The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-01-22

BILLY Hurd or Hurt" Allen colored,
and hestated a second before he could
regain his speech and wnen ne did,
was only able to utter lame excuse
about being proud Of his own name,
| Allen" and never had any reason to
| change 1t.
Yes, have read the story in the
Advertiser, and l want 10 say that |
have never had In my possession any
of Colonel Beams money, nor do ]
want any of II. l was inclined to get
a little hot when / noticed the way
my character was handled, but as l am
only here for II short time for my
health, and am not trying to make any
acquaintance, it cannot hurt me any.
For the past fourteen years / have
been engaged in mining engineering In
California and Mexico, and am now on
my way to Australia to inspect mine
there for Mr.. Shepard l am Interested
in the San Francisco mine at Durango,
Mexico, with w. w. Graham. l am not
card sharp, nor am ! Il crook, and |
have never played for big stakes in my
life.
so far as Colonel Bean is concerned,
l want to say that he is not "A gentle
man, and as / shall be here wnen ne
returns, / shall have the pleasure OF
telling him so. ] met him at the lla-
waiian Hotel, and as he seemed to be
good sort of fellow, we started out
for good time. We did drink consld-
cradle during the evening, but l VIII
buy a new hat for any one who saw
us touch any wine. We played poker
a little-only n friendly game-and the
drinks and carriage hire amounted to
a great deal more than the money that
changed hands.
MY opinion Of the affair is this, that
Colonel Bean wanted to derraud the
pnInrnl hn had with or
his share of the commission paid to
him by Bishop ~ Co Why, In the pres
ence OF Beckiey and Gray, Bean stated
that he thought a niger was not en-
titled to as much money az a white
man, and asked us to support him in
the statement that he had lost the
money in "a poker game. He said that
he had about him about $500, part or
which belonged to the negro, and after
asking us to stand by him, he said:
I'll just keep the money, and skin the
Niger
'These were his own words, and he
evidently told Manson, the colored
man, that he had lost all of the mon
ey. and that | was the one who had
Manson came out to my house, pre-
sumably to try to get back some of
the money l was supposed to have
won, but as / happened to be away
looking at plantation, 1 did not see
him. l think that the matter of put
ting the case in the hands of an at
torney by Colonel Bean Is only a bluff,
and done for the purpose Of throwing
dust In the nigger's eyes"
Police on the Alert.
High Sheriff Brown said last night
that he felt sure that Allen was the
head and front Of a gang of sure
thing" men who had come here to do
up Hawaii. He said that he had in
formation as to the identity of Allen,
and that the Advertiser need have no
fear in exposing him. 1t Is understood
that Allen. Beckley, who Is associated
and lives with Allen. and Chambers,
who Is one Of the gang. but has kept
in the background so far, all carry
loaded revolvers. A man connected
with the Hawaiian Hotel brushed by
Chambers in the bar Of that establish
ment few days ago. and felt a re-
volver in Chambers hip pocket. TIL.
police are determined to drive the
crooks out of town, and they will be
arrested on one charge or another
within day or two