Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01
THIRTEEN BOYS
ARE RECAPIURED

Exploits of Jack Harkaway" seem-
ed tame and even the colorful light Of
~Huekleberry Finn dimmed in COM
parisen with a yarn Of youthful adj
venture and story-like romance uIl-
wound in police court this morning
about Is escaped Waialee reform
school boys who were arrested near
Kahana yesterday by Policeman Solo
mon Iii.
Young wild West" with all his
wandering, wicked ways. had nothing
on the dauntless 13 who took advarl-
tage of their superintendent absence
in Honolulu. turned their backs on the
confines of the home by the sea and
hit for the mountains. a struggling
band of youthful bandits i'll prepared
to strive with the world
Jail Doors Yawn
County Attorney A. NJ. Brown took
charge of prosecuting the boys, as
he did yesterday, when six were COM
mitted to the comfy jail, and recon-
mended that seven of the 10 be given
a similar fate. Two more who are
said to be of particularly desperate.
character win be arraigned before the
grand jury and four younger boys VINO
were more army" than general in
the short escapade will go back to the
reformatory.
With the characteristics OF Next
can party of starving revolutionists
whose dress is as varied as its move
ments and desires, the 13 filed into
81 4 10 rIRrx int o.
some In the working denims of the
school, a few more boasting khaki
that might be meant for uniforms and
many In an assortment of whatnots of
every kind, their hair tousled from a
night in the Jail and the logged light
of the lost cause" lurking in their
eyes.
Two Before Grand Jury
There was Julian Hobo and William
KAPPA, the real leaders of the party.
and George HUI. worthy lieutenant.
Holo and HUI viii answer to the grand
Jury. Following them came the seven
who were committed to the county jail
for their minority, Akoni Aki Joe.
Frenze,r William Kainoa, William Kaa-
pa, Masa Fugimura. Ben Kamakani
and Charles Muller, the latter getting
a straight three years.
In just this same Coxey's Army
style the boys left Waialee Monday
morning and lived on the country, for
aging and rayaging in manner that
awakes the memory of Jesse James
stealing, sleeping in. thiekets, COM
suStenance and even
in their pilgrimage.
Word was sent to officers along the
line to look out for the young army
Of brigands WHO. fortunately. had no
weapons, and word Of the approach
Of the guerrilla band spread before
them until Iii stopped their advance
In the dead of night-at 3 o'clock
Wednesday morning, to be exact -and
took them into custody.
Automobile
The whole foot-sore crew, still
counting the unldcky Is but not
whit the less indomitable, had quit
The fatiguing march, and were COM
Ing down the road full speed and in
the finest style In an auto they had
at a Chinese store along
the way. The whole 10 were either
in the machine or hanging to it when
their march was stopped.
One of the boys admitted to Proba-
ton Officer Joseph Leal, who assist
ed in the case, that they did not in
tend to come to Honolulu nor to go
back to Waialee, but proposed to live
in the mountains, sallying forth occa-
sionally 10 "sticR up" some lonely
traveller or to confiscate tub of poi
Or bunch of bananas or clothing or
tobacco. in fact anything that
would make for the pleasant existence
In their mountain cave.
Superintendent Frederick Anderson
testified again this morning on the
OF the older boys and