The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-25

Ine ANNE - was inward bound from
Molokai with cargo of taro. About
halfI'ast two 0 clock Yesterday morn.
ing, when Off the harbor, the Devau.
chelle boat nearly ran into an unEight.
ed sampan which was proceeding in
the direction Of Molokai and in which
three persons could he 1isrerncd in the
darkness. Dcvauchpllc says that tho
boats passed within twenty feet OF
each other.
As soon as DcvnuchrIlr saw tho 9th.
er boat he blew two whistles, signify.
ing that he would pass ON the port
side. The dark boat iii net respond
to this signal Int kept chugging ahead
81 cusscd the people aboard that
sampah for all vrs wo II, locauso
they dill not answer my whistle, -
stated the skipper of the Annie y yes
terday.
Some Strange Happenings
Il. Gay and Al Gay, owners Of
new launch, which was launched on
Tuesday AFTERNOON, have an int c ting
story to tell of certain strange hap
penings which occurred on Tuesday
night close where they were working
on their boat
They say that about half past eight
/ o clock on Tuesday night two men
with suitcase came down Fort street
and clambered aboard W. Sproat s
eight horse power sampan, Missourian,
which was living of the old Kinau
| wharf, near the foot of Fort street.
The schooner Ka Moi lay next to the
wharf. then came coal scOw, and
then the Sproat boat.
The Gay boys say that the two men
passed on and off the SAMOAN several
times and that thev heard some PER
sons, nearby, remark that they had
two passengers to take ont that night.
fThe Gays left the waterfront shortly
after nine clock.
| The MisSouran, Sproat 8 sampan,
was not to be seen Yesterday. Nearby
where she lay over night wa another
power SAM an owred by Jim Hull, for,
merly of LahPin9, and now working
along thu local front.
The natives working on this sampan
were Intercepted a. to what had be.
come of Srroat = boat and whether any
strangers had been seen hoarding her
on Tuesday night.
Story Is Corroborntcd
| They stated that on Tuesday NIGHT.
/ about nine clock, two white men
| with plenty of food and a suitcase.
| appeared at the wharf near which the
Mlssourian was lying. They said that
Sproat ard a Hawaiian boy, who used
to run the engine for Svroat, were
waiting for them and that they all
went aboard together.
From remarks they overheard these
natives gathered that the party on the
Missourlan was going on a fishing trip
to Kaena Point. They say that the
sampan left port in the carly morning
| Yesterday afternoon the United States
marshal went down to tire foot of Fort
street where the Annie ID was lying
and asked Devauchellr where the An.
ME ID was. DcvaucheIlc replied that
he had arrived from MoIokai early
yesterday morning.
The marshal told Devauchellc that
he had heard that Sculy had gone to
Molokai in Sproat g sampan and that
he expected to tranship from that is
land to sOf,e other place, presumably
to get in touch with Coast bound
steamer.
He asked DevauchCllc if he knew
anything of Scully's intentions am
told him to hold the Annie d in readi
ness to leave for Molokai about five
o clock yesterday afternoon. 1t wa,
asrertained last night, however, tina,
he did not make the trip.
Looking For Outlet
Devauchelle stated last night tina
SProat, provided he had gone t. Muln
kai, would make for Palaau, about 81,
p miles on the Honolulu side of Kauma
kakai, and which place has n mic
harhor. Sproat is well acquaintc,
with the place, having fshed abou
there with Japanese for long time
, 1t was Sproat S sampan which wa
held up by the customs folk severa
t months ago off Diamond Head, O
which occasion the owner was arrest
ed for running without lights. In tn
f boat at the time were Boggs and Nc
: Grath, and the party was suspcctc
q Of attempting to pick up opium throw
. from the steamer Manchuria, whic
. had left Honolulu on her way to Sa
Francisco about six o'clock on tn
q evening in question:
k Sproat was tined 5000 for having n
. lights, but Roggs and McGrath wen
free, their novel explanation that the
were engaged in tuna fishing and tina
boat lights would have frightened tn
fish, being reluctantly accepted.
John T. Scully, convicted opiur
a dealer, began serving his sentence {
- eighteen months Imprisonment as
+ federal prisoner in the territorial pen
. tertiary yesterday. William p. Jarrer
- high sheriff and warden of the pen
!, tertiary, will give Scully his prise
q number this morning. The prison,
will also have his hair cropped al
will don a striped suit.
y The "gct-a way' artist threw Il
= the sponge in the federal court We
" terday, shortly after his enforced r
+ turn from that Molokai fishing exp
- dition. Through his lawyer, G. II. NJ
>. Bride, Scully said that he had bee
= rrconriIcd to his fate and that he no
- saw the utter futility of escaping h
, Just deserts.
"YOu were ordered to appear
court Yesterday Judge Clemens to
y ScuIly in open court yesterday; "yt
~ were not here. What have you
" saw ~
70 ~ have nothing to say" repli,
- Srully.
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