The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-07-24

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the place. Mrs. Nahoolewa called
Wood yesterday morning early to
get up and light the fire. The boy
did SO, and she noticed that he was
limping, but said nothing about it.
After the breakfast she again called
Wood, telling him 10 come and
wash the dishes. When he came
she asked him how he had hurt
himself and he told her the story.
She at once told her husband, and
he persuaded Wood to 60 to the
station house. The boy claimed
that the reason that he did not tell
the police on Thursday night was
because he was afraid that White
would kill him. 1t was for this
reason that nothing was known Of
the affair until yesterday morning.
When he went to the police sta
ton and told his story, a Warrant
was at once issued for Whites
arrest. Captain Langley made the
arrest as White was coming in
from Waikiki. White seemed sur
prised when told that Wood had
been hit. He was released on
$1,000 bonds being furnished by E.
Hopkins, Whites partner.
The statement made by Wood at
the station, yesterday morning, was
as follows. Part of it was dictated
and part of it was written by him
self:
/ was shot by Arthur White last
night. The ball entered the front
side of my hip and did not come out.
1t happened this way /: had been out
following the hares and hounds and
was going back to my home on Emma
street, and when | got to the corner
of Beretania and Emma street | met
Arthur White and Willie Wilder
coming down Emma street in buggy.
Wilder said to me: "Wood, come and
get into the buggy; White wants to
talk to you.n | said l didn't want to
get in. White then jumped from the
buggy and put his hand in his back
pocket and took out revolver, say
ing that if l did not get in the buggy
he would blow my brains out. got
into the buggy and sat between the
two. We drove out Beretania street
TO Kamoiliili. While driving out,
White said: "Wood, you had better
tell the, truth now" and / said 1
would. We drove as far as Makee
Island, and Wilder said to White
something like Now, we've got him
sure" and White said YES" They
did not talk to me any more. When
we got to Waikiki, White looked in
the house at the end of the car track
and saw the lamp was lit. He told
Wilder TO open the gate and he drove
into the yard. Wilder got out to tie
the horse, and l and White were left
in the buggy. White turned away
for a moment and L jumped out and
ran. He shot me while was running.
/ fell down, and White came up to
me and asked me if l was hit. | told
him yes, and he took me by the arm
and told me to get up and go into the
house. When | got there, White told
me to sit down, and said he had good
mind TO shoot me like dog. He then
told me that if did not tell the truth
he would cowhide me. l got fright
ened and told him that he did not buy
me, but that | was so frightened that
l had said so. He was walking around
the room with his revolver and a cow
hide in his hands. He began to whip
me. After he had whipped me he said
he was sorry for whipping me, and
gave me half dollar to go home on
the last car. Wilder was in the room
all the time. The driver of the car /
came home on was named WEIGH.
He knows me, and asked me where /
was going. l said l was going home.
On the car / met a Portuguese boy
whom / knew. / told him what was
the matter. He helped me home. l
had to lean on him with my arm
around his neck. When L got right
to the gate, / told him to take my
right shoe off.
Wood broke off rather abruptly
in his statement, owing to the fact
that he was becoming confused.
He was taken to the hospital, and
the ball distracted.
White absolutely refused to talk
of the affair. Willie Wilder, how
ever, corroborated the statement
made by Wood, except the part
which claims that he said "Now
we have got him where we want
him" He says nothing of the kind
was said by either himself or
White. He also says that he had
no knowledge whatever of any
shooting, and did not know until
yesterday that the boy was shot.
He says White did not whip him
hard, but gave him only few light
strokes with the cowhide.