The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-06-05
POOLE CAUGHT
BY REEVES
tFrom Wednesdays Advertiser.)

ramento for the theft of some valuabi
jewelry, was captured by Deteetiv
Reeves Yesterday afternoon at Waiana
unexpectedly. Reeves was sent dow
the roa} to investigate some burglarie
at Waianae. and on his way on tbs
train heard Of the trip of strange
white man through the country the day
before. On inquiry the description Of
the stranger seemed to tally with that
of the missing soldier, and when Waia-
nae was reached Reeves started on a
still hunt.
Strangers. and especially white
strangers, are a seven-days wonder In
small country places here, and when in
quiry was made among the residents as
to the whereabouts of the stranger
there was plenty of information forth
coming. The officer was told that the
haole was playing cards with some
women at the beach. Reeves got the
Deputy Sheriff and an officer and went
TO the place where the stranger was en-
joying himself, and, recognizing Poole,
placed him under arrest.
Poole offered no resistance whatever
and did not appear to be the very dan
rerous man that his friends had tried
to make him out to be to the police.
He is now in custody, and will be held
pending directions for his disposition
from the Chief of Police of Sacramento,
who has been notified of the capture of
the man.
A diary was found on the prisoner
when searched by Reeves. 1t reads as
follows:
The first trip around the Hawaiian
Island on the 29th day May starting
from Honolulu spending the first night
at Iwea (Aiea) visiting the Iwea
CAiea) sugar plantation next morning
took the limited on the Ocha (Oahu) r.
r. to Eva Mills where 1 spent a very
pleasant evening with the natives with
their singing and string music and
above all the Hula dancing biding them
good bye the next morning 1 took the
train for a very beautiful beach town
called Waianae where 1 was greeted
with another feast corresponding TO
the one at Eva Mills with the excep-
ton of the wine and gin which were
added to il which made US all very
lively and full of fun but yet very
peaceable a native as a general rule
under the influence of liquor is very
quiet and peaceable person to get along
with but / stayed all night which was
Sunday and until Monday afternoon
after biding them adieu at 4:S0 1 took
the train TO another beautiful planta-
ton called Waialua where l met with
a German and his wife and told them
of my experience with the natives and
when they found out that the native
songs made a hit with me they first
got busy with a grapahone and played
about $50 or 175 pieces consisting of
American and native music and then
:hey sang lots of native songs and of
course the Germans are very fond of
beer so we had several bottles of beer
and then we sang and danced to the
music of the grapahone until We were
tired and sleepy then we retired for
the night not expecting such a sur
prise when about 10 o'clock in the |
morning a native and his wife who /
were Just married the night previous
were shiveered and we We're aroused |
from our slumbers and invited to At
tend the party which in their language
is called Luah QuaD so we were prac-
tically up all night and We had eaten
and drunk so much during the night
that none of US cared for any break
fast the following morning at $3.50 after
biding all my strange but true friends
good bye 1 took the train again for
where I spent another pleas
ant evening with large family of ma
tives this little town 1 forgot to men
ton is right at the end OF the r. r
after spending pleasant evening and
most of the next day here took the
train at 4:30 P NJ. toward Honolulu
again and stopped at a little Japa-
nese town which l passed on my way
out by the name of Puuiki where 1 had
an enjoyable supper consisting of rice
and many kinds of meat and japanese
wine 1 spent the night here with a jap
1neSe IdUlllN ana next morning LOOK
the train back to Honolulu and 1 can
say that the trip just layed ,
before you is worth any mans money.
Poole made the following statement !
at the police station last evening:
''I first knew of the trouble 1 was ,
in by reading of it in the paper. 1 {
lid not want to go back to the Coast,
as 1 was being treated right here and !
liked it at the barracks. That is what
made me beat it. 1 read the paper {
and then came down town. 1 went ]
around among the boys little and ]
they were all talking about what the ;
paper had to say about me. 1 went
put to the barracks again and a cop ]
in 2 buggy stopped me when 1 got off {
the car and asked me if 1 was Poole.
tcld him that l was not and then
made for the country.
"All I know of the trouble in Sac
is that early in December
there was a woman whose father ran
an ice cream parlor on K. street be-
tween 5th and 9Th. She lost a watch
from the store and asked me if knew
anything about it. ] did not After 1
first heard of the loss of the watch 1
was around in Sacramento about three
weeks and then enlisted in the Army.