The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-14
A CLASH
OF CR|MPS
Heavenly Twins Against
Mccarthy.
THE TRIO UNDER ARREST
Hot Words, Blows, Deadly Weapon,
Black-Eyes, and Conflicting
Stories.

A clash between well-known shipping
masters on the waterfront created con-
Siderable excitement around the boat
landing and alongshore yesterday. Oscar
Lewis, Frank ]. Turk and big Irishman
by the name of Gray, alias Mccarthy,
alias John Doe, were the principals in
the disturbance.
Lewis and Turk were arrested In the
afternoon, charged with assault and bat
ltery by Mccarthy, as he is generally
known in shipping circles. Mccarthy, in
turn, was arrested on a charge Of assault
with a deadly weapon. This charge was
p1 eferred by Oscar Lewis. 1t Is alleged
on the one hand that Messrs. Lewis and
Turk attempted to do up their Compel
itor in the shipping business. J. McCar-
thy On the other hand, i. is asserted
that Mccarthy was about to give both
Lewis and Turk "a through bill of lading
to kingdom come"
Both parties claim to be in the right.
but 1t is evident from accounts given by
Iwaterfronters that the trouble between
Lewis and Turk and Mccarthy has been
brewing for some time past Sam Kekino.
a native boatboy who is nearly always to
b, found at the boat-landing, says that
he saw the trouble from the beginning.
and gives the following account of the af-
fair:
81 was sitting on box near the boat
landing, looking straight towards Nc
ICEesney's store on Queen street. Lewis
and Turk and Mccarthy, when / first
a fha
net between McChesney's store and the
pool rooms. They were talking for sew
eral minutes. / cannot say whether they
were angry nor did hear what they were
ts king about. Turk struck Mccarthy
forcibly on the upper part of the body
somewhere and Mccarthy jumped back,
throwing his hands up in an attitude of
self defense; then, quickly retaliating,
Mccarthy hit Turk pretty hard. When
the fight commenced, /, with a great mum :
Der of others, rushed up to the scene of
action. They were going 1t hot and heavy
| by this time, but there were two men
| lighting one-Lewis and Turk were ap-
parently getting the better of 1t. Nc
Carthy got in one or two good blows.
Then Turk got his arm around McCar-
lthy's neck and threw him to the ground
and kicked him. Lewis had hit Mccarthy
several times before he MCCARTHY was
kno cked down. Seeing Mccarthy start
ling to rise, Lewis ran away. Mccarthy
lgot to his feet and ran after him. Turk
stood still on the corner, and Captain
McCready, the policeman stationed at the
bcat-landing, went up to him and told
him to go along to the police station.
Turk went and Lewis and Mccarthy were
taken along also. No, did not see any
weapons drawn on either side, nor did ]
see Mccarthy make any motion to draw
a weapon. saw the whole business from
start to finish, and If there had been any
thing of the kind done l would have no.
ticed It."
Captain McCready says that he arrived
a. the scene of the fight, attracted by the
assembling crowd, just as the shipping
rca sters were mixing 1t up In a very live
ly manner. Mccarthy was being attack
Ell evidently by both Lewis and Turk. He
had been knocked down and was rising
to his feet. He had badly BACKED eye
and he was bleeding at the mouth. The
Captain took the three of them to the
police station. He saw nothing of any
weapon, nor anything said by Lewis
or Turk on the way to the police station
about Mccarthy drawing a weapon OF
any kind.
Frank J. Turk told the following story
to an Advertiser reporter: about hall
past o'clock in the afternoon this mar
Mccarthy came up to Lewis and myself
and said he was going to kill the both OF
ly and We have never given Mr.. McCar-
thy any cause for acting as he did. As
II said, he made threatening remarks anG
started in to do us up. OF course We were
not going to stand anything like that
and defended ourselves. Mccarthy made
a motion to his hip pocket as IL he was
? trying to draw a gun. Thinking he was
going to shoot, 1 ran away as any other
man would do in such case. Then we
went up to the police station to swear
out a warrant for the arrest of Mccarthy
for assault with deadly weapon. We
haC heard all about the shooting affair
at the railroad depot yesterday and
! thought II high time that this carrying OF
deadly weapons was put an end to-"
Oscar Lewis said, Now let's get this
business straight I will tell you the
facts of the case just as they happened
J Mccarthy came along and told Turk and
me that he was going to kill us both
Well, when man says thing like that
you know what happens-the next moment
he was lying in the middle of the street
He had a gun with him and carried i,
In front in his clothes somewhere We
were not going to run any risk of get
ting lead pumped into us. can tell you
Gray Is McCarthy's right name; John
Doe Is one of his aliases. He Is generally
known by the sailors and among his as
sociates as Mccarthy. 1t is commonly
understood that he at one time associat.
ei in business with Lewis and Turk or
J the waterfront. McCarthys version O,
the affair Is as follows:
1T was about half past l o'clock and
was walking along Queen street RICH,
near McChesney's store, when Lewis ana
Turk came up to me, one of them from
either side and commenced questioning me
in regard to matters concerning the ship
ping of sailors. They said, What's this
we hear about you telling ships captains
that you can supply them with men who
Will work for less wages than the rner
We can ship? 1 said hadn't been doine
atything of the kind and then they haul
ed off and hit me. one right after the
lother. OF course / his back and defended
myself to the best of my ability. TURK
knocked me down, however and kicked
] me. When l got up Lewis ran awav and
started after him. Then the policeman
at the boat-landing came along and took
, W Zip to the police station, where / swore
out a warrant for the arrest of Lewis
and Turk, charging them with assault,
anc battery. Yes, I had a revolver IN
my clothes, but at no time did 1 attemp,
to draw 1t. I bought it about SIX or sever
days ago to protect myself from Lewis
and Turk. for about that time they hae
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