The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-09-30
MYSTERIOUS HACK
ROBBERIES CLEAR
Portuguese Boy With Long Police
Record Is Identified by
Three Victims.
CFrom Wednesdays AdvertlserA


One of the most astonishing series
of petty theft ever committed Elm the
city ended yesterday when Acting Chief
of Detectives John Nellett put joe
Ferraie benind the bars for investigp.
tion. Further arrests will be made IL
the young Portuguese boy comes
through with the information which he
is known to possess, his companions in
the thievery being still at large.
The present cases 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 up to great extent
the hack robberies which have become
SO frequent of late. The first of these
happened on the tenth of this month
on Gulick avenue, when after driving
about the city for some time Portu-
guese city boy and man, who, it is
c.aimed is soldier. half strangled
their hackman and robbed him of $50.
On the twentieth another Chinese
hickman was almost strangled by his
passengers on School street near the
Asylum road and robbed of his purse
and some of his clothes. Still later an
other hickman was robbed ON King
street.
In each case the act was committed
by Portuguese boy and another man
The three victims yesterday all EN-
phatically identified Ferraje as the boy
Besides these three charges against
him he has been absolutely identified
as the boy who stole watch from q
japanese iewelry store and twelve dol
! lars from another establishment lately.
This makes three charges of highway
robbery and two of larceny in the sec
ond degree which will be entered
against him, probably today.
Two O'Clock yesterday morning, Of
ficer Peter Hose arrested two men on
King street near the Palama junction
whom hack driver had accused of
attempting to rob him, the officer
having previously seen them himself
under suspicious circumstances further
down the street.
1t was thought that these two were
also engaged in the business of robbing
hacks but they were identified by none
of the victims yesterday and the police
had to let them go.
Ferraie has acquired a history in a
few months time. He first stepped into
the public eye (frOm which the public
has been industriously trying to purge
him ever since1 by embezzling $50 from
George Beckley. While being examin.
ed by the police on this charge, he
confessed to gambling the money away,
| his confession nominating and con.
victing former chief of detectives and
! seven or eight Others
| BeclSley has another case of embez
element which he could place against
! him if he wished Leon Straus was
representing him yesterday in the cir.
cult court but will probably withdraw
; from the case for several reasons.
The boys uncle. Manuel de Ponte
asked StTaus to take the case up yes
terday after Charles and Samuel Chill
lingworth, who had first represented
him, were 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
to the report yesterday, that Liquor
Inspector Fennell owed him $25 which
guaranteed the fee but Fenpell deelar.
ed afterwards that de Ponte owned him
six and half.
Straus came down to the police sta
ton last night to take up another case
and when he saw Joe Ferraie's name
on the blotter again with a string of
charges coming after him he threw up
his hands and resigned.