The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-26
KOREAN DESPERATE
HOME
Of A CONTRACTOR
Makes Night Raid On Residence
In King Street With Revolver
n Ready
THREATENS TO SHOOT g.,
MISTRESS OF HOUSE
y .- q.
When Alarm Attracts Mob Of lap
o anese Robber Uses Gun
Te Escape

About half.past two yesterday morn
ing the residence Of Y. Kobayashi the
contractor, 2Os4 King street. was en-
cred by. burglar, supposed to be zee
70 Keuk, the Korean desperate, who
escaped from Jail about six months ago,
and who has been at liberty ever since.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kobayashi were asleep
in their room when the intruder en-
tered the house. He opened the outside
door with n key, passed through the
kitchen and sittingroom and then
opened the door Of the bedroom occu-
pied by the owners Of the house.
Mrs. Kobayashi, who Is a light sleep.
err, was awakened by the creaking Of
the door and saw, by the light Of
lamp, man holding the door open with
one hand and pointing n revolver in the
room with the other. W
Threatens Woman with Gun
| When the man saw that the woman
was awake and starting TO get up, he
said, " Keep quiet; suppose you talk l
| shoot. -... ~
Kobayashi was sound asleep at the
time and Mrs. Kobayashi, ignoring the
threat Of the burglar, called "papa"
several times in an attempt to wake
him up.
In an adjoining room was sleeping a
japanese woman named Kichi, who is
employed as servant, and when she
heard Mrs. Kobayashi calling she look
ed out Of her room and saw the man.
| She ran to window and shouted
Ffire'' several times, and in response a
number of Japanese who live nearly
anne running to the house.
Fires Shot at Japanees
The marauder then backed out Of the
house and on reaching the lanai fred
shot at the assembled japanese,
probably with view of frightening
hem away. In this he succeeded, and
the last seen of him he was walking
>lowly along Young street, on which the
Kabayashi premises border, holding
open q Japanese umbrella to protect
1 him from the rain which was falling.
While the burglar was in the house
he cut the wire Of the telephone, rem
derihg it impossible for an alarm to be
sent out from the house before he had
iad time to make his getaway.
Kabayashi managed to connect the
wire and then telephoned the police sta
ton, but it was three. quarters of an
hour later before four police officers ar
rived on the scene.
Women Identify Burglar
Mrs. Kobayashi and the woman Kichi
both identified the burglar as the "bad
Korean who had been in the Gala
boose'' They stated yesterday that
his face was poekmarked, which is tho
case with Yee Yo Keuk.r
In safe in the sitting room of the
Kobayashi house was a considerable
sum of money, as we'll as a number of
watches, rings and other articles Of
jewelry. 80"
Early on Monday morning the prem
Uses of K, Segawa, the contractor, COZ
South Beretania street, were entered by
an armed burglar, thought to be the es-
capped Korean, and three dollars ana a
22-caliber rifle stolen. This burglary
also took place about half.past two
o clock.
Japanese Indignant
The constant, almost nightly, burg,
laries of japanese residences and bust
ness houses, coupled with the recent
opening of q japanese che ia bank and
the open lawlessness in gambling and
street hoodlnmism, are arousing the
Japanese to a state Of indignation. The
Japanese press continues to deride the
police for their utter incaPacity to han,
lie the situation which their cOmpIais.
ance Of minor crime has developed.
A police force of their own, a la Ma
noa, is one Of the things the local Jap,
anese are proposing, while correspond
ent of The Advertiser, a japanese, sug
gests that the police send to Toxic and
get a detective, who knows something
to help them. The Hawaii HOchi con
tinues TO carry on its campaign of ex
posture, having offered to take Chief
. Sleuth McDuffie by the hand and lead
him around to the various open public
gambling joints of the city.