The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-02-15

Supplement to the Hawaiian Gaze tie, Feb Is, 1882

I Conner. and surprising that thev would make truu
I bic if be undertook 10 use force left Gomez Their
l and applied for 4 warrant for his arrest, fol
having refused 10 obey his orders Is to where h'
should work" The man was az work at that
time on the eane-eaErier and had not refusec
work.
The warrant WAS issued and on the 18th Of Jan
uary native constable. hikoopaoa by name pro
oreitd with the warrant 10 arrest Gomez, and
refer yOu 10 his testimony as 30 what took place
on his arrival at the mill. And am Of the opinion
from his testimony aud from others that all thc
Portuguese then at work on the cane-carrier with
Gomez resisted the officer. and would not ALLOW the
constable to execute his warrant. They had inside
up their minds that he should not be arrested.
The constable then called ON Mr.. c. II. Alexander
and informed him Of the state Of affairs when Mr..
{. II. Alexander went with the constable taking
with HIM his Portuguese Interpreter, and endeav-
Ored TO persuade the Portuguese II work with
Gomez. 10 the number OF thirteen to not interfere
with the officer IN the execution Of the warrant
But they did not listen % Mr. G. II. Alexander. so
Mr.. Alexander directed the officer 70 return TO Ma
kawao and report the same to Mr.. MaGOon, the
Deputy Sheriff, which he did. / refer you 10 the
testimony Of Mr. c. d Alexander and OF his inter
prefer John Costa IN this connection
Mr.. MaCoon arrived al the mill, starting from
HakRNeo as soon as the officer reported the con-
dition If affairs and in company with his officers
to arrest Gomez, who still at work on the cane
Garner. Mr.. Magoon attempted 20 arrest Gomez
but was resisted by the Portuguese; he then
called for assistance and one of the employees
?
done, the other Portuguese al made an attack on
Mr.. MagOOn, not with clne-knives as Mt hrst
reported, but with sticks Of sugar cane. and then
it was that Mr.. MagOOn drew his pistol and fired.
refer you to his testimony, also TO that of Mr..
Bosqui, r. W. Andrews ana to that of Mr.. Stoltz
II regard TO the assault on MagOon. And they
are Of the opinion, that had not MagOOn fired his
life wunld have been endangered as you viii see
by their evidence. In the affrAy two cane-knives
were thrown at Mr.. Magoon by some of the Portu-
que e. but did not hit him those were the only
deadly weapons used by the Portuguese in the
ARRAY, but YOU will that they had gathered all
the cane-kniyes together for use, but for some
reason did not use them.
The man shot by Mr.. Magoon says, he did not
run az MasOon To assault him but was running for
his wife who had come out Of her house to see
what Was going on; and he supposes Mr.. Magoon
thought he WAS after him then be was shot in the
cheek the ball passing around 10 his neck and has
been extracted, and / am happy 10 report that be
is recovering from the wound. The other man
who was shot in the leg, about half way up from
the knee the hip, the ball IS still in him. but in
the opinion of the medical men IS in no danger
and will be well IN short time. He was shot by
4 native constable by the name of kauna, and in
his evidence you can see the reason he gives for
the shooting. You see by the evidence Of all the
Portuguese excepting two, that no resistance was
offered by any Of them at any time, and that the
two men that were shot were shot without any
cause. The one shot IN the cheek says that he
was on his way 70 his wife and MagOon struck
him with a whip, and AS MagoOn did so, he grab
bed the whip, then Magoon fired and hit him.
But Mr.. MagOon says that Is all false, and you
will see that the evidence of all the foreigners is
contradictory 10 those Of all the Portuguese.
4 number of persons that had conversed with
are of the opinion that Mr.. Magoon justified
in the OF firearms. from the fact that all the
Portuguese at work at the mill had agreed that
Gomez should not be arrested, and the evidence of
two of the Portuguese before Justice Mossman
corrobCrate their impressions, and the evidence OF
r. W. Andrews and Mr.. Stol;z are TO the effect
that they considered Mr. Magoon's life in danger.
l shall be most happy to render any explanation
in regard to the evidence
l remain yours truly,
W. c. PARKE, Marshal
The testimony OF Z. w. Andrews an eye witness
is in part: - The who got shot in the leg was
the most prominent resisting. When Gomez
resisted. one Of the Portuguese coming like wild
beast 10 attack MaCoOn, be defended himself with
his whip. / heard Macoon shout out words of
warning repeatedly, tAi,k staf II Nd5o1i had not
T1rsd Ris fns ir0H'd hare been endangered"