The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-02-19
STACKS OF
LOOT FOUND
Recovered Plumber
From the Asa
Robberies.

In Asa, the Jap King of Burglars, y
the police have the most interesting
of criminals. Day by day more of the
goods he stole are being secured and
goods valued at over two thousand
dollars are now stored in the police
| station to be retained as evidence when
his case comes to trial. Asa has told
the police almost everything concern
ing his robberies. One thing he has
not told the police is who his partner
In the big robberies was, for he had a
| confederate and rumor at the police
station says that the pair have large
bank account under assumed names.
Yesterday Special officer Renear had
| Asa on Punchbowl again and recover
ed large amount of goods.
All of, the people who had purchased
goods from the little Jap gave them
up without trouble with the exception
of one Portuguese woman and for a
few minutes it looked as If murder
might be done before she could be
subdued
While living on Punchbowl this wom-
an had purchased bureau from the
Jap. The bureau might have been
''A 80 hcool twenty pul SIZE
gave the Jap but two dollars for It..
The police discovered that she had re-
moved from Punchbowl to a house
in kakaako. Renear took Asa to her
new home. A woman, fully six feet
in height and weighing more than
two hundred pounds, answered Re-
near's knock at her house. Renear ex-
planned his business. The little bur-
glar politely lifted his hat and said:
please Misses will you give police
man chest Of drawers?" The woman
flew into a perfect rage. She made
a wild rush for the Japanese and
claspng him tightly about the neck
choked him. The Jap grew red in
the face while Renear was busy dis
entangling the pair. Finally the wom-
an permitted the stolen property to be
removed by the officers, but declared
that If her husband were at home he
would kill both the officer and the
burglar
Six places were visited during the
day and all sorts of articles were re-
covered. From one woman an oak
bedroom set, worth perhaps a hundred
dollars, was recovered. She had paid
the Jap about twelve dollars for this
and he had thrown in, to make the
bargain a good one for her, a few sill
YER articles, some of them being of.
considerable value. Nearly all of the
articles the Jap stole and sold went
for song but the large amount of
big sum in spite of the small prices for
which he sold them.
In every case where the goods have
so far been identified their owners
produced evidence which showed that
the stuff must have been taken in
broad daylight. From the residence
of Mrs. Godfrey Rhodes. in Nuuanu
street, the Jap took away many ex-
press loads of stuff. He went there
with wagon each day for five days.
backed the vehicle up to the curbing
in front of the house, and boldly car
rted away the stuff. According to the
story that he has told the police his
method of learning what houses he
could rob was simple He is a polite
little man and dresses very we'll. He
would go to house. boldly walk to
the front door and knock. If he re-
ceived response he would ask if some
friend of his lived there. The reply
would of course be IN the negative.
But in case he received no response
from his knocking at front door he
would go to the rear. If he got no |
response there he would go to the.next
house to it. He would there inquire !
for work. He might even go to the |
rear of the house and. finding a yard !,
ooy' would inquire concerning some !
other japanese and explain that he,
was looking for work. He /
would ask If there was any work at
The next house. Then his new ac- !
luaintance would likely inform him
hat the people next door had closed
Up their house and left Honolulu for
visit on the mainland. In this case
Asa was happy He would then in
orm his partner and the next day the
pair or them would boldly carry stuff
'ut or the front door Of the house and
DAD 1t into a wagon An hour or so
alter the same wagon would be found
IN Punchbowl peddling out the goods
It ridiculously low prices. In this
wise Asa and his partner have worked
or over year.
asa is thirty-four years old and say.
lie has been in the islands for six years.
ne states that he at one time worked
or a week as yardboy for Deputy
'heriH Chillingworth He stated that
ms period was at the time when Chill
lhsworth was spending his honey
noon.
A partial list of the goods brought TO
he Police Station yesterday is as fol-
ows:
one jewelry case.
several framed photographs.
one brass wall bracket.
One fancy japanese box.
Five pictures and frames.
one highly polished rocking chair. {
one double silver ink stand. .
one fancy music cabinet. /
one large combination hall hat rack I
nd mirror.
one complete bedroom set, consisting
I double oak bed. one marble top bu-
eau one marble top washstand, and a c