The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-11
FUGITIVE OUTLAW
Piled WITH BOOZE
ANDTHENRETAKEN
Sheriff Pua Of Big Island Returns
MARCEL Schmidt To Terri
torial Prison
ESCAPED ROAD GANG
NEARLY MONTH AGO
Visited Friends and Attended
Dance While Police Officers
Were Hunting Hin

Drink brought TO O sudden end the
vacation of Mareiel Schmidt, from the
road making gang of prisoners, and
now he is back in a cell Of the Oabu
prison, where sheriff Pua Of the Big
Island has landed him.
Schmidt, native born Porto Rican
of German parentage, has the reputa.
ton Of being one Of the most desper.
ate of the territorial prisoners, and but .
for his weakness for "beoze," might
still be at large in Hawaii, where he
was recaptured. His capture was az
fected through the cleverness Of Police
Officer Bill Campbell and Sanitary In.
spector Frank Furtada, both of Hilo,
last Tuesday evening, after he had
drunk himself stupid with wine and
whiskey supplied by the officers.
The prisoner escaped from the road
making gang about four weeks ago,
and according to the story told the
officers after his capture, had a high
old time on the Big Island. He visited
almost all the plantations along the
Hamakua coast while out con leave"
Fugitive Is Located .....4
The capture of Schmidt was accom-
plished by the use Of two men who
were sent out TO try and find trace of
him, with orders to telephone the news
to the police as soon as they discovered
his whereabouts. The two detectives
worked in different localities and when
on Tuesday last word was sent by
one of them that Schmidt had been
seen mauka of Paauhau, the country
police got busy at once.
One police officer sent q man up
to the mauka camp with instructions
to see if Schmidt was stiil hanging
about the place. Another man was
sent to Paauilo and told to keep
watch there. This plan worked al,
right, for it was soon discovered that
Schmidt had made his way down to
Paauilo and that be had been in the
habit of doing so for some time. He
would visit friends house and get
food and drink, but he never could
be prevailed upon to eat or sleep in
the house. He was suspicious Of every
body and insisted upon eating while
seated on a heap Of frewood in front
of his friends house and from where
he could see in every direction for
some considerable distance.
Rendered Stir with Booze
When the. word was sent out that
Schmidt was at his friends house one
of the policemen gave another man
two dollars and told him to buy q
gallon of wine and bottle of cheap
whiskey. This was done and the
liquor was taken to the house. As
soon as the news reached Schmidt that
there was wine and wiskey in the
vicinity he asked for drink but still
refused to enter the house. He was
given several drinks as he sat on the
logs and gradually became drunk. He
talked loudly and boastfully about his
doings and then, after a while, appear
ed to be browsing as he sat.
When the desperate was apparent
Iy well filed with booze word was sent
to the police who were waiting near
by. Officer Campbell and Inspector
FurtadO jumped upon Schmidt and
grappled with him. 1t took some time
to get the handouts on the criminal.
Schmidt was taken to HiIo by Dep
uty Sheriff Richard and lodged in the
Jail there. On the train the prisoner
said that he would serve his sentence
and come out with a fixed purpose
that of killing the mfOrmer who gave
him away to the HamaEua police.
Upon arrival at the HilO police sta.
ton, Schmidt was asked by Sheriff Iua
why he had run away from the road
making gang. His reply wasI "Me
like, vacation, so run away. l was 60
ing back to the gang next Sunday"
Dodge Police Several Times
One feature of Schmidt's escG 20, &C.
| cording to his own story, was that on
several occasions he was passed by po-
lice officers on the country roads. He
saw Deputy Sheriff Richard enter the
Paauilo store one day and on another
occasion he just stepped under bridge
in a guleh until Sheriff Pua and another
officer drove over the structure in an
automobile
Schmidt was present at a dance in
HOnOkaa village and, while showing tia
latest steps Of "PrisOn Trot," was
warned that a police officer was riding
along the road. The criminal dartcd
out the back door of the house whore
the ball was going on and forgetting to
apologize to his astonished partner,
made dash for the cahefelds. 1t was
while crashing his way through the
tall cane that he lost his revolver.
The man evidently was well suppliel
with information as to the movements
of the police officers as he always man
aged to dodge them until the booze
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