The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-21
Motorcycle Police officers Have
Exciting Race After 10utIaws
In Stolen Hack
WAIKIKI DISTRICT SCENE
OF EARLY MORNING CHASE
Robbers abandon Vehicle When
0vethauIed and Escape In
Fusilade OF Bullets

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Two men, believed TO be Filipinos,
who are suspected of having been con,
cerned in several burglaries which
have been committed in and about
Honolulu of late, were cornered at
Waikiki by police officers while fleeing
I'M back, early yesterday morning, and
10th are thought to have teen wound
10y revolver shots fred by their par-
suers. ~ I..e-}
At ,haf-past eleven o'clock on Sat.
nrday night q Japanese named Mura-
motto reported to the police that his
hack (NO. 1850 had been stolen from
River street. Officers on their beats
were, notified by phone TO be on the
lookout for. the missing vehicle. Ten
MINUTES after midnight p message
was received at the police station from
someone in gKaimuki to the effect that
two Fihpinos, In hack were hanging
ahout Monsarrat street near Cecil
Brown 8 residence, and that ON being
approached they had fred q shot and
driven, away. ~. .rsssA VI NY
Motorcycle oficers Pursue
Motorcycle ofieers w. Ferry and B. !,
Sizemore, who were on night duty nc
King street and Kalakaua avenue.
were got in touch with about Eve min.
ntes to one o clock and they at once
proceeded to Makee Island via Kala-
kaua avenue, Fort Rnger, Campbell
avenue aud Knpahulu road. N Z. II II
When near Madame Hiram 3 place
in Kapiolani park the officers saw n
back going townward along Kalakana
avenue and went in pursuit. The out
lire Of the hack was noticed against
the relief Of open sly on the main
road. q Owing TO 1.-THE wretehed eondi
ti0n Of the road ), the Officers we're
forced TO proceed at "a, rate OF only
eight miles an hour until the avenue
was reached, when . speed of forty
miles an hour was attained. "
Tho hack, which was being fufions-
" driven, was oveftaken opposite 81.
Augpstins's chapel, nearly across from
the Kerr cottages, AZ soon as the
driver OF the hack heard the engines
OF the motorcycles he pulled the yshi.
Gle plauka into the, curb and one man
lenPed from the hack and, with his
hand in his Pocket, ran toward Ferry.
Both bandits Probably shot
The Officer, not wishing to kin the
man ~ the close range, fred high
from the seat Of his motorcycle, the
engine of which was still going. The
man dneked behind the hack and then
started to run toward the he lRe sur.
rounding the chapel This time Ferry
shot to. kin and the man, throwing up
his hands, fell prone on his face.
Meanwhile Sizs more had been shoot.
ing at the other occupant Of the hack,
who had also jumped out. he fred
twice at about forty yards range, and
when the second shot was fred the
man was heard to groan loudly as
though hit. He kept on running, how
ever, and llisappea ed by Che hibiscus
hedge dividing the chapel yard ON the
EVA side ftoD yncanf lot,
Ferry, in The meanwhile, thinking
that his man was accounted for, Ind
gone 10 ascertain IL Sizennore needed
any assistance, and when he turned to
look for his man he cav him crawling
en- all fOurs along the hedge. He
fired three more shots, but failed to
stop the man, who disappeared In the
thick grass and weeds. N ~ 4.
Horse Bolts wtth Hack - !. ..@%..5,,
Ferry and iSizemoro searched tha
vicinity uRtl i've o'clock yesterday
morning but without any success. They
were assisted In their efforts by Mo.
torcycle ohicer Joseph Lii, and Mount
ed Patrolmen q. Lndiof and Kakua,
AS soon as the shooting started the
horse in the hack bolted and the yehi.
Gle was stopped ny Mounted Patrol.
man kahua near Heinie's Tavern. The
ofiicer tied the horse up and proceed
ed IN the direction whence came the
Bioodstains were found on the grass
near .wbere the shooting took Place
and from their Quantity II d believed
that both men were, hit. Splashes at
blood were also visible along the side
Of the hedge. No weapon nor any
other article was found which would
furnish a clue to the Identity Of the
fugitives, '.. w. ~ ~
The country just maaka of the
chapel contains many rice fields, and
pHes Of rice straw, which afford ex.
eeIlent hiding places, and II IS thought
that the nien found refuge in some
such place as, this and lay, low until
they judge II safe 70 depart. ~
stolsn vsilcls Recovered n
When Rerry and SSisemore aban.
ioned their search they went TO take
a look at the hack witch had beeu
stopped N its runway career by Ka-
h }. and then, for the first time, found
that II was hack No, 1856, which had
been reported stolen late the previous
The Oaicsrs say that the two men
we're in their belief, Fillpin6s. Both
we're small men and well dressed. One
wore blue serge suit and q cap,
While his companion was dressed In 4
'epper and salt coat, dark trousers,
nd gore a dark fedora hat.
Up 20 last night no report had been B,
eeeived az the police station OF any
urGIar'es ba Iine been committed on
aturdey night In the KapGhuln dis.