The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-13
HARRY HYNES
IN TROUBLE

When Harry Hynes left Honolulu for
San Francisco the town was rid of an
Objectionable character who spent much
of his time in Oahu Prison, and the
brief intervals outside the walls Were
largely devoted TO 'bumming,' sleap-
ing in Chinese lodging. houses, and hk-
pothecating other people IS propertyk
The last few weeks of Hynes' stay IA
Honolulu were with the Buhler Lon4
pany at the 0rpheum, as an actor. Than
was one thing that Hynes could do,
act on the stage. He was included in
the membership of the Buhler Company
and departed with that organization ON
the Alameda for the Coast. No soou-
er had he arrived there than he RAM
afoul of the police. On September s4l
he was arrested in San Francisco byI
Detectives Tyrrell and Nolan of theI
San Francisco force for stealing sew
eral dollars from his room mate, Frank:
Baldwin, also an actor.
Hynes arrived here about year agot
and Immediately took to the prlmrosei
trail. What little money he had when
he arrived was soon spent, and them
he pawned his wardrobe, and finally bel
came vag and companion of China
town buns, and landed in the station-I
house almost physical wreck and wasl
sent to Oahu Prison. 1t was not longI
after his release that he received sec
ond sentence, and only the arrival of
the Buhler Company saved him from
another term in Jail for larceny. HeI
had been employed at the Art Theater
from which place several articles mys-,
teriously disappeared.
Hynes was sort of property man
and behind the scenes at the Art madeI
"noise.' - That is, whenever moving
picture brought horses galloping uponl
the scene, Hynes initiated the noise off
galloping hoofs. In humorous pic I
ture Hynes announced the fall of al
victim by giving the proper noise. Thei
slamming of door, the fall of q ham
mer, slaps, booming of cannons, slosh-
ing of waterfall these were done by
Hynes. His old stage training stood
him in good stead. The Buhler Com-{
pany needed an extra man and HyhesI
got the job. M
In years gone by Hynes was WI n
some very good companies and clair%
to have appeared on the stage n
many of the celebrated theatrical ID
pie of decade ago, when he was III
prime. Drink and lazness broughN
down. He claimed to be the son y
well-known Illinois jurist, and LED
found in his effects when he first "a
rived indicated that he had respectal
parents who grieved much overri
shortcomings. They would never Ei A.
money to him direct, but forward,f9
to some church for his use. TheSstel
warded $50 to Bishop Libert whd,sNu>
his bills for awhile, and then hA;rt 3{
ents refused to do more for him, II AvN<
when the detective bureau took uN WIZ
case with them in the hope off XII
ting sufficient funds to pay his stes nH E
fare back to San Francisco, wheS Hkx
might get employment at his profe& TtN
Even while Hynes was playing% WN
roles of the brokendown tragediariN w
Zaza, the servant girl in "What HI IA
pened to Jones'" and in Camille, aA
played well, he was under police surveS
lance, or at least was watched by an
ex-member of the detective force, beA
cause of his theft of camera from thu
Art Theater proprietors, and otheII
items from various people, but as hish
arrest and detention would have EN-
barrassed the Orpheum company, th&
charge was not pressed, but the proper
ty was recovered