The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-20
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ANOTHER MYSTERY OF THE
WATER FRONT.
Shipping Master Tells of Attack Upon
Him Also Enlightens Judge Wilcox
on Fighting Terms.

Judge Wilcox was busy this morning
trying to unravel the mystery of who
struck Oscar Lewis. If the testimony
of the witnesses for the defence in the
case against 10. V. A. Christianson who
was charged with being the man, is to
be relied upon Christianson did not do
the deed. Lewis and his partner Frank
Turk were equally positive however
that Christianson had been the indi-
Vidual That Lewis was hit no one de-
MED. All that A. G. M. Robertson who
defended Christianson wanted to show
was that his client had not been the
man.
"Well it was just like this judge"
said Lewis on the stand. Il was in
the Wilder ship chandery store and
had come out when this gentleman, Mr..
Christianson, came up and started TO
talk to me. l told him 1 didn't want
any thing to say to him and l walked
on Queen street up toward Nuuanu in
company with Mr. Turk. Chrstianson
followed with a mob of about twenty
men. We got up the street a short dis
tance and there we were met by "a sec
ond mod and that fellow, Anderson
stepped up and knocked against me as
If he was trying to get me to start the
smash. l stepped out into the street
and went around the crowd and got on
the sidewalk again and pretty soon 1
heard a sort of shuffling of feet and a
little murmur and / turned and saw
Christianson at the head or a gang of
men. He made punch at me and hit
me in the right side of the neck and
knocked me against a little cart in the
street. Then the mob jumped me and
all tried to take smash at me. 1 stay
ed my ground and protected myself as
best could. side stepped and backed
up and moved away
Here hold on" interrupted the court,
My education in that line has been
neglected. What do you mean by side
step and back up and moving away and
smash. The only smash l know of is
the kind they give you at the lemonade
stands"
We'll you see your honor" remarked
Lewis "a smash is a blow with the
hand, and you side step when you sort
of jump over man to get out of his
way and back up is a sort of moving
out of his way too. They was all after
me hard enough and l got couple of
kidney punches and another one higher
| up that jolted me a bit. They was
| kicking me too. All of them took a
hand and those fellows over there in
| the dock if they didn't kick or hit me
were there ready and willing enough to
do 1t. The paper said I was running
away but | was there taking a chance
| with them" added Lewis with evident
sorrow at the reflection on his abilities
| as a scrapper.
"Oh never let the papers worry YOU
soolningly remarked his honor and SC
| the examination of Lewis was conclud-
ed with honor to the shipping master
Deputy Sheriff ChillingwOrth was kind
enough to ask nothing about the man.
ner of his escape from the mob and
left Lewis in the center of the street
"sidestepping and backing up and NOV.
ing away" from the mob of assailants
| until Lewis returned to the chandlery
| store Mr.. Robertson was also consider.
ate for although he was ruthless in his
| cross examination even he did not pre-.
! sumo to destroy the heroic figure OF
| "Aguinaldo" Lewis defying the mob OF
infuriated union sailors.
| Iufk corroborated the testimony OF
| Lewis, exact as to the heroic "sidestep.
| ping and backing up and moving
away" Turk said that as soon as LIE.
WIS got 1t in the neck Turk tore to the
police station for help
This closed the case of the prosecu.
ton and the defence put a number OF
| sailors on the stand
All of the witnesses claimed to have
seen the attack on Lewis but none coulC
remember who had hit. the blow. TIL,
majority were positive however that 4
| mad not been Christianson. James
| Brown was sure 1t was not Christian.
| son because the latter was walking q
yards away from Lewis at the time
that the assault took place. Victor
Watucaugue was equally sure it wa.
not Christianson because Christiansor
had not moved at all from the shiI
chandlery. Both witness We're posltiv,
| however that Lewis ran.
Judge Wilcox carefully weighed al
of the evidence and finally gave hi.
opinion that Christianson was guilty.
I'm not guilty" cried the defendant
| springing to his feet.
You had better sit down Mr. Christ.
ianson,' calmly rejoined the court, 1--WE
don't let people conduct themselves
that way in this court. If you cam
sit down and stay down we may have
to send you to place where you viii
be made to sit down. l fine the defend
ant $50 and cost. These rows have go
to stop"
II The cases against the eight seamer
charged with aiding, abetting and TAX
ing part in the attack on Lewis ar,
being heard by Judge Wilcox this aft
ernoon.