The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-07

pecially on Sunday. Hot words follow
ed and fight ensued in which the
officers We're handled roughly. The
proprietor of the laundry blew police
whistle and Norman Lyman rushed in
and took part. All Hip stepped in and
told the Chinese to yield. The men
were arrested and taken to the station
house.
LAS these affairs are getting alto
gether too frequent the Chinese mer
chants held. a meeting Sunday night
to consider what action to take. They
decided after listening to speeches
made by leading Chinese to appoint a
committee to wait on the sheriff with a
view to ascertain what course they
should take in the future. The Chin
csc are conservative and frequently
take persecution from policemen rath-
er than fight for their rights, but these
things have gone on too long and we
believed Sheriff Andrews should be no.
tilted. At the meeting with him on
Monday night we were told that no
officer had a right to enter the prem
Uses of anyone with a view to search
ing unless he had warrant and when
they come again without having such
warrant it was the right of the occu-
pant of the dwelling to eject them
after first ordering them to leave
peaeeably. We are taxpayers here and
we believe we have a right to protec-
ton rather than persecution"
When seen about the two cases Mr.
Lyman said:
When the Saturday night affair
! I n ha Iy
Kitchen and came out only when !
saw people running. 1 saw Officer
Peter Elemakule scuffling with a Chin
csc and started to his assistance. !
took the man he had, holding him from
behind. l knew nothing of the cause
of the trouble, but the Chinese l was
holding asked me in Hawaiian to let
him go and he would run away. l told
him to keep still, and when he tried to
get away / struck him on the jaw.
hit him a second time and then again
when l was trying to put him in a
hack. / did this because he was resist
ing arrest, and while l knew nothing
as to the cause of the trouble / con-
sidered that his asking me to let him
run away was sufficient evidence that
he had done something wrong. / found
out at the station house just what the
trouble was. / think that when l got
to the place the Chinese We're trying
to pull the officer inside.
THAT l should be mixed up in the
Sunday afternoon brawl was merely q
coincidence l was in the office of the
Central Meat Market when | heard q
whistle and on running out found q
large crowd in front of the Lee Sar
laundry. l noticed Officer Peter Ele
makule standing in front of the place
| but taking no part. l saw that the
| Chinese were getting the best of the
| fight and l separated the men, taking
| hold of the queue of one of them an
pulling him back. half Hawaiian
| had a Chinese on the floor and wa
punching him, but l made him desist
| / was not in any raid and did not e,
| into the place until l heard the whistle
| blow and saw there was trouble. Be
| fore l reached the place l understand
| the Chinese had the door closed, shut
ting in one officer, and We're handlin;
| the officer roughly"
1t is admitted that Keolanui wa
| over-zealous and had no business to e,
out on a raid unless instructed to d.
so by his superior officer, and then onl,
| when he has a warrant. The sheriff
that have been brought against tn
police and has already dismissed from
the force Peter Elemakule and Captain