The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
KOREAN BANDIT TAKEN
In FUSILLADE ON BULLETS

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eight calibre revolver was found, with
one of the chambers empty.
When the bullet was extracted from
the dead man 8 head, Il was found to
W. of 3S calibre- The bullets that weee
found in the room Of zee 70 Keuk
were also thirty. eight ealibre, and when
the bullets were compared II was found
that they were evidently from the sam,
box. ~.
Stole Away To Kill Chez
The theory advanced by the police
that Wee YO Keuk, seeking revenge
left the shack guarded by the detec
tiYes, committed the murder, threw the
revolver away to destroy the evidence
and returned to his lair. He was not
seen on his return, however. IL is saiG
that Yee 70 Reuk had grudge agains
the dead man because when the KoreaI,
made his escape from the city Jail last
April, Chez Won Yer gave the police
certain information that was instru
mental in the recapture of the bandit
A Korean who collects the rent iron
the tenants in the lodging house sale
that he heard Ype Yo Keuk threaten
the life Of Chez.
From the fart the Yee YO Kcul
Is said TO have threatened the life o.
the Korean, and previous to his capture
IN May had attempted to kin Jap
anese, who he believed was imformin
the police as to his whereabouts, AM
also the threatening Of Won, the Ko
reah detective If he aided in his cap
ture, the sheriff : Office believes tha'
the crime Of yesterday WAS cOmitter
by Yee YO Kcuk.
When interviewed on the crime yes
!, tefdays zee Yo Keuk simply said:
Chez Won Yer is my enemy, but
I no kill him; more better / did"
Mcbufie said, that, to has knowledge
Chez vas not assisting Chun in running
ldQwn. Yee, and that he believed an old
Ter Rrndge caused the murder.
Chm Trailed Like Indian
I Officers said that Chun Duck Soon
the informer, had the instincts an,
gifts Of an Indian in trailing Yee Yr
| Kehk, He had been after Yee a.
least three times, running him down
and Tuesday night zee passed so close
, ly TO where Chun was hiding that b,
might have been touched by the out
! stretched hand. The detectives were
not near at the time and the oppor
tunity TO take Yee was lost. On an
other occasion MrDuf1ie entered n place
pointed out to him as the Korean i
refuge and found n bed still warm
This time he was accompanied by two
Koreans, he said, but the identity o
the other, one having been Chun, il
not known.
| q Chun Duck Soon was serving a prison
sentence of one year for burglary. H
told the police that he knew where
| zee spent nights, and, if they woul1
help him obtain his pardon or get hin
transferred to the city Jail he woul,
aid them in capturing zee Ko Keuk
He feared to go back to the territorial
| prison, where he was a trusty, les
friends of Yee attack him. 80 ),
FGrudge Prompts Betrayal
- zee was instrumental in having Chur
returned to Honolulu from Maui t.
serve time for burglaries, because Chul
had misappropriated moneys of Yee
That was one grudge he had to satisfy
| About week or ten days ago Chul
was removed from the prison to tn
city Jail and he began to assist tn
! police.
zee escaped from the city Jail las
April, while awaiting trial for burg
larry and assault on Nakamura,
Japanese. He was captured throug
4 treachery of a friend, who gave hiT
q drug in drink. After being drugge
zee fed from the River street resort
where he was drinking and shot
japanese, but was captured. He es
capped from the city jail again in May
while awaiting trial. He merely lef
the table where he was eating, climbe
the wall and went away from ther'
While he was at liberty scores O
burglaries, principally among the JaI
anese, were reported, most of them b.
ing laid at his door.
Bandit Seen by Others
Miss Hilda, who resides at tn
Villa, said that she had seen zee Y
Keuk for three weeks about the prem
ises
~ did not have any idea that h
was quartering with our servant, an
about week ago told him that
he wanted to see Chun he must con
to the front of the house and not /
prowling around the rear. He WI
very polite about ~ ana assured n
that the occurrence would not be dupI
Gated. recognized him immediateI
after seeing him and the picture I
being zee 70 Keuk," she said.
Chin said he did not know his visit,
was n bandit.
A ffty-dollar reward offered |
Sheriff Rose will go to Soon. The ia
anese reward of 5000 was not for
! policeman, but Soon has appreI for
A pardon for Ohun will be asked.
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