The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-09


covered and taken to the station. Ar
ticles belonging to Mrs. Allan Herbert
and Mrs. Gertz are among the things
found.
Asa is less than FIVE feet in height,
weighs less than one hundred pounds,
dresses in the dandiest of American
style. but is the king of burglars of the
Hawaiian Islands. He has committed
robberies in broad daylight for months,
has secured tons of goods from Homo
\ lulu houses, and has peddled his spoils
to householders living on Punchbowl
Articles worth twenty-five dollars he
has gleefuly sold for twenty-five cents.
His operations were conducted so well
that the police have had hard work in
effecting his capture but Special Off
Ger Dan Renear nabbed him yesterday
and after an exciting four hour drive
large amount of the spoil.
Some time ago Mrs. Allan Herberts
home on Vineyard street was robbed
of variety of things. Among the
things taken We're furniture, bric-a-
brac and crockery. The crockery had
been collected in different countries,
during Mrs. Herbert's travels, and was
of considerable value. Some weeks
ago the home of Mrs. Gertz on Vine
yard street was also robbed while that
lady was moving from one house to
another. Many articles of furniture,
siverware, and crockery had been TAX
en- by the thief. Some neighbors no
ticed a Jap leaving the house during
an afternoon carrying the plumber.
Complaint was made to the police and
Officer Dan Renear was given the case.
He told all of the neighbors Of the
facts and asked them to telephone the
police station in case the alleged rob-
Der was again seen.
Yesterday Asa visited the neighbour
hood He had package of goods and
tried to sell a miscellaneous array OF
clothing to a Portuguese woman. A
message was sent to the police station
and Renear reached the scene in time
to nab the Jap. The burglar was TAX
en- to the police station but declared
the goods We're his property and that
he was peddlng them. Renear
thought differently. He thought he
had his man. The Jap told Renear
that he would take him to his home.
He took him to a vacant lot in Makiki.
Renear then took him back to the po-
lice station and busted himself for some
time in reducing the little Jap to
state of submission. The third degree
may have been used Nebo, the Jap
police officer and interpreter, assisted.
AT the end of the seance the Jap ad-
mitted everything. He expressed
willingness to show the police the pla-
ces where he had sold the goods. He
was hustled into a hack and in a long
drive about the city in the rain took
Renear and Nebo to score of Portu-
guese homes on Punchbowl. At each
place the Jap was identified and the
householders in fear and trembling
dug up a variety of things they had
purchased. Some had bought eXpen-
sve rugs at forty cents EACH others
had bought hand-painted china at ten
and fifteen cents apiece. The Jap had
sold solid silver teapots at a dollar. A
koa wood chair had been sold for an
insignificant sum- The buyers of the
stolen goods willingly handed the stuff
over to the police to escape prosecu-
ton.
At ten o'clock last night Asa sat in
the Deputy Sheriff's Office at the Police
Station, handcuffed to Nebo, the Jap
detective. He sat there quietly while
an inventory was taken of some of the
recovered plumber. a partial list of it
was as follows: one silver sugar bowl,
one silver spoon-holder one butcher
knife, one dozen silver tea spoons, one
gold-plated sugar bowl and spoon, one
linen table cloth, one dning-room chair
one dozen valuable china cups and
saucers, one Swiss glass barrel, one
hand-painted punChbowl, numerous
knives and forks. glass tumbers, one
cake dish, three rugs, one koa table,
bedding, linen sheets and pillow cases,
one camphor trunk, one white silk cape,
two Japanese bamboo tables, one chair,
one rattan lounge, a gold watch having
charm marked IS. Z. b., 1885," great
variety of womens clothing, two silk
umbrellas, one umbrella stand and con-
siderable crockery. There are also a
number of miscellaneous articles. The
police have list of residences where
the Jap has disposed of plumber and
unless the purchasers send these arti-
cles to the station today they will go
TO the residences for il and possibly
make some arrests on charges of re-
ceiving stolen goods.
While Officer Renear was at the Ha-
waiian Hotel, having Mrs. Herber,
Identify Some of the stolen property
Asa, the robber, ran away He had
been left I'm charge of the hackmar
whom the police employ. He made g
bold run down the street while heavy