The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-28
MYSTERIOUS HACK
R0BBER|ES CLEAR
Portuguese Boy With Long Police
Record Is Identified by
Three Victims.

One of the most astonishing series
of petty theft ever committed in the
city ended yesterday when Acting Chief
of Detectives John Neliett put Joe
Ferrai e behind the bars for investga-
ton. Further arrests Will he made if
the Young Portuguese boy comes
through with the information which he
is known to possess, his companions in
the thieyery being still at large
The present eases against him mum
Der five and there are several pending
against him in the circuit court. he
having been arraigned before Judge
Cooper Yesterday
His arrest clears mp to a great extent
the hack robberies which have become
SO frequent of late. The first Of these
happened on the tenth Of this month
on Gnlick avenue. when after driving
about the city for some time a Portu-
guese city boy and Il man, who. It is
claimed is a soldier. half strauglcl
their hackman and robbed him of $50.
On the twentieth another Chinese
hackman was almost strangled by his
passengers on School street near the
ASYLUM road and robbed of his purse
ANA some of his clothes Still later an
other hackman was robbed on King
street.
In each case the act was committed
by a Portuguese boy and another man.
The three victims Yesterday all en-
phaticaIlv identified Ferraie as the boy.
! Besides these three charges against
him ne has been absolutely identified
as the boy who stole q watch from q
{ l+n aud twelve dol
lars from another establishment lately.
This makes three charges Of highway
robbery and two of larceny in the sec
ond degree which viii be entered
against him. probably today.
| Two o'clock yesterday morning, Of
! ficer Peter Hose arrested TWO men on
| King street near the PaIama junction
! whom 4 hack driver had accused of
| attempting to rob hun, the officer
| having previously seen them himself
under suspicious circumstances further
down the street.
It was thought that these two were
! also engaged III the business of robbIng
| hacks but they were identified by none
! of the victims yesterday and the police
| had to let them 60.
Fcrraie has acquired a history IN a
few month s time. He first stepped into
the public eve tfrom which the public
| has been industriouslv trying to purge
! him ever sluce) by embezZIing $50 from
! George Beckley. While being eXamln-
ed by the police on this charge he
! confessed to gambling the money away.
/ his confession discriminating and con
I victing a former chief of detectives and
! seven or eight others.
Beckley has another case Of cmhez-
| element which he could place against
him if he wished. Leon Straus was
representing him yesterday in the cir
/ cult court but viii probably withdraw
from the ease for several reasons.
The boy uncle. Manuel de Ponte.
/ asked Straus to take the ease mp yes
! terdav after Charles and Samuel Chjt
| lingworth. who had first represented
| him. We're unable to take the matter
| up in the higher court Straus appear
ed and asked for a continuance which
was granted.
| De Ponte assured Straus. according
70 the report yesterday. that Liquor
| Inspector Fennell owed him So which
| guaranteed the fee but FennelI declar-
ed afterwards that de Ponte owned him
six and a half
| Straus came down TO the police sta