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

Yee Yo 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 10 get up again with revolyerf
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 q the hospital this morning
soon after the shooting occurred Cap
tain McDuffie was resting well and
talked freely.
We have been on the job all the
time" he said, having had informa
ton for some little while that the Ko
rean was hiding In back of the Vill;
Lani, the boarding house owned b.
Mrs. Louis B6fndi "a Beretafia street
and last night was the sixth night tina
we have kept q watch on the place
"Shin Chez 500, yard boy work
ing at the boarding house, has beer
keeping Yee 70 Keuk in hiding.
Last night things had reached e
point where we decided that 1t wai
best that we should take the neigh
bors IN the vicinity into our conf
dence. We also took up a new po
sition. Capt. Baker and myself going
into the front part of the place. an6
Detectives Matthew A. Swift and Fret
V. Belmont keeping at the rear. Pre-
yious to this we had been WATCHING
the place from another little shack II
the back Of the yard.
About 10 o'clock last night a maj
came to the door of the servants
quarters where Yee Yo Keuk was stay
ing and stood for little while In tht
yard. / was satisfied at the time thai
this was the bandit, but did not dare
to shoot without knowing absolutely
that was correct. BY comparing hin
this morning with the other Korean
since I saw Yee lying on the street
am sure that II was zee Yo Keul
that | saw.
Nothing whatever happened up Il
2 O'Clock and after a little conference
we decided that If things remained
quiet until daybreak that we woulf
force the house regardless of the con
sequences.
81 told Captain. Baker. however, tina
thought II was necessary to havf
more men on the job, to surround tht
place completely as we knew the Ko
rean would stop at nothing in his at
tempt to escape.
Il then went over and woke up Otto
Berndt, who lives In a small cot
tage back of his mothers place, ant
to 60 and wake the yard boy and have
him come out to talk to us. l intended
to put up the proposition to him OF
asking Yee Yo Keuk to come out anC
surrender without fight.
at was not more than two minutes
after this,p continues MeDuffie, '-tha'
heard two shots fred In quick sue
cession from the servants quarters
where Yee Yo keuk was in hiding ane
almost Immediately sfterward two
other shots. I 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 III
my pistol to fire he plugged me ir
the leg and continued on across the
street and toward Beretania.
81 took deliberate aim at his head
says the captain, and when he was
about 100 feet from me fired. 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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