The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-30
Escaped Convict Has Been Enjoy
ing Life at KahaIa for
Two Weeks.
(From Mondays Advortiser.)

will be turned over to High Sheriff
Henry this morning.
The officers went to Kahala last
night at nine clock with no idea of
catching the man. Kellett merely in
tended to station several men there as
Chief McDuffie and himself had gather
ed absolute proof earlier in the even
ing that Lua had been living in the
neighborhood for at least two weeks.
The sounds of joviality from the lit
tie house not n hundred yards away,
however, attracted Kellett's attention
Just as he was about to return to the
city, and he and Special Officers Hol-
bron, Swaden and Apana went towards
it, thinking possibly that it was gam
bling game.
Hebron was the first to reach the
house and after looking through a
crack excitedly waved his companions
on. Apana was the first man in the
door, closely followed by Kellett and
Swaden, while Hebron climbed through
the window in the rear. All had their
guns in their hands and at that precise
moment had the pleasure of "cover-
ing'' the escaped convict. Lua was
unarmed and submitted to the hand
cuffs without any resistance.
Find Lua's Traces.
When Sergeant Kellett reported on
duty yesterday evening he learned
from Receiving Clerk Steward that two
cowboys from Waialae had gone
through Kahala that AFTERNOON and had
seen and recognized Lua. They gave
chase and Lua pulled knife on them,
taking advantage of moment IS hest
eation to escape into the brush.
None of Kellett s men had showed up
at the station yet the sergeant went at
once to Chief McDuffie. The chief is
still laid up with crippled back, and
cannot walk without the aid of a cane.
He reported the Lua clue and the chief
and he at once went to Kabala in the
police auto.
They showed Lua g picture to Mrs.
f. f. Steere, whose home is on the hill
Just above Lua's quarters, and both
she and her Japanese yard boy recog-
nized it as that of man who had been
in the neighborhood for two weeks,
fishing abeut the reef and mixing gen.
orally in the servant society of Kahala.
The chief then tailed up number
of reports of small thefts which have
come from that district and decided
that Lua was responsible. He learned
further that the man had been living
in "A small shack near the Steere prop
erty and had been posing as watch.
man of that and several other small
houses,
Search Cabin.
The chief and Kellett searched the
cabin and found in it an ugly home
made sword foot and half long, a
pair of prison shoes painted black and
several other actual traces that the
place was inhabited by the escaped
convict.
With these the chief returned to
town and as his back was once more
hurting him, he gave Kellett orders to
take two of the men out and leave
them over night in the hope that Lua
might return for his clothes
When he was so unexpectedly
caught, it was learned that he had
spent the entire evening in the Jap
anese house and had no intention of
leaving the district. He denied that
he had ever been chased by two horse
men although he admitted having seen
them.
Tells of Escape.
On the way back Kellett again
picked nm the chief who went down TO
his Office and Intercepted the recap.
tured man
Ina stated that Chm Duek Soon had
planned the escape and had given him
= Ale With which IN dig ont The wood
rynrl, from aronnd ts,e bars of his cell
This be commenced 10 do about eleven
= ,oIocL ana inside IF several hours was
sbia IN wrench them away. after he
oct out he saw that he had beaten
OHM DncL soon He went direct To
tLa stables where he stole some clothes
and took off his prison stripes and then
waited outside the iail for Chun for
an l,nnr He claims that the Korean
aid not show up and that he had
thought he had been unable to make
his escape. He also says that he has
never seen Chun Duck Soon since, but
whether that is true or not he at least |
knew that he had eventually escaped.