Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-09

Yee 70 Keuk was by this time out
of the yard and over by the hospital
grounds on Punchbowl street He was
running down the street toward Bere
tania. Captain McDuffie took delib
crate aim at the bandits head and
fired, Yee Yo Keuk dropping instant
ly, only to get up again with revolyers
In both hands, and began firing at the
squad that was in pursuit. As he
rounded the corner into Beretania
Captain Baker fired the shot which
struck him In the leg and downed him.
Seen at the hospital this morning
soon after the shooting occurred Cap.
tain McDuffie was resting well and
talked freely.
I'VE have been on the job all the
time" he said, having had informa.
tion for some little while that the Ko-
rean was hiding In back OF the villa
Lani, the boarding house owned by
Mrs. Louis Befndt on Beretania street,
and last night was the sixth night that
we have kept watch on the place.
"Shin Chez 500. yard boy work
ing at the boarding house. has been
keeping Yee 70 Keuk in hiding.
Last night things had reached a
point where we decided that II was
best that we shopll take the neigh.
bors, In the vic'0Ity INTO our conf
dence. We also look up new po
sition, Capt. Baker and myself going
into the front part of the place. and
Detectives Matthew A. Swift and Fred
v. Belmont keeping at the rear. Pre-
vious to this we had been watching
the place from another little shack in
the back OF the yard
about 10 o'clock last night man
came to- the door of the servants
quarters where Yee 70 Kepk was stay
ing and stood for a little while in the
yard. / was satisfied at the time that
this was the bandit, but did not dare
to shoot without knowing absolutely
that / was correct BY comparing him
this morning with the other Korean,
since saw Yee lying on the street,
am sure that 1t was Yee Yo Keuk
that / saw.
Nothing whatever happened up to
2 O'Clock and after little conference
we decided that IL things remained
quiet until daybreak that we would
force the house regardless of the con-
sequences.
81 told Captain Baker, however, that
L thought 1t was necessary to have
more men on the job. to surround the
place completely as we knew the Ko-
rean would stop at nothing in his at
tempt to escape.
.''I then went over and woke up Otto
Berndt, who lives in a small cot
tage back of his mothers place, and
to 60 and wake the yard boy and have
him come out to talk to us. intended
to put up the proposition to him of
asking Yee Yo Keuk to come out and
surrender without fight
ait was not more than two minutes
after this" continues McDuffie, ''that
. heard two shots fired in quick sue
cession from the servants quarters
where Yee 70 keuk was in hiding and
almost Immediately afterward two
other shots. . learned later that the
first two were at Detectives Belmont
and Swift, and the second two at Cap
tain Baker and Officer Gunderson.
by this time was on the sidewalk
on Punchbowl street beside the house
and suddenly Yee Yo Keuk came out
directly toward me AS / drew up
my pistol to fire he plugged ME in
the leg and continued on across the
street and toward Beretania.
81 took deliberate aim at his head,
says the captain, and when he vas
about 100 feet from me firei The
Korean dropped, but he came up again
and began to shoot with both the re-
volvers he was carrying, running at
the same time down the street. fired
four more shots at him.
He turned the corner at Beretania
street. the rest of the boys hot after
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