The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-03-13
VICTIMS POINT
] OUT H|GHWAYMAN
Herman Lewis Of Twenty-fifth In
fantry Accused Of Early
4 Morning Holdups.

Herman Lewis, colored, was arrested
at sehofeld Barracks BY Oficers En-
right and Gunderson yesterday morning
for holding up and robbing Chsrlss
Silva, Lfbert Nakai and Ho Lin at an
early hour on Thursday morning.
In the arrest Of Lewis, Deputy sber-
III Rose believes the police have the
criminal who is responsible Tor a mum.
Der Of daring robberies aud other depre-
dattons in and about Honolulu during
the past several days.
Lewis Is a private in Company X Of
the Twenty-ffth Infantry and accord
ing to the authorities at Schoheld Bar.
racks has a bad reputation.
On Wednesday night, at about
twelve-thirty o'clock, automobile $40
from the Oahu auto stand, driven by
Charles Silva, was stopped on Hing
street in Kalihi by Lewis who stated
that he wished to be driven to Fort
Shafter. Libert Makai was a passenger
in the ear at the time. The car was
turned around and when at the en-.
trance to Fort Shatter,. Lewis told the
driver to keep going and he would tell
him where TO stop. When opposite a
Chinese store In Moanalua Nakai felt
the cold muzzle of revolver pressed
against his head and heard the com
mand:
Threatened TO Shoot.
sup with your hands, the both Of
you. IL you make holler / will blow
Your brains ont. {"
Silva and Nakai hastily, complied
with the demand and handed over ak.
teen dollars to Lewis--all the money
they had. Lewis next commanded them
10 turn around and drive back to Homo.
lulu.
He sat on the back seat, said
Nakai yesterday, "and kept the gun
pointing at us all the time, and kept
saying III you, make q boiler / will Kill
the two of you. We did not stop TO
argue, but did just what he told MS TO.
We were hitting II up at forty
miles an hour and he wanted us to 20
faster. When we neared the fishmarket
on King street he told us TO slow down
and when we got down to about twenty
miles an hour he opened the door Of the
car and jumped out, striking heavily
on the ground.' t,sE
Silva drove the ear on to the police
station and notified Sergeant Fred Tau.
kea. The }atter, with several police
men, went back in the car and made
hasty search of the netghborhood in
which Lewis was last seen. In the
meantime Captain Kahanamoku notified
all police officers on duty to bring in
whatever colored soldiers who were
wandering about the streets. A search
was made of the Railroad RoominR
House, where ii was discovered that
Lewis had been to the place 40 half,
hour previous and had been, refused
lodging owing to his abusive manner,
Commits Second Crime.
While the police dragnet was out
Lewis lost no time in getting busy, as
was subsequently learned. According
to the night employees of the Won
Hamm-Y Young Company Garage, Lewis
came to their place of business at about
one-thirty o'clock and telephoned to
the Auto Livery Company for car. to
take him to Schofeld Barracks. George
Ho Linn, driver of ear No. 1899 re-
sponded to the call and had taken his
charge to about the same spot where
the first holdup occurred when he had
the same experience. Lewis relieved
Ho Lin of ten dollars with the com.
mand to proceed to Schofeld Barracks
without any further delay or argument.
Ho Linn resorted to bit Of strategy
when he got to Aiea and told, Lewis
that the gasoline was ali used up and
he would stop and replenish his sup.
ply. Instead of getting GASOLINE Ho
Linn telephoned in to the police station
notifying the authorities there OF the
predieament he was in. Ssstf{s
When Ho Linn returned to whore he
had left his ear he found that IL was
gone. 1t was discovered early yester-
DAY morning in clump Of klu bushes
near Schofeld Barracks.
In company with Officers Enright and
Gunderson Libert Nakai, Sam Kinella,
Charles Silva and Ho Linn went to
Sehofeld Barracks yesterday morning
to see il they could identify the man
who committed the double robbery.
The men from the Twenty-ffth were
lined up and each victim of the high
wayman was taken separately to view
the men. They were instructed by the
officer in charge that n they could
identify the man they were to give no
sign.
Identified by Victims
When the four chaufBeurs had com
pleted the inspection notes were COM
pared and the three identified Lewis as
the man who had committed the rob
berries Lewis WIS taken to the county
Jail, where he win be held pending fur
ther investigation. The case win be
handled by the county authorities.
1t is reported at Schofeld Barracks
that Lewis was under suspicion at the
post for being implicated In two similar
holdups of similar nature last Sunday
night Two Japanese chauffeurs re-.
ported to headquarters that they had
been held up by eolored soldier In
the neighborhood of the barracks at
late hour on Sunday night A quiet
investigation was being made by the
military authorities and enough evi.
denee had been collected to fasten these
two crimes on Lewis, II is said.
A search was made of Lewis be.
longings yesterday and mask, reyol.
yer and quantity Of stolen articles
were discovered. II Is further reported
from Sehofeld Barracks that Lewis IL