The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-07

lie was told to pick thirty-two
men. Lieut.. King rail- over to the
barracks and announced that he
wanted a I6-file front company of
Kalalau men. About every man in
the place Immediately declared that
he was a veteran of the we'll re-
membered encounter with the des-
perate feper.
III very few minutes Lieut..
King had his detail at parade rest
at the Eva end of the Executive
Building. Transportation had been
ordered, and two buses were soon
at Richard street gate. Into these
the men piled, and The horses were
urged towards Waikiki. The
writer accompanied this expedition.
AT the break water, near the
park, Swift, mounted patrolman,
was met. He told the best he
could what had been happening at
at Bertelmann's. Swift was sent on
into town. The horses were urged
ahead until the loads were wellin
the park. Lieutenant King march
ed at the head of his column of
TOURS uI,il Bertclmann's premises
were reao he'd. This was i'll less than
five minutes after leaving the ambu-
lances. The command heard sharp
firing as ii moved along.
There was some more firing from
along the beach, and the lower end
Of Bertelman's as King threw his
skirnish line along the upper edge
of the lot, within the fence. 1t is
apparent now, that the enemy fired
parting volley and retrea,ed before
the troops. Mounted Patrolman
Wichert now came up.
Lieutenant Kings orders were to
report to either Deputy Brown or
Captain Parker. These men were
gone. Alfred Garter came up and
gave as his opinion that the house
was filled with hostiles, and that
there was very large force i'll the
brush near the beach, and near the
house. However, he wanted to res
cue his cousin and was i'll favor of
taking the place by rush.
Lieutenant King sent the Serge nt
Major to Sans Souci to report by
telephone and ask for orders.
The answer from headquarters
from the Commander-in- Chief, and
the Colonel commanding, was as
written down at the time, "If the
force opposing you does not appear
to be altogether too great, move
upon the house, capture it, make
prisoners of all you can and search
thoroughly for arms and amuni-
ton" Someone standing near the
telephone at headquarters added to
the words, make them prisoners"
"6ead or alive" These instruct
ions were at once delivered to
Lieut.. King. The messenger rode
to within a short distance of Ber-
tellman's with Mr.. Allen Herbert
in ALI. Carriers brake. At point
about two hundred yards Eva of
the gate, a hackman was met and
said they had been firing again. 1t
was learned that this shooting was
a considerable distance down the
beach towards Diamond Head.
With his command, Lieutenant
King had moved quite numDer Of
Yards down the slope on the house.
Every man in that detail was keel
to go ahead. Few OF them cared to
stoop down in moving on. Lieut..
King had them under perfect con-
troll and he has never shown pref
tier skirmish line on Union square
than he did out there last night.
Those men had no idea what they
were going into. They knew the
authority of the Republic had been
resisted, and that Charlie Carter
and Holi had been shot.
The house was completely sur
rounded, and King and Alfred Car
ter were at the head of the squad of
soldiers entering across the lanai.
Drs. Walters and Murray were
soon bending over the bleeding form
of Charles l.. Carter. Chester A.
Doyle, the Japanese interpreter, had
come with them from Sans Souci,
where they had dressed Hollis
wound.
Mr.. J. B. Castle and Bertelmann
had been doing all they could for
the wounded man. The bed on
which he lay was covered with
blood.
Mr.. Carter was crying out that
pain in his stomach was killing
him. He begged for opiates. Mr..
Carter believed that he was fatally
wounded, and had given his dying
messages to Mr.. Castle. The latter,
by the way, showed himself
p throughout to be man of rare
courage. He stood fire unflinch-
: ingly, and, being in the thick Of it,
that he escaped unscathed was a
marvel.
The two doctors administered
, morphine, and after examining the
wounds and dressing them, de-
clared that the e was no danger.
There were two ugly holes in the
young mans massive chest. A
bullet had entered on one side, and
lancing along under the skin,
made its exit on the other. AS lie
: had said, the wound on his leg was
: merely scratch. The pain in his
stomach, the doctors said, was due
to reflex action. AS is now so wei
5 known and SO deeply regretted,
there was bullet in his abdomen
and the three wounds provided q
) noble sacrifice for a noble cause
5 Charlie" Carter looked a dying
l gladiator as he stretched upon the
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