The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-18


of fare at present, with Chinese gam
bIers on the side, and a sort Of clean
ing up among the light fingered fra
ternity has been going on. The prin-
cipal capture was made yesterday,
when Officer Reeves landed Asa Saito
behind the bars. Asa got out of jail
a short time ago, having served a term
for burglary, his methods having been
to back dray up in front of some
house whose tenants were temporarily
absent and cart off everything in the
furniture line that could be easily
handled.
There have been a considerable num-
police during the past two or three
weeks and it was suspected that Asa
had taken up his interrupted profess
sion. Among those who had suffered
were Miss Hoffman and Miss Wilcox,
residents of Mignon cottage on Bere-
tania avenue. Their ice box was being
Systematically rified and several small
articles of jewelry had been taken from
their rooms. Chief Taylor stationed
Officer Reeves to watch the house yes
terday morning. About ten O'Clock he
saw Asa approach the house and enter
it by means of a master key. He fol-
lowed the man into the house and ar
rested him, bringing him in street
car to the station. On the way Reeves
noticed his man fumbling in his
pockets, acting as if he had something
he wished to get rid Of. A search
brought to light a scarf pin, identified
as belonging to Miss Wilcox.
1t is quite probable that a number Of
the robberies of the last few weeks
will be traced to Asa, as he is a past
master in this kind of work.
Yesterday morning officer Leal ar
rested another bottle thief, a man who
has been operating around the closed
Favorite Grotto, and in the rear of
other saloons. He has been identified
as man who does wholesale, push
cart, bottle business in stolen goods.
Yesterday morning a short-legged
German, named Ottmeyer, was caught
helping himself to milk from a can
left at the Palm restaurant. For some
days reports have been coming IN to
the police that milk left at a number
OF the restaurants of the city was be-
ing stolen and officer All Hee was put
on the case. Yesterday morning he
noted Ottmeyer acting suspiciously and
notified the different police patrolmen
to keep an eye on him. The result was
that he was nipped in the act.
In the police court he defended him
self by stating that hunger and driven
him into taking the milk, but as his
along the milky way had
been to the extent of gallons the ex-
cuse didn't go and he was sentenced |
to sixty days on the reef.
Mrs. Brown, of Wahiawa, complained |
to the police on Wednesday that her |
house at Wahiawa had been robbed of
a large quantity of household goods, in
GLIDING sixteen pairs of blankets, about |
goods, to the value of over hundred |
dollars. She gave the name of a Ko-
rean woman, formerly a servant with
her, as the one suspected. Chief Tay-
or turned the case over to officer Ma
ieiros and Townsend, who located the
and placed her under arrest.
officers visited her she was preparing
% leave town for Waialua and her
runk had been already sent to the
abroad station. 1t was brought to the
police station and searched, resulting
n the discovery of some of the stolen
iresses and a number of fancy lace
marked with the mi
ials of the guests of the Brown hotel. ,
In addition to these captures the po-
ice have in their possession a number {
t pieces of Chinese gold jewelry, which
ad been stolen short time ago, the !
oss being reported. The jewelry was !
ound in Chinese jewelry store, where
had been taken by the thief to be
melted into nugget. SO far the thief ,
fmself has not been located He has -,
OF turned up to get his gold and can I
OF be found in his usual haunts in
hinatown.
'UMBI FREES