The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-05
LUNA CLAIMS REWARD FOR
CAPTURE or RODRIGUEZ

p. N. Motos, Portuguese luna at
the Aiea plantation claims the reward
for the capture OF Pedro Rodriguez.
He is man of intelligence. reads and
writes English and tells straight
story.
AT $3.50 Wednesday morning saw
man near the station at Aiea whom
I thought looked like the picture of
Rodriguez which l had just seen in
the Advertiser. He went into the cane
for n few minutes and when he came
out he went into the shed and sat
down. Comparing the face with the
picture l was pretty sure of the man
didn't answer at first and tried again,
inquiring where he was going. He
said to waipahu.
do you work there?' said I.
Eyes
"'what nationality are your
mo answer.
Are you portuguese!
1.-The padre Portuguese.
"Then 1 knew he was not n Portu-
guese for instead OF saying padre it
would have been mic pae. Then I
said to myself, this is Pedro Rodriguez.
How to capture him / didn't know.
The Honolulu train was nearly due and
the man began to walk up and down.
l thought he was waiting for the train.
but he started along the track towards
Eva. Then telephoned for the plan
tation policeman to come down the
track to meet him. AS the train APP
preached, the stranger went into the
cane. Pretty soon I saw the policeman
coming down the road on mule and
I waved my hat for him to hurry. He
came fast. Follow me- I said and
went on into the cane. First 1 saw
tin pail the stranger had carried and
then I saw him trying to hide. I made
grab and got him, the policeman also
took hold and we took him to the sta
ton, where on searching, we found
dagger and $685. in money. I tele-
phoned the High Sheriff and he sent
policeman for the prisoner. Now l
think ought to have the reward
PEDRO IN PRISON.
Pedro Rodriguez is now doing a short
sentence in the dark cell at Oahu
Prison as a sort Of penance before
was taken over to the prison yester
da" afternoon after receiving a sem
tence of three months, given as a rider
to his original punishment, as a penal
ty for breaking out.
When Rodriguez was ushered into
Warden Henrys office yesterday after
noon he was the most abject Porto
Rican seen here for a long time. He
was scared to DEATH" He feared that
the Warden would visit summary chas
tisement upon him as a penalty for his
desertion.
"Well, suppose you have had good
time while you have been away, Pc
dro," pleasantly remarked Mr.. Henry.
Pedro hung his head.
did you sleep well of nights?"
No answer.
"Are you glad to come back?"
No answer.
Then the warders searched him and
found some small change.
where did you get this money!"
asked Henry.
ITS my money"
"Well where did you get it?"
ME have it hid. When I leave here
I go get it. I get twenty-five dollars"
Then the warden asked him how
much money he had hid. He declared
that he had $1,000 buried He refused
to say where 1t was buried and when
told that two white men had watched
him on the morning he broke jail and
saw him go to the buried money he
refused to believe 1t. He said that no
one had seen him. He was then told
that the white men would go and get
the money as soon as they knew that
Pedro was locked securely in prison,
but Pedro laughed at this. He said
that If white men knew where 1t was
they could go and get it. He had bur-
led the money over thirteen months
previously. During all the time he
had been in prison the money had re- |
manned untouched. He was confident
no one would find 1t. He said that he |
had made the money gambling.
Through an interpreter Warden Hen
ry asked him If he thought the sem
tence the Judge had given him would |
his punishment for breaking !
Jail. He said that was all right and |
that no one could give him more pun |
He spoke in very insolent |
way to Mr. Henry and laid down the |
law pretty sharply as to what pris-
oner's duty was in prison.
Then Warden Henry took a hand.
He lectured the convict severely upon |
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