The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-20
BURGLAR IS SHOT
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about inside the store and at first he
thought # was Assistant Manager
Grant Of the Pineapple Company
Grant is also postmaster lhot In
yestigated. however. and soon learned
that the man on the inside was
stranger and he seemed to- DE engaged
IN burglarizing the place.
Thot called loudly for Grant. who
was at the plantation homestead not
far distant and while waiting for Grant
Thot several times circled the house to
make sure that whoever was ON the M
side would not have AN opportunity OF
getting outside without being observed
Grant quickly responded to- Thots
call and arrived at the store armed
with a revolver which he gave to mot
The stranger could still be heard NOV
ing around in the store
A bag of beans belonging to the store
was found to have been thrown out
side, on the ground, and at the rear OF
the store Thot found that some boards
had been loosened, near the floor, the
burglar probably having made his en-
trance thereby 1t was near here that
the bag of beans was found.
In the meanwhile, Mr.. Staff, OF the
plantation company, put in an appear
ance. He was posted at the makai
Waialua corner of the building.
Thot fired shot in the air as
warning to the stranger in the store
that the proprietors were prepared to
meet him, should he come out.
Soon after, Thot saw the loosened
boards move and he took shot at
them and later an investigation reveal
ed the fact that one of the boards had
been pierced by bullet.
Directly afterwards the stranger
made dash through the rear where
the boards had been loosened and
darted away, running between Staff
and Thot
Thot at once opened fire on the re-
treating figure, emptying his gun, be-
ing about twenty feet from the fleeing
man when he first fired.
The stranger ran fifteen or twenty
feet before he tell, Thot pursuing
Upon reaching the intruder Thot
struck him with his left fist landing
on the jaw, a stroke which sent the
man again to the ground as he was at
tempting to rise.
While running the Japanese had
/, .irrht to h 10
trousers hip pocket, conveying the sig
gestion that he was armed.
AS he fell the Japanese cried Hama
make, you kill me sure. want to
hama make" The inference was that
he wanted to die since he had been
caught He was bleeding profusely.
Deputy Sheriff Oscar Cox of Waia-
lua was telephoned and he went to
Wahiawa as soon as possible.
While Thot was at the telephone, the
Japanese managed to- get to his feet
and run about hundred yards. He
was chased by two Japanese who had
been placed in charge of him by Mr..
Staff.
The badly wounded burglar was
| taken to Waialua and taken care Of
by DR.. Herbert Wood who later re-
ported that the man had a bullet
wound in the mouth; a wound in his
side, a bullet having penetrated lung
and probably lodged at the base of the
ribs, one rib being fractured. There
was also a wound in the throat, caused
by knife or other sharp instrument.
Those who observed the circum-
stances are of the opinion that the
japanese endeavored to kill himself
by cutting his throat. In the excite
ment following the shooting the knife
was lost sight Of. Search is being
made for its recovery
Inside the store, Grant, Staff and
Thot found that the Japanese had been
making a wholesale attack on the con-
tents A sack was found near the
opening through which he attempted
to make his escape which contained
! the following loot. One pair of shoes,
| two packages of tobacco, two boxes OF
cigars, ~ tins of chicken, eight tins
of lobster, two tons of asparagus, eight
tins of condensed milk, a smoked eel,
four tins of canned goods, two bags OF
beans Zone outside, one inside) and a
hammer
In addition to all this the cash draw
err in the store section of the building
was found rifed, and possibly SO or "a
were taken.
In the postofiice section money
drawer had been opened and some cash
taken. The cash missing foots up to
about So or 81.
This building contains not only the
Pineapple Company's store for the sale
of merchandise but also houses the
United States Postofice, of which AS
sistant Manager Grant is postmaster
and Thot is assistant postmaster. The
Office of the Wahiawa Water Company
adjoins the main building
Thot has been at Wahiawa about
two years. He did the shooting with