The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-23
VAGQNlSUSEDBY
BURGLARS 10HAQL
AWAY THERl0OT
Daring Thieves Operate on Large
B Scale In Residence Dis
tricts Of the City
POLICE ARE UNABLE
h I. TO, SOLVE the MYSTERY
Chairs. Tables and Other Furni-
lure Stolen From Lanais and
Residents Are Alarmed

Night fhiavefy on a large scale and
covering many Of the residence dis
triets. including Nanoa, Waikiki, KAT.
muEf and .Makiki, Is engaging the at
tention Of the detective farce, Of the
raliee Department., ons OF the mysteries
being the use Of wagon by some ,.f
the thieves to haul away their loot.
within The past two weeks the police
department has received large nun.
berstof eomplaints, personal and BY
phone, some Of the latter coming in at
early hours Of the morning, In some
eases that attempts were made to
break into houses, and in others that
losses had actually occurred. In few
instances have there been any real
snccessfnl burglaries.
PerAmbulating Cache dli
The entry Of a wagon into the bur.
glhry business capsea considerable con
stetnation and developed mystery
which the police are As yet unable to
solve. The thieves operating with THE
perambulating cache have chosen
houses which have more or less expos,
ed verandas ION. which are the usual
pieces of lanai furniture, ,ineludine
chairs, tables, tabafets and the odds
and ends which make these lanais 40
homelike. In o number OF instances
the wagon has been used to, haul away
chairs and tables, and IL, has beer
quietly done without arousing inmates
OF homes, except in one instance.
A KHAN Street honseholder heard /.
noise on HIS lanai and arose 10 inyesti
gate. He reached the. lanai Just in time
%. see chair tipped into the wagon
standing at the street curb, which va
hqrriedly driven away. Before he could
ascertain his exact loss or phone to the
police station the thieves and their loot
had disappeared down Pensacola Street
Like Asa Case 3t.t y I,
This new burglary. method somewhat
rivals the career of Asa, Japanese,
about eleven years ago when Chief Mel
Duffe Was member of the Brown DC,
lice regime. Houses were opened N
daytime in Asa Is case and rooms emp.
tied Of their; furnishings. Neiohbofs
saw q wagon back up to the curb and 10
small Japanese 20 into the newt doaNI
house and snldFge, "trip after trip, with
chairs, tables aLa even beds az. s.au
boards without exciting inquiry. After
o number of houses had been similarly
burglarized in broad daylight, Me-
D0ffie captured the burglar, a lone IA
panese working entirely by and for
himself, who had cleverly stored and
sold his loot, after weeks of successful
evasion. 81 .@.' a. -..T.s "A
In Manoa several reports have re-
Gently come in after midnight of prowl 1
ers and attempts to. open doors. On
Friday night, or rather early Saturday
moTning about three o'clock, q frantic
message was received at the station to
send the mounted patrolman of that
district to d place on the upper Manoa
Toad, as Prowler had been heard. The
householder supplemented his message
with request that the mounted off ;
Ger tie up his horse far down the road
and come up on foot, as the new streets
echoed the slightest footbeat, of a
horse and would serve as a warning.
Two motorcycle officers were sent up
into the district but the intruder was
not found. ....l...,. o." .,.
An. hour previously another house
holder had been awakened by some one
trying to pry open screen door lead
ing to q bedroom. The switching on of
the lights caused the pFowler to dart in
among the low palms, brushing them a
he went out, the noise being heard dis
tinctly. .,,.. .. ...r .., .dI
Kaimuki residents are also complain,
ing of bnTglaries and attempted bur
glaries. Several instances have been
reported of attempts to enter hoines in
that district, and in one case a burg)apI
made q big haul. No evidence as to his
identity has been found. \
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