The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-12

Who Stabbed Three Natives.
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employed by the railroad company
here, and. lately. have been guard
at Kalihi camp.
Last Saturday night about O'Clock
about a dozen OF us, Haskell and / and
the Others, sailors. started for some
swipes joints on Liliha street | had
never been to the places before, but
for want of something better to do, ac-
companied the crowd. We first went
to one joint where they we're having
a luau and all of us bought drinks and
had good time.
| Haskell went out after a while and
/ followed him. He said, Let the sail
ors go away I agreed and after some
drinks of swipes all around the sailors
left. We then drifted up to the next
house after about an hour and sent
down to the first house for drinks. Ma
tives kept coming In every few min
utes and we chatted, played cards and
danced. Everybody was lively and the
swipes passed rapidly.
| II don't know how many hours
passed, but had taken up with a ma
tive woman in the meanwhile, and
when finally started back to the luau
house she followed me and asked me
for fifty cents. gave her the money
and together we went to the luau.
There she asked again for the same
amount and / returned to the second
house, where Haskell was over the
cards, and borrowed 1t from him. I
had plenty of gold in my pocket but
no change. and that's why | borrowed
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and more dancing at the luau and my
woman got pretty full. / noticed her
condition. and IL made me sore that
more and more natives kept pouring in
to where we were. I questioned her as
to why they came and she nudged ne
and whispered that they were going to
rob me.
with this | got scared. I had the
$50 and didn't want TO lose Il. got
up TO go out and the woman pulled
me through the door, We were talk
ing outside when a native struck me
a terrific blow with a club just over
the eye. Three or four times he swung
the club on me while / whistled foI
help. Two natives jumped on me and
carried me to the ground. Both seized
my throat and tried to strangle me
could not make a sound and. as
thought was about killed. got out M
knife which had put open i'm my Goa
pocket when the woman warned me.
II stabbed out right and left. could
not see as it was dark and was help
less on the ground. felt my knife go
ing into the natives bodies and / hack
ed away as well as I could. I ran m!
knife into one fellows shoulder anS
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! I turned the blade clear around in him
! Still he held on and felt someone go
ing through my pockets and taking m!
bag Of gold from the back pocket wher'
had put g.
Just then Haskell came TO tn,
rescue. l managed to get on my fee
and the natives circled about me tryinl
, to strike me with DOles and planks the!
: had. Haskell made a rush at them ant
I took advantage OF their attention be
: ing off me to run through the tar
J patch and got away by the banani
+ field. I was not drunk at any time Sat
urday though I drank some swiDes.
knew Just what was doing and believl
I saved my life by the use OF my knife.
What Haskell Says.
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lng's story but differs from him Vi
material points. He said yesterda,
when seen at the Police Station that h
and Downing had gone with the sailor
TO the scene of the luau and that whel
2 the sailors departed he (HaskelD ha
, walked up to the other house and ha
spent the night there playing cards
Downing drinks more than / do,
/ said Haskell. "and / was more Occupie
! at cards than 1 was looking after th
women and the swipes Downing cam
% me twicb during the night and aske
me for fifty cents 10 give to a nativ
/ woman He was intoxicated. The frs
that I knew OF the racket was when
heard cries from the direction or %
j, other house. I seized a lamp and rush
ed toward where the noise came from
Z I saw Downing surrounded by native
! and all seemingly waiting to get 90 on
: another.
: Il went over TO him when nativ
1 knocked OF the chimney OF the lam
! and left MS In almost complete darH
ness I grabbed one man and saw an
8 other launch a big plank az DOwnini
I Some OF them yelled out that DOwnin
vthad stabbed them and I saw him rur
e ming away. When I found that thre
= men were cut I staid by them till th
q police came and was arrested. I carr