The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-09
PIRATES Of THE
SCHOONER LADY
They Prove Deserving Soldiers
and Are in the Hands of
the Police.

The schooner Lady is a total wreck,
broken up on waianae reef. and the
pirates who stole her are in the po-
lice station charged there with larceny
in the first degree. with charge of
piracy or something of the kind hang
ing over them under federal law, and
liable 20 courtmartiaI on charge of
desertion from the army.
The two pirates are Charles Deus
bury and stephen Smith, enlisted men
of the Twentieth Infantry, who deser-
ted from Fort Shafter last week and
for whom military and police author
titles have both been looking.
The two men were captured by Dep
uty Sheriff GilliIand of Waianae and
police officers q. Maluna and David
Kupihea and special officer Hiwauli,
about 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
They were brought to Honolulu yes
terday morning on the $50 train, and
were taken to the police station and
later TO United States Attorney Brock
on's office where they were examined
by him, and then returned to the police
station. There they We're visited by
two officers from Fort shafter.
Deusbury is an Englishman with q
decidedly cockney accent He has been
sailor. though he knows nothing
about navigation. Stephen Smith has
been an employe Of the Army Quar-
termaster's Department in the Philip
pines Both are enlisted men having
enlisted at Fort Shaftes not SO very
long ago. The two men seem IT, nave
tired of soldering and decided to de-
sert and leave Hawaii. They seem
TO have had very vague and very wild
ideas of things in general. Seemingly
their plans were sort of fnconerent
transcript of wild tales of the sea. In
their wanderings around the water
front they seem TO have discovered
the schooner Lady and to have decided
that it would be about the right kind
of a craft for them. On Thursday
night they deserted from Fort Shafter,
Deusbury being on guard duty and
leaving his rifle on the lanai of the
guard house, and the two came to Ho-
nolulq. They went aboard the Lady
and found it we'll stocked with provis-
ions. They remained aboard of her
that night and Friday and Saturday
only coming ashore TO buy a bag Of
rice. Early Sunday morning the time
seemed opportune for them to leave.
and cutting the mornings Of the yes
sci they sailed out of the harbor. In
view of their evident ignorance of sail
ing a vessel, it seems a miracle almost,
that they We're able to get out of the
harbor, and especially that they yere
able to get out without attracting the
attention Of any of the watchmen along
the wharves. the lighthouse keeper or
the Waterman at the pilot house, or
Young Brothers. But they did. Just
what they did after they got outside
the harbor is not very clear from their
account of it. They seem however to
have steered a southwester1y course,
the trade winds coming up about that
time for the first time for a number
of days. How far they sailed or how
long is not clear. They got out Of
sight Of land and thought they had
gone a long distance. They both suf-
fered severely from seasickness, and
when finally they sighted the Waianae
they thought they had
reached another island and they deter
mined to land. They headed for the
shore near Keaau beyond Walanae.
This is reef bound part of the coast
When they came near the shore they
put out the anchor, but the breeze
freshenfng from the southwest the
anchor cable parted and the schooner
drifted on the reef. neither of the men
knowing enough of handling a vessel
to keep her off.
W hen the schooner Went on the reef
the two men got ashore. The region
seemed uninhabited ana there was
dense growth of trees and glue bushes.
They decided that the island was unin-
habited and they therefore determined
to establish a camp. They brought the
sails and a considerable quantity of
provisions ashore. Out of the sails
they made a tent keeping their camp
we'll hidden among the glue bushes
Here they decided TO remain and pro-
seeded to make themselves comfort
ible lying in their camp idling or
'eading some of the papers and maya
lines which they had found in the
,abin of the Lady.
Their first surprise came when they
leard the noise of an approaching
rain and noted that the cars were
marked Oahu Railway Then they
,aew that they We're back on the island
rom which they had started. though
ven this did not seem to have i'm
ressed them particularly.
Kamoku, a native boy, saw the /
1asts Of the schooner through the /
hick algaroba trees and going out /
oward the sea saw a schooner beating
rself TO pieces on the reef. Then he /
aw two white men making for the /
ushes. This aroused his curiosity /
nd he Went 10 Deputy Sheriff Gill; +
and and told him what he had seen.
he Deputy Sheriff investigated and F
ound that it was indeed the Lady, and
hen began the search for the two
len. They were found in their camp +
ting down smoking. They were sur
rised when captured but made no
7sistance. They We're taken 10 the
Valanae Jail for the night and brought
Ito Honolulu in. the morning.
Officers Reeves and LeaI who had
Sarted from Honolulu Tuesday after