
was because one Of the prison lunas
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