The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-11
LOPEZ HAD
ESCAPE HABIT

Francisco Lopez, one time piarta-
ton laborer on Hawaii. and a many
time escape from the jail in Hilo, has
tried his hand in jumping the gang
here.
Lopez was originally arrested for a
misdemeanor at Olaa and was given
a short term in Jail. His stay was
shorter than intended and while work
ing on the road near Hakalau made
his get away up through the gulch-
He had told one of his mates that he
was going back to Olaa to kill his wife
With that information the police
watched for him along the line and
a few days afterward officer Kelley
caught him near Waiakea and he was
returned to jail and two years added
to his sentence for jail-breaking. He
promised to be good when he was sent
out to work again with the same gang
but his good behavior was of short
duration; within month he made his
escape again from the same guard and
in the same locality. On this occasion
he was sent after water and failed t9l
return. His ball and chain We're found
short distance away.
He was located in different places
for the three weeks following, Puma
being apparently his base and from
that section he made raids on the poul-
try houses and upon some of the Chi
nese and Japanese residents of the
place.
Captain Lake. at present a detective
in the county attorneys office, received
information one day that Lopez was
in the neighborhood of Waiakea, that
he made visits to a Porto Rican resort
near the plantation. Lake, on investi-
cation, learned that there was pre-.
arranged signal and that when the
coast was clear flag was hoisted from
a pole near a coffee shop. Lake and
small party of policemen went to the
place at midnight and early the neK1
morning the Chinese proprietor was in
structed to put w his signal so thai
Lopez would come for his coffee
Customers of the place who came In
for a pot of coffee were obliged to re-
main at the officers pleasure and il
was weary walt until the runaway
made his appearance. A little while
by way of path alongside of the
cane. He had a cane knife In each
hand and on his way down to the store
he would wave the knives In II threat
ening manner A little later Lake
threw a gun on the man and command
ed him to drop his knives which he
promptly did. once more he was placed
I'm jail and further sentence given
him
Within a year he was OFF again. taxi
ing n course through the cane iields
which brought him to the vicinity Of
Pepeekeo. one night he entered a cot
taPe where some Porto Ricans were
sleeping and with cane knife slashed
sleeper across the face he thought
he was a spy, When this report was
brought In several suspects were gath
cred In by the police and charged with
aiding the escape. Lopez was captured
later and when given additional lime
begged piteously Ut sheriff Andrews
that he be- not given leg-irons, promia-
ing not 10 run away II his logs were
fiee, His request was refused aud he
was chained and put tn WORK, Later
ho was sent 10 Honolulu and Tor mare
than year has remained in the ganK
without attempting % get away unth
Tuesday last 49, reported in lhn al
Yertistr yesterday Tho Porto klcah
whom he slashed Win q knife II a rer-
rlnrial prisoner,
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and whom captured VIII be slNsn .
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