The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-24
OF
THE BAT TIE
How Woven Wire Bailey
Held the Fort.
HIS COHORTS FAILED HIM
JackMeveigh's Attack on a Kuak n
Street House and Its
Success.

! How Woven Wire Bailey held the fort
against Jack McVeigh has not yet been
told Those who saw the now famous
battle on Thursday last have spread the
"details of 1t over town, but no word of
it has appeared in print.
| Jack McVeigh is now Federal quaran-
tine officer and is man not to be tri1ed
with Mrs. McVeigh last month rode by
la house owned by her husband on Kua
KIM street which had been vacant for
long time. She was astonished to see IT
occupied by a native family. When she
teld her husband he shared her astonish-
rnent and said that he had not rented it
to any one.
Mrs McVeigh had been told by the oc-
cupant that ]. f. Bailey. the bicycle man,
had given it to them free of charge. Nc
} Weigh informed his lawyer, Lorrin An
} drews, of the mysterious deal and the
latter called on Bailey.
!. Bailey said il was all right, for he IN
tended to buy the house from McVeigh
and that the bargain was all made. When
Andrews told McVeigh this the latter
} grew angry. He said he had never seen
Bailey about 1t.
Bailey explained later that Real Estate
house Savidge said that he knew no
more about the matter than that Bailey
had made him a proposition to buy the
house. No terms had been agreed on and
no permission given for occupancy. Saw
idge said he didn't know anybody lived in
! the house.
Attorney Andrews says that when he
told Bailey about this, Bailey agreed to
withdraw. Andrews saw Bailey's attOr-
ney. T. McCants Stewart, and the latter
! laughed long and loud.
why" said Stewart, "the only way you
can put out Bailey is by ejectment suit in
} the Circuit Court and as the calendar is
} crowded, ii will take two years to have
the suit brought or Bailey put out"
McVeigh thought this was a peculiar
law, and Andrews advised him to put
Bailey and his friends out by force.
Andrews made an arrangement to take
this step on Thursday at II o'clock. and
meeting Stewart at the Police Court ear.
ly in the day, told him of 1t.
II warn you," said Stewart, that If yot
attempt to put out those people today by
force there will be murder done. They
will repel force by force, and you take
your life in your hand if you co.
Andrews said that he was willing. and
with McVeigh and native as interpre
ter, they went at the time fixed to tn
Kuakini street house. They found thu
portcullis down, the drawbridge up an,
ed in the yard were Woven Wire Bailey
"a white man and two natives. McVeigl
demanded admission and Bailey denied il
The latter instructed his cohorts t
lspread themselves about the premises an
repel the invaders. Incidentally he aske
that the attacking party await his law
yer's coming. Bailey put his arm
around the gate and dared them to com
They tried to break the lock and to fore
Bailey away. Finally McVeigh climbe
on top of the fence to get into the var
and was showed back by Bailey. The
the battle grew hot McVeigh uttere
some strong language and drew back hi
arm to hit Bailey. His lawyer and tn
others succeeding in holding him Will
Bailey shouted, why don't you hit me?
Meanwhile the gate was broken ope
and the invaders went in. The other
had retreated to the piazza, while Bale
stayed in the yard. A truce was Gale
and the natives, agreeing to leave tn
house by Thursday, they were suffered t
remain until then
Bailey was left in heroic posture b,
side the ash barrel.