The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-08


body or not. Captain Spencer and
you, Captain Spinner said Deputy
Sheriff Chillingworth, will please con-
slider yourselves in my custody-you are
under arrest" 1t is understood that
later Captain Spilner denied having had
anything to do with The shooting. The |
prisoners below were examined and i
found to be in good condition. having. |
apparently. been well cared for on the |
voyage. The three wounded were not |
in serious plight. Mrs. Spencer and |
Mrs. Willer sat aft and viewed the |
proceedings with anxious interest. Mrs. |
Spencer doesn't want TO go back to
Laysan Island. She say she's had |
enough of it. She is brave woman |
but expected that her husband would
be surely killed in the tussle with the
Japanese. The memory of that awful
night still haunts her, and even old
Captain Spencer's voice shook with sup
pressed excitement when he related the
stirring experiences Of the night Of Au-
gust 18th.
The Ceylon was towed inside the har-
Dor by the Fearless and was anchored
in the stream near the lighthouse. Chill
ingwOrth then left her in charge of
four policemen with orders to allow no
body ashore or aboard.
JAPANESE EXAMINED.
Later in the evening some Of the Jap
anese prisoners were brought ashore
to the police station and examined.
They allege they had no idea of Great
ing any disturbance whatever, and that
at no time did they threaten the lives
of the white men. Their story is that
they were suffering for want of rice
and water. and that several times they
sent to Captain Spencer for these
necesSaries. Each time they were re-
fused, they say. They sent Tanaka,
their luna, for the food and drink six
successive times. according TO their ac-
count. At last. driven to desperation.
! they We're on their way to Captain
Spencer house in a body TO ask for
relief when, so their story goes, they
were met on the platform by the white
men with guns and We're fired upon.
(, Two of their number being killed and
three wounded. They became frighten-
ed then ard ran away.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Last night. after the examination OF
the Japanese at the police station, High
Sheriff A NJ. Brown issued a warrant
for the arrest of Captain Spencer on a
charge Of murder in the first degree.
Officer Hanrahan went aboard to serve
the warrant The thirty-fiYe japanese
rioters We're then taken ashore, where
they We're looked after. None of them
are under arrest Mrs. Spencer is much
agitated over the unexpected turn af-
fairs have taken. She can't realize
that her husband should be arrested or
a charge of murder for defending his
life and her life against the fury of a
mob OF forty men. -Four men fighting
forty" says Captain Willer of the Cey-
Ion, and Captain Spencer standing vi
there on the platform at the head oi
the little company of four men, defenG-
ing the lives of all like a man. ] tel
you, Captain Speneer's ali right
CAPTAIN SPENCER.
Captain Spencer is skipper with al
experience of fifty years at sea. He /:
over seventy years of age. lie is al
old kamaaina here and well known
both in these Islands and on the Coast
: He has passed through many adven
, lures, but declares he has never me
anything like facing the forty Japan
ese armed as they We're with improyise'
cutlasses and knives.
Tanaka the luna Of the japanese
when questioned aboard the Ceylon b,
= ChiIlingworth first admitted and the
denied that he had told Captain Spen
. Ger that the japanese Intended to at
tack him.
Spilner. formerly captain OF tn
mounted patrol in Honolulu, is no long
: er under arrest. Captain Spencer nov
2 being the only prisoner.
= 1t is probable that the schooner Alon
has. by this time. arrived at LaSsa
: Island. She took down ten japanese t
help load the Ceylon. The Aloha wi
find only the two white men on tn
: island She viii probably load guam
e before returning here. The Laysan Is
r land business is controlled by the Pa
q cific Guano and Fertilizer Company, i
a Hackfeld & Co, agents. Captain Sper
Ger looked after the business on the is
land He has been there off and on fc
I several years and has never before ha
: any trouble with the Japanese. on th
o night after the shooting, none Of til
white people went TO bed. but stayed u
armed and. ready. fully expecting ar
other attack by the japanese.
a SAY HE WANTED TO RULE.
e It is said by some of the crew of ii
8 Ceylon that the Japanese supposed
p be the cause Of all the trouble went
Laysan Island with the idea Of gettin
;, possession. and that he began to woI
u among the laborers to this end immi
r diately on his arrival. He was one
: the number who went down last tr-
a on the Ceylon, and was one Of the ~
p killed in the attack on the white me
% a police officer staid aboard the &c.
: Ion all night in charge Of Captain Spei
Ger This morning Captain Spencer VI
be brought ashore. Mrs. Spencer
a violently i'll owing To the shock. The o
- captain however. is calm. and on
II worries for his wife. He declares n
. innocence OF any wrong doing aud
n willing To let matters stralghten then
selves out
JAPS DECLARE INNOCENCE.
ar The above story was gathered almo
- entirely from the white men aboard q
= Ceylon; il was impossible to get an
- thing out Of the japanese aboard shi
At an early hour this morning il W
ed learned at the police station that q
D japanese upon examination declar
~ their innocence cf<ff6Sfng or 9th
wrong doing. and said that they we
simply imploring the white men (
food and drink when they were sh
p' down in cold blood. 1t was rumor
IN that their various allegations bore o
in this testimony. They seemed perfect
he at ease last night, and confident tn
all would be well with them. They a
~ being well looked after and We're pie
tifuIly supplied with food.
The Ceyion is the vessel viii
= brought the crew of the wrecked ba
IS, McNear back from Laysan Island. T
". wreck Of the McNear has drifted frc
v Dowsstt Reef 80 I-aysan Island "a
= tain Johnson. formerly master of t