The San Francisco call., 1896-10-21
He Took a Shot This Morning
at Edward Crawford of
Honolulu.
ONLY A BUSINESS AFFAIR
Says He Asked for Money Due, Was
Iusulted and Tried to Sap
Crawford's Face.

Everybody knows "BricK" Mcpherson,
the politician, but everybody does not
know a. w. Mcpherson, the business
agent, although they are one and the
same person.
Brick" or rather A. W., Mcpherson
had rather inharmonious meeting yes
terday morning with Edward Crawford,
another business agent, whose home is
among the sugarcanes of Honolulu. 1t
was early in the morning, between and
O'Clock, and had it been little later
Old Sol peeping over the horizon
might have had his eye put out by
bullet from the pistol of the angered
Mcpherson. As it is, no one has been
hurt physically, although there has been
a certain amount of bad blood engendered
and some of it may be spilled if the Nc
Phersons and the Crawfords come to-
gether again.
"Brick''-it is easier to call him by that
sobriquet, because no one ever thinks OF
addressing him as Alexander-tells the
story himself of his encounter with all the
characteristic vigor he knows how TO put
in his speech.
"You can go to Crawford" he stated
yesterday afternoon, while he was still in
the heat OF the affair, ''and tell him that
I'm not afraid of him or any other man
living. l will permit no man to insult me
as he did and not resent it; nor Will L
allow any man to withhold from me 1lle-
galIy What is my just due. Crawford may
swear out a warrant for my arrest, II he
wants to, and l will prove by his own
friends that he was in the wrong and was
the first to draw his gun. Anyhow will
bring him into court so as to establish my
Il rf i'm in q GIL
''Some time ago I entered into con-
tract with Crawford whereby he was ena-
bled to dispose of a piece Of Hawaiian
property l enlisted a number of my
friends to consummate the deal, and there
are many thousand dollars due me and
others, who pulled the sale through.
when l was on my way home early
this morning met Crawford at McAllister
ana Franklin streets. He was with
couple of friends and l greeted him. l
asked him when he would be ready to
pay nv commission, as l wanted to in
form others who were interested in the
affair with me.
''Instead of giving me square answer
he was inclined to be quarrelsome and
told me he wouldn't pay me cent until
gave him $475 l owed MIN.
II don't deny [ owe him that amount
on another transaction, but that is paltry
sum compared TO what is coming to me
from him. 1 told him he was foolish, and
that was ready at any moment to settle
accounts.
''It was then he became insulting and
called me a name I'll stand from no one.
l reached out and made pass at him. 1t
wasn't punch, but more of a slap, be-
cause l wanted to recover quickly, in case
his friends might want to jump me.
Crawford backed away and went down
into his pocket for his pistol l saw his
move, and 1 also drew my gun. [ wasn't
going to let him kill me, as have got my
wife and little babies to look after, so
was ready in moment. Crawford s
friends piled in on US and prevented much
damage. In the row 1 got bruised little,
my pistol went off accidentally and they
hustled Crawford away.
"I didn't try to kill him, but l was
ready to meet him at his own game. I'm
waiting now for him to cause my arrest
and the entire business will come out in
court.
81 will bring it there anyhow, that 1
may get what money is due me and the
people who brought about the deal"