The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-30
KOREAN BANDIT
FUSES DOUBLES
IN HIS ROUNDS
t-- ~, I,
nen Who Resemble Outlaw Are
y, Posted To Throw Police
of Tracks 81.
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B1TTLE BUYER AcTs =. {. :.
AS FUGlTlvE'S SPY
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Yea 70 keuk Resorts To Many
Shrewd Decsits To Defeat
g.a Capture q. .'.' .. 81 e..
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Nearly seven months ago Yee Y,
Heak, 4 Korean, while awaiting sen
tS1ce for assault with. q deadly weapon
escaped from the city Jail, and has
been ~ large ever since. On severa
dEeations zee has come to close quar-
tiers with the police, but each time h,
baBlmanaged 10 preserve his liberty.
"a few months ago, after the Korean
h4d shot aud badly wounded n japan
e3e laundrymah, who had delayed de
livery Of his washing, he was traced "a
q house which was surrounded by .
dozen members Of the police and detec
tiye force, but managed TO elude his
pafshers, and escaped mid fusilladr
Of shots. One day In the early par,
Of last week Yee Yo Keuk was again
brought to bay by detectives and re.
waiver duel resulted In which no dam
age was done, and which resulted once
more in the despefado getting clear
Gwsy.
Al day or 50 after, he burgIarized tn,
residence Of Japanese contracto
named Segawa, II Beretania street
and fhqS following morning visited the
house Of Y. Koblynshi, near the Nc.
Gully tract, and after cutting the tele
pbsnd wire TO prevant m alarm bein,
ttlfhed IN ati the police station, awok
tha folk In the house and withdrew,
after firing shot from his revolver ut
4eroth Of assembIed Japanese, z
UespefAdo . Bad Man n gs 81
There is no doubt that the Korear
isfa Very bad man and that he will
stop at nothing when his liberty l.
threatened. He weighs nearly IsC
pounds and Is one Of the strongest men
81 his nationality Id the Islands. 70
some time ne held the Japanese wrestl
ing championship and IL is said that
there are very few Japanese IN Homo.
lulu today who could hold their own
with him mt jiu- jltsn. +,s,s.' 80
In appearance Yee 70 Keuk is stock
ily built and his face Is badly peck,
marked, circumstance which one
would think would make his apprehen.
sion a comparatively easy matter.
The Korean, however, Is as crafty N
ne ls strong and desperate. There are
In Honolulu today two other Koreans
who ere about the same size as Yee 70
Kepk, and whose faces also are peck.
marked. II Is believed that the Korean
hab enlisted the services of, one o.
both Of these individuals who so close,
~ resemble him, and that Il is his plan
20 have one or both of them hang about
krcertain part Of town and 50 have
their presence reported to the police
NndN = watch set OVER them, while the
QfiGinal Korean operates unsuspected
6nFahotL or district. III, -tls.,. i I'D
g Dsrtail II Is that nearly every day
.fhe detective bureau Is Informed Of tn
presence Of 4 man resembling zee Y,
Eenk In some part Of town, and two
reports from. entirely different districts
have been received At the same time
Bottle Buyer HIS Stool "A IT. wv
The desperado Korean is also said, OF
good authority TO employ an aeeomplie,
who does his work in the guise Of I
buyer Of old bottles Pushing bar
row, and with a gunny sack slung owe
his shoulder, the supposed bottle buye
goes from house to house and whil'
ostensibly engaged in his assumed bust
ness, takes the opportunity of inspect
ing the premises, finding out all thu
$ ipformation that he Is able TO- relativ,
9Onthe occupants of the house, whel
s they are at home, and IL II is likely tina
,there are ivalnables In the house, ant
rthen reports the news to his employer
who Is thus enabled to 90 straight T.
the horse, accommodate himself to cir
opmstances, and make good job Of hi
5lefarious enterprise and a clean get
" Tire bottle buyer always visits hous
sl...s.. :. A.. G....a 4..ka.. IA Il .aaanaabI
10 suppose that the master of tn
house Is away, and as a rule has no diff
heulty In securing the information h
y saftef, after paying good price 70
the bottles Ne hak purchased, and furth
.er tngratiating himself with the woma
I'M the house, by'a line Of smooth cor
'yNersation.. y ~ 49,. ~.
While Yee Yo Keuk is well know
among the local Korean community,
ID 40 feared by his countrymen tina
they are. afraid 10 report his wher'
labouts to the police, even when ther
seems TO be, no chance that he can e'
cape. II
,atnetiy A Might PrOwisr
,sy.This fearfulness on the part of tn
Koreans is due TO the desperate of
repeated threat to torture and kill an,
,ope who betrays him, There are couI
lfymen Of Yee 70 Keuk's In HonOlul
today who could tell a blood eurdlin
story Of ordeals through which the hi
fhFigand has made them pass, beeaus
Z b. had heard, or otherwise suspected
that they were in ieagne with the Al
liberties TO- deliver him up, and mol
khan one Of then is said to bear mark
Yee 70 Keuk s henaish attention
which they win carry TO the grave.
as.,A Another thing which initiates again'
J. the capture Of the Korean, is the fa1
/. that,he goes forth only at night, ther,
by rendering his capture almost in
,,RosSible, unless Il be red handed. =.
The Korean is said always TO carr
. two revolyers, both of 80, scaliber au
Z Of The best make a. web as a liheri
\ supply ofeaftrilges, linda double edge
fIdagger OF original desi gh, And probabl
fashioned by himself. Y
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