The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-04-06
l ROW ON PUNCHBOWL
STARTS IN A SMALL WAY AND BE
CONES A RIOT.
Police Resisted-Clubs and stones Used
Shot Fired-President Dole
on Hand.

There was a peculiar riot at tn,
head of Emma street from to 7:3C
Sunday evening, as the result o
which Tricks Nelson and 9 Portu
guese were arrested. Nelson wa,
charged with being a disorderly
person. Antoine Enos, Manue
Abreu, Frank Ferriera, Manue
Carvalho, ]. r. Munig, M. R. Mar
din, Manuel Juan and Rodriguez
with unlawful assembling. A. G
L. Sylvia, a special police officer
was arrested for refusing duty. The
latters badge was taken from him
Tricks Nelson came up 10 Grove
of Portuguese boys at the head Of
Emma street, and accosted one, a
lad named Sylvia, about bicycle
which he claimed to have missed.
The boy denied knowledge Of
the wheel, whereupon Nelson
struck him in the face. Some Por-
tuguese women were standing near
aud to them Nelson addressed sew
eral insulting epithets. About this
time several Portuguese men enter
ed the row and tackled Nelson. A
German came to the latter's assist
ance, but about the same time a
mounted patrolmap arrived and
took Nelson off.
But in place Of arresting him, the
officer took Nelson to a Germans
house just beyond the Royal school.
That iniuriated the Portuguese.
About hundred assembled around
the gate and seemed greatly excit-
ed. In the meantime Nelson darted
ont on a wheel and started down
Emma street. At this momen,
President Dole appeared in the
crowd. Learning the cause of the
trouble, he ordered Nelson arrested
A patrolman set off on horseback
and Henry Espinda, native officer,
on a wheel after the willy Tricks,
who was then speeding into town.
The native officer came up with
his man in front of the Hotel
stables. A fight ensued in which
Tricks Nelson was dubbed and
taken to the Station house.
All this time the crowd at the
head of Emma street was growing
The police squad had also increased
from three to FIVE, one of them
being Lieut.. Wells of the mounted
patrol and another Lieut.. Needham
of the Station house force. Orders
were given the crowd to disperse
and return to their homes. Severa'
shouted that they would not do SO
The officers then moved upon th>
crowd and pressed them back into
Kinau street. At this poin,
an arrest was made and thai
started the fight. Sticks, clubs
boards from a fence and othe,
things were brought into service
by the excited crowd. A dozei
more policemen arrived. Arrests
were made right and left and man,
others were disarmed Of their sticks
President Dole, Judge Perry
Antoine Fernandez and others NOV
ed among the noisy assembly ant
exhorted calmness and no restist
ance to the officers.
All of the men arrested resisted
Officer Espinda was struck acros
the head with a Stat from fenc
and sustained a scalp wound; l.,
Needham was struck on the arm
two patrolmen also received blows
At one time when officer Hewitt
was struggling with two men,
Portuguese boy started up with
draw Ratchet, ostensibly to strik
the patrolman. Lieut.. Wells fright
ened them off by firing his pistc
into the ground.
During the scuffle two Of the me
arrested were hurt. Antoine Enc
was struck by blow intended fc
police officer. Manuel Abreu wa
dubbed. He was put into hac
to be sent to the station. Presider
Dole stopped the hack, examine
the mans wounds and asked thu
he be sent to the hospital instead
The request was granted. At til
hospital it was found tn;
2 Abreu had sustained thre
scalp wounds. none of whic
were at all serious. They wei
) dressed and the man returned
his home.
: During the disturbance Speci
; officer Sylvia was present but d
D., nothing to assist. That is the wa
he got his foot into it. Credit
. due number of the Portuguese
men and boys who worked hard
allay the excitement among Il
crowd. Messrs. M. G. Sylvia
:, !. the Temple of Fashion and Anton
IS Fernandes were foremost in the
n efforts.
All of the Portuguese were r
leased later on 500 bail each. TIL,
retained Messrs. Charles Creightt
d and A. G. Correa as their attic
e neys.
|, The case was called in the ID
: trict Court this morning and
y for Friday. Mr.. Creighton col
'e planned to the court against
article in a morning paper where
his clients were called rioters, etc
This was prejudging serio
70 point, and might influence ju
or jurors against the defendan,
&c He would like to enter prott
n publicly against the statements
is the paper, but would not ask t
IN court to proceed in the matte
t. Tricks Nelson plead guilty to t
at charge of being drunk and W
or fined " and 81 costs. The seco
t. charge, that of being disorder
person, will be preferred on Fridf
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