The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-05
HOW PEDRO
WAS CAUGHT
Went Up the Road
and Was Halted
There.

After playing hide and seek with the
police for night in town Pedro Rod
riguez the Porto Rican convict. skip
ped out to the country again early yes
terday morning. By this move he lost
his liberty, for he was nabbed at Puu-
loa by the police. He was taken so
quickly that he had no opportunity
to use a long dirk which was found on
his person. Immediately after his
capture he subsidized into the most in
nocent sort of terror. He smiled
at all and sundry, expressed sorrow
that he had left the prison, and had a
large number of fancy little stories to
tell.
AS stated by the Advertiser yester-
day morning Pedro had spent the most
of Tuesday night in Honolulu. He
had been in the tougher district of
Kakaako with Porto Rican eriends but
the search of that district by the police
scared him SO much that he went to
Waikiki. Later he took a hack to Pa
lama. About half past one o'clock
yesterday morning Deputy Sheriff
Chillingworth learned that his quarry
was in Palama. The police then
made hurried search Of all the known
resorts of Porto Ricans there but could
not find their man. According to
Pedro's own story he knew that the
police were hot on his trail and before
daylight he left Palama and walked
to Puuloa.
Deputy Sheriff Fernandez of Eva
was also making a search for Pedro.
He had his men posted SO that he
could intercept the convict If the latter
made the journey either to or from
Honolulu. Philip, a part Portuguese
officer and another officer named Peter
We're on watch at the Puuloa switch.
Early in the morning they spied a
man sneaking along the edge of cane
field about half mile away. The
man seemed to be approaching them
so they hid in the cane and waited for
him to pass 1t was Rodriguez. He
came along in front of them and as
he did so Philip pounced on him. Be
fore the Porto Rican knew what had
happened he had been pinned to the
ground He could make no resistance.
Officer Philip telephoned to Deputy
Sheriff Fernandez that he had his man
and Fernandez went to Puuloa, took
charge Of the Porto Rican, and later
landed him in the police station in
Honolulu. On Pedro's person was
found about eight dollars, in money
and he was dressed in clothes he had
purchased from a Chinaman at Wal
pahu.
Pedro was an interesting specimen
of humanity as he stood behind his
cell bars and talked to an Advertiser
reporter yesterday afternoon. He
spoke sort of pigeon English.
He said that when he arrived in
Hawaii he went to work on planta-
and kept at it for about four months.
living in Kakaako went to him and
told him of the great wealth of the
Islands, of all the money that could
be made by young man like Pedro
if he would join them in town. Pedro
says he came into town and entered
the big colony of Migrants at Kaka-
ako. After that date he ceased to
work. He declared himself an expert |
at "seven-eleven and said that he |
had made much money in that way.
Then he fell into the hands of the po-
lice and was sent up on a two years |
sentence for the burglary of General |
Miles room. |
This Is the way he describes his en- |
trance to Oahu Prison: when 1 go |
there say that I like see boss. see |
Boss Henry. Then 1 say to him: |
Suppose you make all right for me |
go. l pay you five hundred dollars. I |
pay quick and go back United States |
on steamer You never see me again.
I stay another place from this. No
more trouble. Suppose you take five
hundred dollars. I go. What you
say, boss?' Then Boss Henry he look |
very angry for just few minutes.
think he will strike me. But he smile
an say, Suppose you serve out your