The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-17

GERS returned to the deck and told
Capt. Houdlette that the man was
killed. However Chief Engineer Me
mann came up and reported that the
man was not dead, but simply
stunned
Men went below and placed hand
cuffs upon the wrists and iron upon the
feet of Wade. In the meantime the
steamers doctor had attended to Gill
lespie, who was in a bad way.
The steamer slowed down and Gill
lespie and Wade, together with the Of
ficers from shore, boarded the pilot
boat. After landing, the wounded man
and his assailant were taken respect
lively to the hospital and the prison.
The cause of the affair is not def
nitely known. The trouble was really
between Wade and Sidney" the ships
butcher. 1t was said that the latter
had recently tried to gain Wade's posi-
ton, which resulted in the shooting.
Previous to the affray Wade and ''Sid-
ney" We're violently quarreling. Gill
lespie, coming in, tried to pacify them.
This increased Wade's wrath and he
instantly turned on Gillespie and
emptied his revolver at him. Another
cause of the trouble between Wade
and Sidney given as the fact that GER
taiL opium deals in which they were
| concerned during the steamers stay in
port had gone wrong.
When being taken up to the prison
Wade said, Gillespie was the best
friend 1 had on board the steamer. II
he dies 1 will willingly hang for him
tomorrow"
Capt. Harry Evans did not recover
from the excitement for some time.
When seen last night his story was
substantially as follows:
L had been on board the Australia
as usual, looking for stowaways and
parties against whom complaints were
lodged. After we reached the bell
buoy 1 had got into the pilot boat.
Suddenly / heard some shots. and Miss
! Helen Wilder rushed TO the rail and
told me a man was shot. / boarded
the vessel and started down to the
lower deck. Everybody seemed panic
stricken. When | reached the saloon
[ met Wade. He pointed his revolver
at me and called me a number OF vile
names and said he'd fill me full of
lead. / endeavored to calm him by
saying that l was merely looking for
q m a haf dfh hot
he did it in self defense.
CAS- 1 was unarmed 1 saw it was USE
less to try to go further. 1 returned
on deck and asked Capt. Houdlette for
weapon. He told me to go to First
officer Lawless, who furnished a rifle,
with one load and cooked.
with LawIess / went below As
soon as l saw Wade L called on him
to surrender. He answered by point
ing his revolver in our direction and
firing. l think he fired two shots. As
quickly as possible l raised my rifle
and let go. | don't know how long it
took me to fire, but [ didn't lose much
time. Wade dropped. 1 thought he
Hoto hIlACd anu ~ 1tDoIlSu " tdpL.
HOudlette
In few moments Chief Engineer
Niemann came up and said that the
man was only stunned. We went be-
low and found that he had received a
scalp wound, the bullet grazing the
left SHE of his head. He was ironed
and taken on board the pilot boat, to-
gether with his victim, who had been
attended to by DIR. McNuIty.
After Wade had shot Gillespie he
filed his revolver, which is a 3S-cal-
ible Smith & Wesson, five shooter. So
when he met me he was all ready for
business"
Chester Doyle, when seen last night,
spoke as follows:
Il had received orders from the Po-
lice Department to be on board the
Australia at O'Clock and arrest Mr..
a. E. Sherman, who was thought to
be attempting to leave the country.
Il took a boat at Brewers wharf and
went aboard the Australia, where I
met Harry Evans and Jim Kupihea,
the police officers. Mr. Seeley, the
steward, and [ took up the search,
which had been vigorously conducted
by Capt. Evans.
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