The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-13
NATURE MAN
WAS TOUCHED
trrom Thursaay.s Aavertlier.,

stolen property and third party over
heard it. The stolen property is re.
covered, the alleged thief is in Jail, the
owner of the property, a tourist, is hap
py once more, and the police are able
to trace red line through one Of the
mysterious items on their records.
On October 10, an aged man named
John Gray, who is something of
" close ia. nature" man, came here. He
wanted to live in the open, so he pitch
ed a small tent on the ridge back of
Punchbowl, and there he cached lot
of canned provisions and other edibles.
His few possessions, books and valu
ables, were also kept in the tent. One
day he came to town and went to the
postoffice and was absent several hours.
On his return he found his tent ran
sacked, provisions scattered over the
ground, and everything rummaged He
reported his loss to the police, Among
the items was small black case for
holding bills, the kind issued by Thos.
Cook & Sons, the tourist agents. Two
$50 checks issued by Cook & Sons, were
in this book. A large book was another
item on the loss list.
Occasionally the old man visited the
police station but was met with the
same response, "Nothin doin'." On
Tuesday Mr.. Gray went there again
and implored the detectives to get busy.
Then Chief Kalakiela sent man up
on Punchbowl to look over the site of
the tent The officer met an old native
there and asked If he remembered the
tent and its occupant. He did. He had
been the nearest neighbor. He also re-
| t. ha
place one morning when the old man
was absent. Upon being further ques'
toned and told that the haole had lost
some money in bills and some books,
the old man said he remembered visit.
ing recently house on Punchbowl and
having overheard a Hawaiian and his
wife quarrelling over something and
they had mentioned money in bills and
book. He remembered they said some
thing about two checks. He had gone
into the house and remembered there
was large book which looked like a
Bible.
The result of this interview was re.
ported at headquarters and detective
Luahiwa was detailed to look up the
quarrelling husband and wife. The old
man from Punchbowl was requisitioned
and the house located. After consid-
cradle investigation the missing Thos.
Cook case with the two $50 checks in
tact was brought to light together with
the book which looked like Bible,
but which in reality was CDR. Chase g
Receipts and Information for Every
body" They were in the possession
of woman named Kalua, to whom
Kaluna and his wife had given them
for safekeeping.
The police learned that an effort had
been made to pass the checks but with
out success, and that was one of the
reasons Kaluna and his wife quarrelled
and that incident led to Kaluna IS ar.
rest.
~ - 1G " - " - y y y y " y ~ y y
for the courtesy paid the British nation
| in permitting the Hawaiian band to
play at the consulate on Monday last,
the occasion of the birthday of King
Edward VII.
| Coal Hopper Menaces.
A communication from Fred w. Mil.
verton, of the County Attorneys de.
partment, relative to the possibility of
accident from the operations of the In.
va . new Nbdl vi lHt
street, at the Bishop slip, stated that
the municipality would be liable for
damages in case of such accident. He
suggested that the company give an
indemnity bond to protect the county.
The matter was referred back to him
to arrange with the company, Supervi-
sor Harvey scouting the possibility of
an accident.
Townsend's Salary.
| A communication from the County
Attorney, enclosing Others from A. NJ.
Brown aud Judge Andrade, called at
tention to the fact that ex-police of.
fcer Townsend, Iwilei Isoi's friend,
had been acting as Japanese interpre.
ter in the police court since August Is,
but had not been paid. BY agreement
between the Sheriff and the County
Attorney, Townsend was supposed to
draw $50 month, half from each de.
partment. The Sheriff now refused to
pay anything because Townsend is no
longer commissioned officer.
The matter was referred to the police
committee.
Brown Asked for Vacation.
A request for leave of absence from
A. Nj. Brown from the 14th instant un-
til December 90 was read, the Deputy
County Attorney stating that he want.
ed to make trip to the Coast. After
some discussion the leave of absence
with pay was granted, proviso being
made that the department should keep
up the work without extra expense to
the county.
Didn't Want to be Bluhed.
Chairman Hustaee instructed the
County Attorney to take immediate &C.
ton to enforce the gutter ordinance.
81 don't want 10 go out of Office and
leave anyone in position to say that
they have been able to bluff me on this
NATTER" he explained.
November Extimates.
Estimates for the first two weeks of
the present month were passed as fol
lows: Kapiolani park, $l79.25; fire de-
paftment, $ls3S.75; keepers of parks,
800; electric lights. $42s.25; police ana
fire alarm system, s625O; County Clerk,
$40; County Attorney, $40; County
Engineer, $2l2.50; road department,
5000; police, $33OO5O; Hawaiian band,
$675; election expenses, $4,000, and
coroner s fees, $24.