The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-05
DUSENBERRYS s
PLACED IN
QUOD
Soldiers Fire on Pirates
and Capture One
of Them.

Pirate Dusenberry is in the guard
house at Fort Shafter in solitary con-
fnement Smith, his partner in crime,
is still at large with squad close on
his trail. Hopes of getting him today
are cherished by those in pursuit.
Yesterday afternoon about dusk, the
two fugitives from the guardhouse at
Fort Shafter were surprised near the
reservoir mauka of the camp, and af-
ter standing fire from a squad of men
Dusenberry surrendered, while Smith
4 ade his escape into the lantana and
was lost track of in the darkness. The
story of the capture of Dusenberry and
the hunting of Smith was told last
nsght by Lieutenant J. s. McCleary, of
acer of the day, as follows:
j stThis afternoon Private Newcombe
and Roland, The cook of Company e,
were out for a walk i'm the hills above
the post when they came upon the two
escapes. The four men stopped and
chatted for awhile and Smith, who was
barefooted, asked the ouners If there
of shoes as travelling unshod was very
hard work. Roland volunteered to get
some shoes and leave them in the even
ing at the reservoir at spot selected.
The men then parted. The two from
camp returned to the post and Dusen-
berry and Smith continued the chop
plng down of cocoanut tree which
they had been engaged in when inter
rupted by the two men from camp.
On arrival at Camp Shafter Roland
reported his find to the officer of the
day and was sent by him with pair
of shoes to the place selected. Roland
was followed by Lieutenant McCleary
and four others, all carrying army re-
volvers. Upon reaching the rendezvous
they hid themselves so the place could
be watched and all approaches to it
observed. After a wait of about an
hour and a quarter, Smith and Dusen-
berry We're seen crawling towards the
shoes. When they were within about
twenty five yards of the watchers, the
latter sprang out of concealment and
called upon the two men to throw ND
their hands, soon opening fire, as the
pirates did not seem to be acting
quickly enough. Both started to run.
when Dusenberry, after the third or
fourth shot, stopped, turned and threw
up his hands, S-rrendering. Smith kept
going and although closely followed, |
managed to elude his pursuers in the
iantana which grows thickly near the |
reservoir.
The party separated and while Dusen- !.
berry was taken into custody and |
brought to camp, the search for Smith |
was kept up. Later in the evening two
OF the searching party came across him |
at Moanalua washing himself in a |
stream. It is thought that he was
slightly wounded although he again got
away from the soldiers, who took a
couple of pot shots at him as he ran.
Lieutenant McCleary is very much
pleased at capturing Dusenberry as he
was officer of the day when the men
The search for the fugitives
has been kept up continually since the
escape nine days ago. Jail breaking is
not to be encouraged at a military most
and those who are out after Smith are /
under orders to get him. They will |
shoot if necessary. It is thought he
viii be brought in today sometime. The
two men will now have an additional
charge to answer which will probably
make their Imprisonment about five
years each. !