The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-19
A MIDNIGHT
PR()VIL.ER
Pistol and Whistle
Break Up
Sleep.
YOUNG STREET IN
ITS NEGLIGEE
Discharged japanese Servant De-
stroys Garden, Scares Wom-
en-, and Draws Fire.

| The beauty sleep of the residents In
the neighborhood of Young street, near
Thomas Square, was disturbed last
| evening by an amateur attempt at a
police whistle. and the crack of Larry
Dee's revolver. There was a general
rush out of doors. All the japanese
in the neighborhood thronged the
street, while negligee attired forms
peeped from behind window blinds and
curtains. The men sailed out shirt
sleeved, and those of the women who
could find holoku or kimono, came
out timidly behind them. Dogs arous-
ed themselves and the rest of the
sleepers, and proceeded to help sound
a general alarm. Soon a policeman
came up, yielding his authority a mo-
ment later to Mounted Patrolman
Maitland who, seeing the crowd afar,
and seeming an inc4pient riot or a
| massacre, gallopad up at full speed.
What had happened was this:
Mrs. Thompson, who lives on Young
street the Eva side of Thomas
Square, ana who is a close neighbor
of Larry Dee's, possessed a Japanese
servant, man who seemed at the
first, an acquisition, but who mas OF
late developed serious flaws. The Jap
| lived in the house, and being pamper-
ed with afternoons off, nights out, I'M
limited rice and a fair proportion of
white mans fare, developed a capacity
for carelessness and back talk that
| brought about his dismissal from Mrs.
Thompson's employ.
Ungrateful for past favors, the little
brown man came back on the night
of his discharge and destroyed the
blossoming beauty of his late mistress
front yard, pulling up everything in
sight out of boxes and empty sake
tubs, and laying waste the neatly
planted flower beds that We're the
pride of Mrs. Thompson's heart.
Therefore, yesterday morning a war
rant was sworn out against the Orien-
tai for malicious injury, and Officer
Torno was detailed to locate him, but
without avail. The servant who min
listers to the wants of the folks next
door to the Thompson's is a bosom
friend of the flower destroyer, but re-
fused to blab on his fellow country
mans whereabouts Mrs Thompson
still holds the trunk of her late SER
want, who departed clad solely in
shirt and overalls. To gain change
of raiment, or perhaps, as Mrs.
Thompson feared, to cut the throats
of the whole household in their sleep;
the fell destroyer came sneaking
around the house last evening and was
espied by Mrs. Thompson and neigh
Dor.
The irate mistress gave chase, and
the Jap ran, but the lady-s ''neart be-
ing in her throat at the sight or him.
she soon lost her breath and returned
to her house. On recovering sufficient
wind she blew a whistle that happened
/! handy, and MIR. Dee, also awake,
thrust his head and a revolver out of
his bedroom window and fired into an
algaroba tree, the combined cutlery
bringing the officers. Mrs. Thompson
refused to be comforted by the officers
assurance that the man would not be
likely to return after being once nred
at. The alarmed lady, seemingly re-
posed little faith in Dee's marksman-
ship, and asked for a special officer to
keep watch around the premises until
morning. This favor not peing prac-
ticable, Mrs. Thompson certified her
intention of staying up all night and
invited her neighbors to keep watch
with her. There viii probably be sleepy
heads Whereabouts this morning. The
japanese will be run to earth today,
and duly prosecuted