The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-11

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successive times. atrufuiun tu tur.f nCs
count AZ mfl uutrH 20 uespefatvn,
tnty wtfH 900 tntf Nay o. tnpiaih
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|f6unf wnou pp their story EDra. thgy
we're met uu the p.hif0rm ~ the Wntto
7 men with guns nuu were nftu UPON.
Two rf tnrIr number beiuH killed nnd
three Wuuuuod 1ney Became frIgntpn-
"a then ana ran away.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Last night. after the examination OF
I the japanese ut the police station, high
Shcfiu \. NJ. .5fUwn ISSUED "A warrant
| Tor the arrest of captain Spencer on a
charge Of murder IN the nrst degree.
| OinCer Haufanan went aboard to n rye
the warrant. 1ne thirty-nve Japanese
/ rioters were then taken ashore, Wnere
they were looked after. None VI them
are under arrest Mrs. Spencer rs much
agitatcd over the unexpected turn al
fairs have taken Sne can't realize
/ that her husband should be arrested on
a charge Of murder for defending his
life ana her lie against the fury of q
mob OF forty men. Four men nghtins
forty" says Captain Niler of the Cey-
Ion, and Captain Spencer standing up
there on the platform at the head OF
the little company OF four men, defenG-
ing the ives OF all like a man. | tell
you, Captain Spencer's ali right
CAPTAIN SPENCER.
Captain Spencer is a skipper with an
experience OF fifty years al sea. lie IS
over seventy years of age. lie Is an
old kamaalna here and well known
both in these Islands and on the Coast.
lie has passed through many adven-
lures, but declares he has never met
anything like facing the forty Japan
ese armed as they were with improyised
Cutlasses and knives.
Tanaka, the luna of the japanese,
when questioned aboard the Ceylon by
Chillingworth,' first admitted and then
denied that he had told Captain Spen-
Ger that the Japanese intended to at
tack him.
mounted patrol in Honolulu, is no long
er under arrest, Captain Spencer now
being the only prisoner.
1t is probable that the schooner Aloha
has, by this time, arrived at Laysan
Island. She took down ten Japanese to
help load the Ceylon. The Aloha will
find only the two white men on the
island. She will probably load guanu
before returning here. The Laysan Is
land business Is controlled by the Pa
cific Guano and Fertilizer Company, II.
Hacltfeld & Co., agents Captain Spen-
Ger looked after the business on the is
land. He has been there off and on for
several years and has never before had
any trouble with the Japanese. On the
night after the shooting, none of the
white people went to bed, but stayed up
armed and ready, fully expecting an
other attack by the Japanese,
SAY HE WANTED TO RULE.
1t Is said by some of the crew of the
Ceylon that the Japanese supposed to
be the cause of all the trouble went to
Laysan Island with the idea of getting
possession, and that he began to work
among the laborers to this end imme-
diately on his arrival. He was one of
the number who went down last trip
on the Ceylon, and was one of the two
killed in the attack on the white men.
a police officer staid aboard the Cey-
Ion all night in charge of Captain Spen-
cer This morning Captain Spencer will
be brought ashore. Mrs. Spencer is
violently i'll owing to the shock. The old
captain, however, is calm, and only
worries for his wife. He declares his
innocence of any wrong doing and is
willing to let matters straIghten them
selves out.
JAPS DECLARE INNOCENCE.
The above story was gathered almost
entirely from the white men aboard the
Ceylon it was impossible to get any
thlng out or the Japanese aboard ship.
AT an early hour this morning it was
learned at the police station that the
Japanese upon examination declared
their innocence of rioting or other
wrong doing, and said that they We're
simply imploring the white men for
food and drink when they We're shot
down in cold blood. 1t was rumored
that their various allegations bore out
this testimony. They seemed perfectly
at ease last night and confident that
all would be well with them. They are
being well looked after and were plen-
tifully supplied with food.
The Ceylon is the vessel which
brought the crew of the wrecked bark
McNear back from Laysan Island. The
wreck of the McNear has drlfted from
Dowsett Reef to Laysan Island. Cap
tain Johnson, formerly master of the
Ceylon, Is in the city at the present
time.