The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-09-05
ANDERSON GEMS
IN POLICE SAFE
Young Burglar Answers 10 the
Law Suddenly as Ne
Leaves Work.

What Il practically complete con.
fession In the caAe Of WIN johnson, the
young paia mechanic accused Of the
Anderson robbery az Waikiki last Feb.
ruary, Is In the hNnds Of Chief Me-
Duflic, who arrested him on Maui last
Thursday. Not only are most Of the
Jewels in the possession Of the police,
hut also few that are not in the list
presented by the Misses Anderson,
while all those not recovered have been
located and will Sos oI,zca later,
iJohnaon will bl1Aati I'd s'iy2t burg
larry this afternoon and viii appear for
preliminary hearing, II he wishes it, to-
morrow morning before Judge Monsar-
rat, butt isprobabio that bis case Viii
so at once to the higher COURTS
Included in the recovered loot is q
gold chain bracelet, valued at four hun.
bred dollars, with rubies and diamonds
alternating. The diamonds, four IN
number, had ali been taken out Of their
settings, but the. chief recovered three
of them on Johnson and found that the
other one had been placed in the setting
of a ring sold to John Vasconeellos, the
Portuguese boy who furnished the clue
leading to Johnson's arrest.
{ Among the rings is one containing
three black pearls interset with other
stonesys one Of four perfectly matched
white pearls; one with diamond amt
pearl valued at two hundred and fifty
dollars; several others of equal value
and four or FIVE valued at over a hun
bred dollars each.
The Arrest.
Upon arriving at Wailuku early
Thursday morning, Chief McDufiie hunt
ed up Sheriff CrOwell and the two went
to Paia. They arrived ut the mill at
quitting time and the first man that
McDufiie saw coming up the steps was
the man he was after. johnson saw
him, too, and pulled down his hat,
hunched his shoulders and tried to pass
undetected The chief at once conclud.
ed that the boy was guilty of some
thing, if not the burglary, and as John
son passed him, put his hand on his
shoulder.
''what do you wantf'5 asked John,
son.
~ You know very well what I want, p
replied the chief.
''I do not. "
'Did you ever see this ring beforet"
the officer demanded, pulling ont the
pearl and diamond jewel which had
been sold to VascOneellos by johnson
many months ago.
, The boy, interrupted in his daily
work by the law which he had escaped
far eight months after making one of
the most valuable "haulsp landed by
burglars in a long while, paused for
several minutes at the door of the mill,
looking at the ground, while the chief
held the ring before him.
X Yes, | have seen it, he said, after
the pause.
'a'whOfe are the rest, wilis'' asked
the chief.
There was another pause of equal
length while the boy thought.
'fThere are some at my room,'' he
said at last.
And the rest3''
"They' re at Wailuku.''
Jewels Recovered.
nThen we had better get them right
away and start for home,n said Nc
Duffie, and putting his prisoner in the
auto, he and Crowell went to the boy s
house at once. Here the greater part
OF the loot was discovered and trans
ferred to McDufie Is pocket.
The party returned TO Wailuku,
where three of the diamonds taken
from the bracelet were in turn taken
from an old Chinaman, to whom they
had been pawned for ten dollars, and
he w1s the most indignant Chinaman
on Mani then, and probably is yet.
A Wailuku girl had been given one
of the valuable rings containing five
rubies interest with small diamonds
but she was off the island and win re-
turn the 9th of this month, when the
ring will be returned to the police.
The police now think that it is pos
sible that johnson was responsible fol
several other jobs performed at the
Seaside and Moana at the same time
/ Several valuable pieces of iewelry wer,
stolen, and particularly one piece. Of
Jade surrounded by diamonds. at thu
same time and johnson has told. Nc
Dufie that when he was arrested al
the Seaside by Officer Axui, he wa,
waiting to go in and do that job. I
appears that some one else did it TO
him.