The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-31
Wild Pursuit Down Red Mn and
Through Moanalua Park With
Pistols Barking From Pursuing
Machine Forms Exciting Epi-
sode Ill.,.
DRIVER ONLY STOPS WHEN
COLD MUZZLE COVERS HIM
All culprits Are Caught With
Goods Though Those Captured
Last night Treat Matter As
Joke When Taken To Police
Station ,.....

catapulting down Red Hill and tax.
ing the sharp turns through Moanalua
Park at fifty miles an hour, two auto.
mobiles tore shortly after ten clock
last night, with those in the pursuing
car shouting for the ones ahead TO halt
and emphasizing their commands with
revolver shots. y.
The front car, new Hudson Super
six, had been stolen from beside Cen.
trail Union Church shortly after eight
o'clock. Driving IL were three soldiers,
who had taken possession of the ma.
chine and were joy4ridinp. In pursuit
was rent-serviee machine. small but
speedy, aud in it were police officers
who had been guarding the Red Hill
approach to town, watching for the
stolen Hudson. ~. an. 49,, o.
For a mile or more the chase con.
tinued. Automobiles pulled out of the
track of the speeding cars in the nick
Of time to prevent catastrophe, and
slow Flooding wagons were run into
roadside bitches when their drivers
heard the warning blasts of horns.
Two Shots Fired TT =.
Slowly but surely the rear car gain.
ed in the thrilling race, and when fifty
yards behind, a burst of flame lit the
night, and the imperative sound of a
revolver shot rang out. g..
Still the foremost car kept on its
way, and when crossing Moanalua
bridge there was another flash and an
other resembling report, and the big
car still sped on. It's speed appeared
to diminish, however, for the driver
thought that the noise of the second
shot was caused by bursting tire.
The check WIS only momentary, how
ever, and the Hudson was soon under
full way again, but in the interim the
pursuing car had drawn alongside, and
harsh voices cried out and two guns
were poked in the face Of the ehauf.
feur of the big car -. '..s-. 's
Caught With the Goods
Then, realizing that business was
meant, the driver of the Hudson
brought HIS ear to standstill, and
while one man in the other car kept
him covered with his gun, two others
ordered the occupants of the car to get
out and stand in line, hands up.
such are the rough details of the
chase after the surrender Of a stolen
automobile last night, and the capture
of three automobile thieves, caught
with the goods. a.. = 4
Earlier in the day, before daylight
yesterday morning, three other soldiers
had been caught by the police in a 4
machine reported stolen from Schofield.
Thus the police record for eighteen
hours included the recovery of two
stolen machines and the arrest of six
men, all caught with the goods and all
soldiers in uniform. /
Stolen Prom Church
Car No. 1883, a new Hudson Super.
six, the property of J. II. Warren of
the Honolulu Photo Supply COMPANY,
disappeared last night from where II
had been left on Richards Street, out.
side the Central Union Church.
Mr., and Mrs. Warren drove the ear
from their home to the church for
prayer meeting, leaving it unlocked and
standing beside the curb alongside the
Army ~. M. Q. A. When they came
out OF church fifty minutes later there
was no Super-six in sight. II had fol.
lowed the wake of so many other good l
cars of late. A Japanese chauffeur,
who said that he had been waiting on
Richards Street for ten minutes, stated |
that the street was empty when he !
drove into IT, "... . ."".|'
Police Notified
Mr.. Warren Immediately notified, the |
police of his loss. The ear is a new |
one, having been in use less than six
weeks, and is fully insured against ey,
erything, from fire to thieves.
Police Net Out
On receipt of the report Of the theft
OF the ear the police got busy. Del
tectiye-Sergeant Kellett, with q body
Of detectives, went ont Puunui way. |
Other officers cut off progress along the /
Waialae Road, while others sped in the
direction of Schofeld Barracks, it hav.
ing been reported that three soldiers
had been standing near the missing car
in the early part of the evening.
Toward Sehofeld went Motorcycle
Officers Ferry and StuppIebeen, in a
ear driven by H. II. Akana, who used
a machine which he employs in the
rent service. In the car, besides the
police officers, was Lloyd Morse of the
ordnance department. wiz II
Tearing Back To Town ..iiI
When the ear was near Red Hill, and
in the direction of Eva, a
EAR came tearing down the hill toward
iown. The Akana machine gave chase, !