The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-19

After telling his guards, an attorney,
and several others that he intended to
make his escape, convict Anderson
Grace, confessed murderer and degen-
crate criminal, yesterday departed from
the quarry at Kapiolani Park where he
was at work as one of gang, and took
up location elsewhere. Where he is,
is the problem that faces the combined
police of the Territory who held him,
and the federal authorities who convict
ed him. The answer to the problem has
not yet been discovered and there is
little chance that it will be for at least
three or four days.
At half-past twelve yesterday after
noon, the negro, who is serving life
sentence for the brutal, cold {booded,
premeditated murder of Watchman Ma
hu at Pearl Harbor, left the quarry.
He just simply left, unhampered and
unquestioned, and made good his es-
cape to such an extent that although
every Granny in Diamond Head was
searched by the detectives, police,
guards and prisoners not a trace of the
man could be found. Last night little
| could be done to search for him, as
| Chief McDuffie was guarding Prince
| Tsai Ia o and his suite and watching
the Russians at the same time.
Unhampered by any restrictions such
as are imposed on petty chicken thief
/ in many communities, he had merely to
! hide when the guard s back was turned
and trot up the mountain, after which
| fhn ar1 IN int hn ttfh hAr
! tiles that he had disappeared.
| His wife is now held at the police
station, partly for her own safety and
partly to prevent any possible help that
she might render him. A few days ago
Leon Straus. who is attorney for Mrs.
Grace in her suit for divorce against
her husband went to Grace and asked
him to sign certain papers which would
do away with the necessity of the libel
ant waiting the legal thirty days.
eco ahead and sue" said Grace. "1
won't sign the papers. What's her
hurry9 IN pe ont of here in few
days"
And he was. Incidentally Straus re-
members that Grace has threatened ia
do him up for his part in the divorce
suit and will keep a close watch on the
| police hereafter until the man is caught
| There are conflicting accounts of the
relations between Grace and his wife
While the woman has been suing foI
divorce, il will he remembered that she
stood by her husband until he had him
self confessed, and refused to reveal the
details of the tragedy under the most
grilling crosse s-examination that she
could be submitted to.
1t is generally believed that there IL
an understanding between the two, anC
there is report that as Grace went by
her house on his way to the quarry HI
waved his handkerchief to her, whicl
might have been signal to her.
i AS soon as the report came in tina
Grace had made his escape McDuffie
Jarrett, High Sheriff Henry and other
went out to Diamond Head with al
their available men, and with the hell
of the other prisoners and their guards
searched high and low for the missing
man, but without success. Grace ha
threatened to shoot McDufie and Cit
, Physician Mackall, and the forme
promises to "shoot first" if Grace at
tempts to move when he is caught.
Careful plans have been laid to ap
prehend him, and his every possible
move has been calculated and measure
) taken TO land him as soon as possible.