The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-12
EVERYONE GOT FIVE CENTS FOR
BREAKFAST.
The Shipping Master Disciplines an
Unruly Boarder and is Fined Fifty
Dollars and Costs.

| I1OW " COulTOl OIlTuly bOdIueGS,
short address to Judge Wilcox by
Charles Mccarthy, was listened to with
great interest this morning in the po-
lice court. 1t cost the speaker $50
| fine. McCarthy's method was a very
! effective one, but Stephen Hanlon, up
on whom he tried it last Friday OBJ
jected to some of the proceedings, de-
/ claring that they were assault and bat
terry.
Hanlon came to Honolulu ten days
ago on a sailing vessel and put up at
McCarthy's boarding house after he
had worked out 81 and costs. From
the first he was a thorn in the side
of the management, for he loved
swipes and swipes made him sing.
Mccarthy shipped him on the Star of
Russia, but after he had worked a
couple of hours he found that his con-
stitution needed gin. Mccarthy gave
him some and more was needed and
Hanlon left the ship.
The witnesses in the assault and bat
terry case told interesting details of
hoW the boarding house is managed.
1t appeared that it was McCarthy's
benevolent custom to give each board
ed five cents in the morning, with
which to get breakfast. If he wasn't
there when the arose in the morning
they had to wait for the nickel.
Il used to give them a quarter each"
said Mccarthy to the judge, but l
found that they went and rot swipes
with it,
The men were therefore given five
cents each, and told not to squander
lit on drink
Last Friday morning Hanlon rose
early. During the night he had danced
the can-can on several beds, his feet
going through one of them and Nc
Carthy invited him to leave the place.
Instead he rot a bottle of swipes and
sat on the porch to discuss it. j. n.
Mcintyre, one of the witnesses, said
he sang 20 it, but Hanlon solemnly in
formed the judge that he rose quietly
after a long nights slumber and did
not take even a drink of water.
HE was singing to the bottle when
saw him." said Mcintyre. He al
ways sings when he drink,-not that
he was drunk this time, for L never
say that no man is drunk,-but he had
the bottle in front of him on the porch
and he would sing song to it and
then he would take a drink. After the
drink he would sing another song and
take a drink again."
Between drinks Hanlon suddenly
thought of the nickel that was due him
and he left the bottle and went to Nc
Carthy after it. "How about break
fast?" he demanded.
Mccarthy happened to have bottle
himself. 1t was an 'ile" bottle. His
gorpe rose at the impudent demand for
the morning nickel and he swung his
bottle on Hanlon, telling him that the
blow with the bottle was to be his
breakfast. Hanlon retired but he came
back
"He came up to me and wanted
to know if I meant it, your honor,
said Mccarthy land then he ordered
me out to fight and see which was the
best man. l looked at him a bit and
then | stepped out.
He put up his fists, but he was
bit slow about leading, so l landed on
him, and we had about three rounds"
McCarthy's face was bare of marks,
but Hanlon wore much cloth about MS
head and many patches.
"At the end of the three rounds he
| said l was the best man." continued
mccarthy, "and then we shook hands
| and l asked him if he was willing TO
behave if he stayed. He said he was,
that 1 was the best man and he would
be quiet boarder."
! Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth and
Attorney Henshall had a little war of
words over points in the testimony and
then Judge Wilcox had his say He
didn't mind bit of rough house
in a sailors boarding place, but ne
thought that no man had right TO
give another a blow with a bottle for
breakfast. He fined Mccarthy $50 and
costs and notice of appeal was given
A large crowd of Hanlon sympathlz-
ers left the court room with broad
smiles. for they knew that the tne
was of the kind that is never paid.
When the case reaches the higher
court. the witnesses will all be far be-
yond the reaches of any Honolulu sub
pOenaes.