The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-08
PALS
ARE IN PRISON


ON of cable, but the wind freshened up
from the southeast and was soon blow
/ ing a heavy bunch. The cable parted
and before sail or rudder could save
the schooner she was on the rocks and
| pounding.
"All hands prepare to abandon ship
was now the sentiment and the two
pals got all the provisions they could
| handle ashore.
They made for the lliawe trees and
the glue bushes and yesterday noon
were established in a camp Of their
own, enjoying life to the extreme, SUI
premely content in the thought that
they were on some unfrequehted island
OF the group, far from the curiosity OF
corporals and courts. They cooked
and ate their fill and then lit their
pipes and lounged in the vouptuous
tropic shade and read of the magazines
salved from the ships library.
The shrek of a railroad engine caus-
ed both to miss several heartbeats in
the afternoon and they sprang to their
feet to see an express train whlzz by,
within a few yards of their supposed
secluded camp. They could not have
been more surprised if doorbell had
tinkled and a postman had asked them
to sign for registered letter.
pipe the bloomin' puff-puff,' says
one.
And it's got Oahu Railway painted
on the kerridges," said the other.
Dream number one vanished. They
were not on an uninhabited isle. The
painted word oahu" did not get in its
full significance-they thought of that
later-when the police came
In the meanwhile:
Kamoku, Hawaiian boy. saw two
masts sticking above the kiawes and
took look. Behold the Lady going to
pieces. Kamoku ran to Deputy Sheriff
Gilliland of Waianae and told him he
had seen a schooner going to pieces on
the rocks and two white men making
for the bushes.
Giniland acting quickly, and having
only an hour or two before seen the
story in a Honolulu newspaper Of the
Lady being stolen from Honolulu mar
Dor believing she might be the Lady,
sent Regular Police Officers G. Maluna
and David Kupihea and Special Off
Ger Hiwauli, with the boy as guide, to
capture the men.
The officers. about 2 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, surrounded the desert
ers' camp and poUnced on them.
There was surprise but no resistance.
So much surprise was there that the
, pirate pals were for a moment speech
less Desert island-railroad train
> policemen--O Lord!
i well. we'd better make the best OF
it" said one, the jig's up.
Il They were luxuriously reclining II
u their arbor. a-readin' story-books anC
a-pullin' on their pipes, We know, puff
y ing away all cares fancy free, presum'
e ably monarchs of all they observed
o when three horrid cops came along
= and jolly-well pinched 'em. End o.
1 rSmber two section or dream.
9 The runaways were taken to Gill
! lands stronghold and preliminarily
e examined.
n In the meanWnI!ei
o AS related in yesterdays Star, Cap
tain Miller was naturally wroth t'
think his fine schooner, practically re-
. built, provisioned and ALL should Dc
, stolen and wrecked. He told the Ho
noIum police and Chief Taylor sem
out Detectives Joe Leal and Charles
Reeves. who took automobile III ant
shot out for Waianae. But that tooF
them twelve hours and is story II
itself. The roads, in places, we're rot
J. ten a cross between the rocky bed o.
a stream and cow-trail, this wa
y particularly so between Walpahu ah'
q Lanakuli, and tires were torn ah'
e gulches had to be passed. the machine
y finally getting stalled in a washou
this side of Nanakuli and the officer
a having to hike eight miles, though th'
:, people OF the neighborhood, as is thu
e usual country custom, told them it wa
J. an easy four miles. incidentally Wal
II amaze time is half an hour behind no
nolulu time.
When the officers reached GIlllanI'
r place the pirates were safe in custody
GiHiland, Lea, Reeves and tn
pirates came into town on the S:3
IN O clock train this morning.
Several days ago Chief Taylor re
ceived from Fort Shafter notice of tn
~ desertion of the two soldiers and tn
M police were on the lookout for them
to see they did not get away in tn
~ Moana or the Edward Sewall or an,
~ other vessel. The deserters had plan
~ ned some time before to get away AM
~ when they finally took the Lady the
~ carried aboard some extra provision
~ and a pocket compass which wen
~ wrong and occasiOned them much trou
~ BILE. With their small knowledge Q
M seafaring, their broken compass, sea
W. sickness and general stupidity the
enacted what is probably the briefes
pirate cruise on record.
,o When found, the men were 'wearin
w tbair Army ehOna and camDaign hat