Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-29
DESPERATE IN
SHINGLE HOME
IN CONQUERED
Robert W. ShingIe GrappIeS
With Porto RiCan Burglar
and Finally Shoots Him
OLD-TIME OFFENDER. OUT
ON PAROLE, Is DANGEROUS
FIourishes Big Knife When
Cornered and Fights Until
Thoroughly Subdued, With
the Assistance of NeIghborS

A hand-to-hand fight with Porto
Rico desperate ended in victory for
Robert w. ShingIe, president OF the
Henry Waterhouse Trust Company, at
his home early this morning.
The desperate is in the Queens
hospital, where he is being nursed be.
cause Of eunshot wound in the
groin.
Shinele is receiving the eoneratula.
tions Of a stream Of friends who have
filled his office all day today.
The Porto Rican, burglar on a
determined hunt for loot, entered the
shfngte home at 1921 Makiki street
about 2 o'clock this morning. The
result was a fight which involved not
only Single but several neiohbors
and others, and which luckily was
ended before the Porto Ricsn could
use a big knife which he pulled when
cornered. Shingles readiness in
graphing with the man made the
knife useless.
ST. c. sayres, T. II. Petrie and 9TH
ers aided in subduine the burglar
More than one Of them had narrow
escape from possibly serious injury.
The desperate is one Juan RIVERA.
He has "A half-dozen convictions for
larceny and burglary to his credit
since his arrival in the islands in
1902. He was paroled last December
after serving four years for robbery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shingle last night oc-
cupied a, room on the lower floor OF
the house. Mrs. Shingle was awak-
ened about 2 o'clock by a noise which,
she believed was made by pet dog.
In the moonlight which flooded the
apartment, she saw the form OF a
man near dressing table. Too
frightened at first to move or speak,
she did not awaken Mr.. Shingie un-I
eli after the man had passed from
the room and had reached the Sec
ond floor. As the burglar stepped
across the floor of an apartment oe.
cupied by the Shingle children, the
mother gained control OF her emo
tions. and quietly awakened her hus-
band. Shingle was unarmed. He
slipped out Of the house into the gar
age and awakened Ben Luhan. the.
chanffeur. Their search for a weap-
on was rewarded by finding l2-bore
shot gun. 1t was empty. Under the
seat OF an automobile a brass shell
with No. 6 shot was discovered. 1t
fitted the gun. So armed, Shingle, Lu-
han and several Japanese servants
returned to the house. They found
the burglar had entered the premises
by kitchen window which had been
pried from its fastenings. The Porto
Rican had opened the rear door to
assure easy and uninterrupted
egress. He had also taken the pre-
caution to turn On electric lights.
ST. e. Sayres and T. H. Petrie,
neighbors, had been summoned
meanwhile. Sayres had revolver
but II was out OF commission.
Shingle, Sayres, Petrie and others
quietly reached the second floor They
found the Porto Rican had visited
the room where three children slept
The noise had attracted the attention
Ct the burglar and as they passed a
bathroom he made an unsuccessful at
tempt to escape.
Shingle blocked the mans passage
down the hall The burglar was
warned not to move, but replied by
fiourishing keen. ivory-handled
carving knife. As the Porto Rican
dashed at Shingle, the latter caught
him by the hand and prevented him
from using the knife. The men strug-
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