The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-09
POLICE COURT NOTES.
The Great and Only Pat Curtis
Comes Up for Trial.
some of the ms and Outs by Which
the Yacht Spray now Sranhs
as Disputed PROPERTY

The case OF Pat Curtis, OF the yacht
Spray, took up most of the morning
session in the Police Court yesterday.
He is charged with stealing the sails
of what he claims is still his own boat
Sheridan and Underwood were both put
on the stand, and then came Pat GURUS
with his version of the whole analr'
which was as follows:
Pat Curtis-Yes, sir, l am we'll &C
duainted with Underwood and MORROW
or Sheridan, or any other name that ne
has a mind TO call himself. 1 met them
both down below Indicating the police
station yard with his fnger) when we
were all prisoners in the Redpath case
and faint likely I'm going to forget
| them soon, either, remembering the
dirty trick they played me. Morrow
smoke TO me about the yacht Spray, and
said that he would like to get her 1oT
the purpose of making cruise ABOUT
the Islands, to get bearings and points,
and to gather all the information pos
sible in connection with places suitable
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and men. He said that he and Under
wood would settle with Luther wilcox
about the claim that he had on the
Yacht on account of having loaned me
500. When we got out of Jail Sheridan
and Underwood asked me to assist them
as they were in very Strengthened CIR
cumstances. l found that they were
living on bananas and bread and L felt
sorry for them. Sheridan asked me II
could borrow some more money from
wilcox. thought over it quite while,
and then I did borrow $50 more. l was
in pretty bad circumstances myself, SO
1 took $40 and gave Sheridan the $40
Your Honor, it hurts me to speak apou'
such vagabonds and liars. I can't do II
+ without it's hurting me great deal
] Well. must go on. The men got money
somehow. and told me they would re-
deem the yacht. They wanted TO go OF
cruise, and the Spray was the proper
boat. They promised to hand over th'
boat to me as soon as they had hnlshe'
their cruise, with all repairs thrown IN
Well. the cruise failed and the boa
, came back. Then the great expedltlol
+ to Ocean Island was made. There Wer
four of us who started out-the tw
adventures, an old man and mysen
Something went wrong and we had t
come back to Honolulu, and might
glad was to get here, too, for the oil
man and myself did all the work an
were at the tiller continually, Will
those two good-for-nothings lay o
their backs and smoked. After gettin
hack to Honolulu and making neces
sary repairs, trip to Hilo was planned
7 but this never materialiZed, and tn
provisions were all sold. Then 1t wa
I asked for the boat, but no attentlo
was paid to me- and 1 was refused til
KEYS of my own vessel. l never oil
give them a bill of sale; it was slmpl
mortgage, and that's all know abo'
It. Sheridr said to me one day: Gu
tbs. this is still your yacht" let II
y yacht go to the men with the unde
standing that they hand it back to n
in six weeks or two months at the mos
No one was in possession of the vac
when went aboard. l was master al
owner alone, and 1 am yet.
Just at this point Attorney Charl
Creighton, for the prosecution, was ca
el' away to the Supreme Court on IL
l 1rtant business, so the case was CO
tinued until Thursday morning.
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