The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-17

from attention. Es-c aud hlvkni sd h. ~cnd d.
i. IL ColcOvc ihcn attempted ras. sHo'her assault
Brncr sizs ~ the CsIssi, sud Iveuid from
doing - Iil-laui while h. trshcr making The ai'snFs,
called him. Tncc - tho CsIsain. a. 'kP gust
and Tight any With I.yner. wcras 80 that
effect. The Captain having warned hc TSrtio~ that the
stop and be could permit snch un-Iaiy
ccnduc; ON board Of hi. ship. lei, tia
The Captain had knOwogc q H. sc' With rfrenoe 90
the deck above rvfsrrc and asked ~ Briiner
interfere but declined - the Ecund ;hA; ii
only FANNY affair Bo,h before AMI after hc> incidents. the
as; liAg about tforc the aan 81 ihe sun
day night, Bcrncr had several sought tbs CaFasn
and demanded 81 him TsCcsiou against The C"rOvc>
AMI alec aEains; Ia. wife
After the q i. H. CclcEovc bot lg b. arrest
81 htCllsni 4 the TusEs. Isc ~ HsTH sS'd So the
Captain that he should Eu ColTrv~ snd thru
stated in substance: Russell CcIcrcvc sitting srk icrc
with these ncsning Mr. Bcncr AMI hrr dangh
teri; I Will CoerCvc' q. H. C"lrEvc) ''e az and
say something them, Mr.. Bcriincr aid 'Ys. give hn
hell The AMI Ens Colrsovc then walked so tho
81 the ship. and Wa Cocrcvc u SDon Fer
liner and the fight followed
For few after c assault thc Sunday evening
it thought BY the sugcsa and ~ the Isers that Ber
liner had been killed but THE found 60 t~ and
the suTyn then announced his OHion that the wounded
could possibly AZ the iic tcrc great
excitement AMI indignation soslg lc passengers Some Of
them talked Il lyncng hanging the that dd IL; irc
myself while still another ohc said the Wholc Dot (ncsn
ing Mr. BCrncr daughter CoroVs>) ought
- locked up The trais muunurinsS & violence were
all directed against T. H. CocTYVc only; time Libel
danger Of being ynCcd ;r generally believed
among passengers that hc had taken part the serious
assault.
About an hour after il.c assault urcsu gave has
opinion that Bcncr had a fighting chance icr life. and IL
until the morning about eight O'Clock that BIC con
sicrc the patient oh danger AMI stated After thai
Bcrncr seemed aIidy and ia c evening "f Mon
ay already walking sbcu, with lsnlac around has bead
Il evidence that ilc hleani dh IA fac
inga;c incic commission e the assault l Ia. hcsb
upon Bcncr guilty of being
the fact such scn but alec fDd that all & III
difficulties between Hrniner T. II. Cocryvc eTsE
l-llanis conduct with reference R"sc Bcriiner IL
CoIcecvc had Icns GTicvaDcc e h. against Bcr
liner. Under all the circumstances e the the time
known reported the Captain. believe that the CzI
tain. IN order I board aud in order 10 caaAi
for his other passenger. that frc-on which ihey
titled from such scenes a. pleasure of the
up To- that time would have been justified ia cnnng llsr
ia his the second class sisicrssu, 90
any other reasonable anil proper place q confinement and
OBTAINING him IN such confinement until, At lcAs arrival
lilo: II tLc Captain had reasonable sli''
that the Elclant guilty of bring scssecry before Il
fact ocnsc committed, be- could further than
simply Cufnc and dcain him pending investigation ~ d
proper authorities till continuing treat him I~sS
and making the imprisonment more harsh aud uing
force than reasonably necessary for The purpose
detention. lie could u. nothing by q nGciing 1nis
further q the opinion that, bsring IN mind the
miscns upon the masters authority. che imprisonment
tclsn in the chain locker unnecessarily harsh and III
tho placing him uniu,iiaabc The defense ia
the chain locker selected place e confinement
lllsn because 1t Necessary DO IN order ." I~Uis
him from violence hands Il the other passenger, Lac
lecn established my satisfaction. canine; find uFyn
II 4 II -.
believing that the passenger. would H. si,nFs ="
violence 10 the libcant.
Whether the imprisonment 81 l. IL CclsErg'
handcued, the chain locker u;iale under the
! ctu,~tanccs. need &c decided.
"A strenuous effort has been made behalf 81 tho hils