The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-11
LAYSAN ISLANDS
STORY OF BLOOD



them were allowed on deck during the
hight time and only a certain number
II time were permitted 60 come M
out Of the hold during the day. They
were well treated on the passage from
Laysan and the three wounded were
well taken care Of. The Ceylon sailed
from Laysan on the 10th OF August and
nothing OF particular interest occurred
on the voyage to port. The prisoners
created no trouble on board, indeed
they didn't have a chance to- There
were no ladders allowed during the
night into the between decks nor were
any ropes left hanging In the hold. The
passage was "A calm one ana no water
was taken aboard so that the prison.
ers below were comfortable and not
troubled by any inclemency OF the
weather or anything else. The Ceylon
took on just enough ballast at Laysan
to bring her here.
POLICE GO ABOARD.
About midday yesterday the Ceylon
was off port, lying to with just her jibs
and topsails on her. AS soon as Cap
tain Willer could communicate with
Captain Brokaw of the tug Fearless,
he sent a communication ashore to the
vessels agents stating what had occur
red and asking that the police be noti-
fed and that squad of policemen be
sent out to the bark The tug Fearless
waited ready at the naval wharf for
the coming of the police. Shortly after
o'clock the patrol wagon dashed onto
Tho ,rho,f ana Don,ty cboriff CbiI1iry-
worth ,,itb fnpr noIicap1a, i,,nnaa ont
ana won't obo,rd tho FearIass ,rbe
,o,,rosont,ti,.a of II ry,cLrald G. ~
,g.,,ts fo,. tho ca,Inr ord nv. ,,ar.
1ou, r,oro,a,. az tb. poc;so r,,o,o o,,,
Eorti1izar cor,nany also boardad tho
,ro, os ala aIsn an Adyor+iso,. ,o,,o,.t,,.
,rbe Eoor,ess ,icl,ed nm tho ni,ot or tho
,y,,, o,t 7, ,oo,, ,.o,.,. 1i,tI, .ir,o for
tba smart ton,hoot 10 reoct tbo Ce,,Ion
witch ,,..s I,,i,,o, onI,, , 1i,t,a nm, o,t
.,tdo th, mouth of ,ba h,,,or vvha,,
yyitbir about a hundred Yards or tho
h,rl, tho milo, bodt u,,s brourbt o,orr
side the t,,e~ and Danutv sbe,iff chill
lingwortb tho forr no1ice,,or tho
AGENTS and the Advertiser ranortar
inn,nad in ord u,era nuIIed or 70 tho
starhoard side of tbe CevIon where q
rome ladder hung ovar tho side uur-
,iadl,, tba,, scran,h1od ob,ard fo,, Of
Iust that tin,e II woe not knoyr ex-
oo+I,, ,bot bod hao, ooir, ON ana "a
v,rnt oytent the ,oI;ce yynre raaded
CONFUSION OF TONGUES.
Deputy Sheriff Chillngworth wore a
dangerous looking shooting machine
strapped on his left hip and on the belts
of the four stalwart native policemen
glistened many highly polished hand
cuffs. A strange CONFUSION reigned
aboard for the first few moments after
the police We're over the side Chilling
worth darted round trying to get in a
few words what the trouble was. Some
body pointed down the hatchway where
the covering Japanese were prisoners,
saying: There are the niurderers!"
Whom did they murder? Was it a
white man? Is the body aboard?
Which of them did the killing or was it
all OF them?" We're some of the ques-
tlons fired at the little company which
gathered at the side to meet the police
"weu, thav didn't exoctlv murder
o,,,,,,,d,. - ,,, ~, o,,,,.a,. ..,>rt ,ha,,
',i', ,,,; 49, "%S 'lte an9 ,a,', u' -
ana their ieNei pest TO XIII al the WhiIe
Then Captain Spencer was questioned
and it was learned that they were Jap
anese who were killed and that the
white mo, had done tbair L,IIino ir do
1t .,,a,,a,,,a, Ic',,7, -,
t'i'u'i,S ',''l'Se',.'' H''i pous e
cerieo III the matter was apoaru except
the two japanese left dead on Laysan
Island and the engineer and Captain
SpenCer's son who had remained on the
Island
ChiII,nc,.or,,, o,,,t,u.1 ,o ouostio,,
,,,,i,,', ''',,'1 ,,,, " y. ~ W.
"p.""'
Inc Whole loftS OF thelh rose up re-
fused to work, threatened our lives,
made "A rush at us to kill us evidently,
as they were armed, while we were try
inu to nacifv tham ,, said rantoin snan-
,,,,, Wv al a 80, a,ta, ,o,.,,i,,cr
W. 'ieu 'l t,'oi'' 'i'e' "''l '''iH
theI' 'hat we Wouiu use our weapons,
| shot eight times. TWO were killed
and three We're wounded. 1t was a
matter of life and death and we had
our lives to defend"