The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-10
CROWELL'S FINE
POLICE WORK
How He Caught the Korean
C0unterfeiters Bad Gun
Mishap.

LIHUE, Feb. 8.-The Hilo papers
received this week contain an inter-
view with Mr.. Breckons in which he
says that he is glad his office has sue
ceeded in stamping out counterfeiting
in the islands. simultaneously news
is received that Deputy Sheriff
Croweil has got two Koreans securely
locked up, one of whom endeavored to
pass counterfeit ten-dollar gold piece,
and the other with supply of the
same article in his pockets.
Last Saturday Korean entered Ke-
kaha store and made some small pur-
| ehases there. In payment he rendered
a ten-dollar gold piece which Mr.. Hos
kins, the manager, at once recognized
as a pretty poor imitation He kept
his man we'll guarded until Deputy
Sheriff Crowell could arrive. The lat
ter placed the Korean under arrest and
searched his clothes, thereby bringing
a companion of the coin to light
Deputy Sheriff Crowell next sounded
some of the Waimea Koreans and was
rewarded by the description of a sus-
picious looking character. He watch
ed the Mikahala on her departure in
case the man should endeavor to get
ready to leave Korean answering
to the description appeared and want
ed badly to go to Honolulu. The depu-
ty sheriff took him under examination
with the result that a number of the
same incommodity was found about his
person which had led to the downfall
of his countryman.
A wireless from Sheriff Rice brought
U. S. Deputy Marshal Bruins from Ho-
nolulu, who took the culprits to town
by the Niihau on Wednesday night
The spurious coins are of the years
1896, 1897 and 1902 and are of sufi-
GENTLY poor make to be of little danger
to the average handler of money.
CUNNING ACCIDENT.
Another case of careless handling of
firearms resulted in a serious injury to
Gustav Hackbarth last Sunday. It
seems that he was out shooting on the
upper Wailua lands. but without much
success, and tried to cross swampy
stretch in order to get to better hunt
ing grounds. To ascertain whether the
footing was safe or not he held his
gun by the barrel, over the muzzle, and |
bumped the butt against the suspi- |
cious places. He never thought of the |
fact that he had cooked his gun. At
particularly solid piece of ground |
the hammer fell down, the gun went
off, and lacerating his hand the shot |
lodged in his lower jaw. He is now
being treated at the hospital and if |
luck is good will escape losing his
hand
PERSONAL.
The many friends of Jack Myers will |
rejoice in hearing that he has accept
ed the managership of the Kilauea
Sugar Plantation Co.
Judge Kawelo of Kappa has been
seriously i'll with pneumonia. The
Judge is still pretty low, but the pros
poets of recovery are now good.
Mr. and Mrs Harold Rice returned
from their honeymoon trip to the main
land by the Mongolia and are now
spending a few days at the homestead
in Lihue prior to going back to Maui
and workaday life.
aS9,A
Mamo quintet club will give benefit
dance for the Apu family of ten chill
dren who were left without parents at
Christmas and New Year.
Governor Frear and Land Commits
sioner Pratt expect shortly to visit the
island of Hawaii, making a thorough
inspection of the lands here, where is
the largest area avanable for settle
ment.
w. A. WALL civil. engineer, has re-
turned to Hilo for further work in
connection with the Hawaii Mahogany
Company's roads, Mrs. and Miss Wall
will go to the Volcano House.
Jozeph zambik, of Austrian birth,
and WasiH Twardohleboff, formerly of
Russia, but both now residents of
Mountain View, have signified Their in
tention of becoming American citizens.
Manager W, W. Harris, of the Ha-
wall Mahogany Company. ani Chief
Tie Inspector Carton, of the Santa Fe
road, have been in the forest sections
of the Puma district this week.
On Tuesday evening. at o'clock
there was increased activity a the vol
cano, one cone shooting fire m9re than
a hundred feet into space.
W. o. Merithew, contractor of Homo
lulu, has decided to remain for ousf..
ness purposes in Hilo.
Eight visitors for the Volcaa, House
arrived in the Kinau.
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