Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-28
Police CAPTURE
MAN WANTED FOR
MANY OFFENSES
Arrested Filipino Admits Enter
ina Ten Houses and viii
Tell More Later
MUCH BOOTY FOUND
WHEN MAN Is CAUGHT
Suspect Prisoner is Man Who
Wounded Priest When
Caught in Chapel

The most extensive burglary cam.
paign ever conducted individually In
Honolulu was probably effectively
checked last night by Capt. Arthur
McDuffie by the arrest Of Emenicio
de Ia Cruz, Filipino escaped con-
Wet, who admits 10 recent robberies
saye he viii tell of OF more when
he has time to think a little"
Not only has McDuffie finally
caught, after weeks Of diligent search
ing, jail-breaker and q burglar but
the captain believes from Cruz's test-
mony that he Is the Filipino who at
tempted to murder Itaro Kawasah In
the Japanese temple on King street
near Beretania junction July Is,
when the latter surprised q burglar
and grappled with him.
Cruz was arrested last night by a:
squad consisting Of Capt McDuffie.
Sergeant KelIet, Detective Clerk Hat
ton and Detectives Silva and ocarlpo
who tracked him to his hiding place
on Nuusnu street between Kukui and
Beretanin streets and took him after
struggle. Cruz tried TO reach his
postoi under . pillow but McDuffie's
gun t,covereds him toe. quickly.
Several articles stolen by Cruz
were found In hts room, including val
liable watches. money; razors, clothes,
knives, keys and q bicycle. A coat
and q razor taken from the home OF
A. Misumi, q Hawaii Shinpo reporter.
July 26, are two OF sthe recovered
articles. Cruz was wearing the coat
when cross-eyamined by McDuffie
this morning, the razor was In the
pocket
1nr|I ~ ~ lf orpz.nent folol1eonl
for first degree burglary; Q short time
later he scaped. was caught upon In
formation furnished BY McDuffie. and
retufned 10 jaiI. May 1s, this year.
he ecabed again. this time from the
Moiliilf quarry, and had been at large
until last might. McDuffse has thought
for som etime that the escaped con-I
vict was reef.nsihle for successive
robberie but was unable to snare him..
Cruz has followed peculiagr tactics
IN most OF his hurelaries and attempt
ed robbefiee. He left something be-
hind at nearly every place entered,
and usually something that had been
previously stolen from another place.
For Instance, he left butcher knife.
thought TO have been the one which
cut the japanese priest, In house
nearby where q pair of shoes was
stolen; at another place bunch Of
keys, taken some time before, was
left behind and at still another home
he left a suit OF clothes.
The wholesale burglar talked quite
frankly to McDuffie this morning,
telling Of robberies he remembered.
He promised to divulge more. Those.
admitted BY Cruz, and property re-
covered In each. the the following.
Tasaka's residence, Moiliili, May "a,
watch and chain. spectacles and cloth
in gtaken. Watch said to be pawned
at Puuloa.
Attempted burglary, S3S North
King street. An Lin residence, June
X. Uyeda home, Vineyard street,
June s. keys. watch. chain and purse
sturen-recoyered.
K. Furuya residence. Banyan road,
Palama, June q Clothing found.
William MarshalI home, Campbell
aid Martha avenues, June is, Kappa
hulu, Revolver and cartridges stolen
recovered
+. Tanka. 1860 Beretania street.
June 26. Elgin watch taken-found.
K. Kono, 243 Kuakini street, July
Is. Purse and shoes taken-found
A. Misumi. King street. opposite
Palama fire station. July 26. Coat
and razor takeh-recoyered.
McDuffie believes Cruz burglarized
some home or tried to. practically
every day since his escape from
prison. In every instance the rob-
berry was made at night and quite
often while residents were in the
homes. Cruz seemed TO have no fear
and stole indiscriminately He will
be arraigned In police court probably
next week.