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

Exploits of Jack Harkaway" SEEM
ed tame and, even the colorful light OF
"Huckleberry Finn" dimmed in COM
Earison with a yarn of youthful ad-
venture and story-like romance I'M
wound in police court this morning
about 13 escaped Waialee reform
school boys who were arrested near
Kahana yesterday by Policeman Solo
mon ILL.,
Young wild West" with all his
wandering, wicked ways. had nothing
on the dauntless Is who took adyan-
tage of their superintendent absence
in Honolulu, turned their backs on the
confines, of thes home by the sea and
hit for the mountains. 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 we're COM
mitted to the county 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 will be arraigned before the
grand jury and four younger boys who
were more army" than general in
the short escapade will 60 back to the
reformatory. p ~.
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
the prisoners dock this morning,
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 swhatnots of
every kind, their hair tousled from a
night in the jail and the logged light
of the lost cause" lurking in their
eyes. IT..
Two Before Grand jury
There was Julian HoIo and William
KAPPA, the real leaders Of the party,
and George Hu. worthy lieutenant. |
Holo and Hu will answer to the grand |
jury. Following them came the seven |
who were committed to the county jail |
for their minority. Akoni Aki, Joe
Frenze. 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 ravaging in a manner that |
awakes the memory of Jesse James
stealing. sleeping in thickets, 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 O'Clock
Wednesday morning, to be exact-and
took them into custody.
Automobile
The whole foot-sore crew, still
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 Is 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 Il
back to Waialee, but proposed to live
In the mountains. sallying forth occa-
sionally to stick up" some lonely
or to eonfiscate a tub OF poi
DR. bunch of bananas or clothing orr
smoking tobacco, in fact anything that
would make for the pleasant existence
N their mountain cave.
Superintendent Frederick Anderson
testified, again this morning on the
of the older boys and
heir bad influence at his institution.