The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-18
GODFREY WAS 4 BIRD.
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Masked Men Account of the
Victim roltce.

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unusual incident Of last evening in
which Frank Godfrey was the cen.
trail figure. lie was treated to a
coat OF tar and feathers. This is a
summary punishment outside the
law, removed by but one degree
from lynching.
Godfrey's oiiense was considered
most serious one by the Hawaiian
Vigilantes. He is the originator of
the stories that natives have been
buried alive from the cholera hos
pital. He also circulated other re-
ports which interiered with the
conduct of the fight against the
plague. Godfrey was at the hos
pital some days, being accepted on
his own statement that he was suf-
iering from symptoms of cholera.
The tar and the feathers were
applied brtween and o o'clock
Godfrey had within a week left his
name at the headquarters of the
Committee of Ten as volunteer
for inspection service. There was
objection to this, as he was particu-
larry disliked by the committee
people. He was notified that a
protest had been entered against
his enlistment and told he could
have a hearing. He called last
evening to inquire about this. He
was told to be present at 9 this
morning when the full committee
would be in session.
On leaving the headquarters
Carter & Kinney offices in the
Safe Deposit Building, Fort street
Godfrey overlook J w. Jones,
the court stenographer and COM
mittee attache, on the stairway.
Godfrey sought to engage Jones i'll
conversation, saying he would ex-
plain his conduct Jones, who was
on his way to the waterfront on
committee business, tried to shake
off Godfrey, but Godfrey kept talk.
ing and walking.
In front of Hackfeld's place, cor
ner of Fort and Queen, a hack
whose driver had evidently been
following Godfrey, fetched up"
alongside the pedestrians. Two
or three men jumped from
the vehicle. Two of them
seized Godfrey, who was so sur
prised that he offered 10 resistance.
Jones sought to interfere, but de
sisted when the muzzle of six
shooter was jabbed against his
nose. As the hack disappeared
Jones ran to Notes restaurant and
telephoned the police station.
Godfrey was taken quickly to a
lumber yard off the esplanade. He
was stripped of clothing and paint
ed with tar and covered with feath-
ers. In ten minutes or less he
was found by the police wandering
about the water front. Captain
Ben Whitney had seen him. He
had frightened a negro into wild
fight. Ed. Mossman sighted the
new bird and concluded to avoid
it. Ed. says Godfrey had a wing
on one cheek. The victim OF the
nights work had been drinking
and could not talk very coherently.
He had been handled none too
tenderly and one eye was black.
At the station Godfrey told his
story of how he had been treated
There were five men in the hack
and they were all masked with
white cloth. After being thrown
in the hack his hands were tied
The hack drove to the lumber pile
near Wilder Steamship Company's
coal pile. There is a kiawe tree
and good wide space of ground
between the two piles. Godfrey
was bundled out and every stitch
Of clothing was cut and torn of
him. A sack was then thrown
over his head and the tar was adj
ministered to his naked body, after
which he was rolled OH the ground
amongst quantity of feath-
ers. After this treatment God
frey was tied to the tree, but
being there a moment the men
cut the rope and Godfrey fell to
the ground and laid there. When
the men had gone he got on his
feet and tried to unfasten the bag
from his head. He succeeded after
no little trouble, and walked on,
on the road where he was met by
, Charles Everett.
1t took two buckets of coal oil
, and an hours scrubbing before
Frank Godfrey was himself again
, When brought in he was covered
, with feathers, only his eyes being
, visible.
The kiawe tree to which Godfrey
was tied is the same from which g
Chinaman was hung some few
years ago.
: Godfrey sent message to police
headquarters this morning that he
was unable to leave his home, blu
. would be ont tomorrow.
Frank Godfrey has been connect
ed with various newspapers anC
publications here many years. I
is little enough to say about hin
that he has long been in bad odo
in the community. He is bright
suave chap and on first acquain
lance made good impees
| sion. Time and again h,
= has been threatened with persona
E violence on account Of the use o
his tongue and pen. He has
family.
[ Marshal Brown is taking per
sonal interest in the case. He ha
: his best secret service men am
detectives at work and will spar
no effort to hunt out and expos
and bring TO trial the men who S
fagrantly violated the law.
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