The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-02-18
THE Low INCIDENT.
Straight Story From the Man Him
sef-The Advertisers Yarn False.

ONNH SSOhJ5 III VII
padded" style which the Advertise
confesses it is not above adopting il
place of fact, has appeared in tina
paper about the arrest of Mr.. j.
Low by the mounted patrol. MI
Low gives the following statemen
of the incident from beginning t,
ending:
IL came down to spend a littl
while in town. l was standing will
another gentleman (not Mr.. Kenyon
nor Capt. Tripp), a respectable resi-
dent OF Honolulu, with whom wa
holding a conversation. There wa
lots of room in the street for even ;
tramcar to pass or anyone ridins
around. There was big crowd as
sembled in front of the Pacific Hotel
A good deal of excitement was goine
on between American and British
sailors. One man came flying out
of the door and rolled on the side.
wal and out on the street. We OK.
pected there would be some distur.
bance there and we wanted to stay
by and see how it all came out.
"While l was busy in con.
versation we heard horses
footsteps coming along.
turned round quickly to see if l
was clear of everybody. I noticed
the first two men on horseback ride
past and pretty close to me but |
knew | was clear. l did'n know
that they were mounted patrolmen,
as they had no regular uniforms on
as l saw. There was no word of
warning given for the crowd to clear
the track for them.
ut was the last man in the squad
of patrolmen that turned his horse
oif-his horse was prancing a good
deal | saw one gentleman to the
left of me who was in the way, so
that | could not see the men coming
down the street at all. | saw him
make a jump forward. My back
was turned to the crowd all the
time and l was talking to the other
gentleman and could not see the
horses coming. This gentleman
who was with me cried out, "Look
outH l made a jump forward and
at the same time put my hand back.
My hand rested on the horses reins.
VI course | hung on to the reins and
pulled the horse round. l wanted
TO know who and what the man was
whether he was drunk, crazy, or
what was wrong with him. | pulled
MS horse round and almost threw
lim off.
81 lost my grip then and of course
he horse got clear. The captain
klemme), who was in the lead, ran
back toward me and without investi-
eating matters dragged me by the
coat and yelled, You're my prison.
'r! assuming an awful dignity as if
le had been on the track of a des-
oerate criminal for years and had at
asst caught him. He got another
nan on the other side Of me and ran
ne down between the two horses.
My friend who was with me wanted
% follow me up and go down, but
hey ordered him out of the way and
ordered the rest of the guard to keep
lookout on the rear. They never
ooked at me half the time while
hey were running me down, and
lalf the time l had to push the
lorses to keep them from tramping
IN me. The patrolmen were look
ng back as if they were scared of
he crowd.
"When they got me to the Station
hey rang the Marshal up and he
anne down, as l suppose they did
lot know what charge to put
.gainst me. When the Marshal got
Town there he was surprised to see
ne there. He called me up to his
'tfice upstairs and Capt. Klemme
anne with me. Klemme told him |
Tapped one horse and pulled the
ems. | told the Marshal the true
tory of it, and he asked me if any
me had been around with me.
"In the. meantime a good many
pectators who had been at the
orner came down. Mr.. Greig came
n, and Mr.. Harrison volunteered to
ONE in, to give evidence. When
he witnesses repeated the exact
tory that l had given to the Mar
hal ! was released right away. The
larshal said he was very sorry that
UGH a thing had happened.
Marshal Ashley acted in a most
.entlemanly manner throughout and
vas not influenced by anybody.
dr.. Kenyon was attending to his
+uties as an editor, | suppose, stand
ng outside the door taking every
hing in. If the reporter of the Ad-
ertiser were equally attentive to his
uty, perhaps the reports in that
aper of disturbances between the
English and Americans would not
q SO grossly inaccurate as witnesses
( them declare them to be.
"In conclusion, | may say / do
OF belong, to Eva plantation, but
~ address is, as of old, Kohala, Ha-
All. | have taken the oath to sup
ort the present Government-not
D hold a billet but as a private citi-
en-and am not likely to make any
'illful disturbance"
- -