The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-11

Had Betrayed Sister Isabel.
There was a tragedy of the heart en-
acted at the Quarantine wharf yester-
day afternoon. That it was not ac-
companied by an actual tragedy was
matter of good luck. For over an
hour Isabel Cruz the little Porto Bican
who claimed she had been assaulted
by j. Oppenheimer one of the Porto
Rican crowd, watched the steamship
Colon for a glimpse of her lover. For
over an hour her brother Antoine stood
at the edge of the wharf away from
his sister, also watching the steamship
lie was armed with a revolver for he
had come to kill the man who he swore
had betrayed his little IA year old COM
panion. What the girl wanted there
was not so apparent She probably
came there with sorrow in her heart
over the departure of her lover and not
him 40 put up the gun.
Oppenheimer was examined before
Judge Wilcox yesterday morning and
afternoon on the charge of rape. Isabel
had told her story gliby enough to
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth and when
corrobOrated by the evidence of her
brother and another Porto Rican man
the official was satisfied that he had
a strong case against Oppenheimer who
came in charge of the immigrants on
the ship. When the case came to a
hearing the girl fell down absolutely in
her testimony and, probably actuated
by her love for the defendant, refused
to repeat the statements she had made
to Chillingworth. The result was that
the court had to discharge the defend
ant
But this did not end the case for
a hp n
has a soul and the supposed disgrace
of his sister preyed upon him. Unable
to get in an American court the Justice
he thought himself entitled to, he de-
termined to take the law into his own
hands. Accompanied by his friends he
armed himself with a loaded revolver
and followed by Isabel, he hurried to
the Quarantine wharf to wait for OPP
penheimer.
Had Oppenheimer not been mistaken
about the time of departure of the yes
sci and delayed rejOining her after his
discharge in the police court Cruz
would have probably met and killed
him. AS it happened Oppenheimer got
into a carriage after leaving the police
court and was hurriedly driven to the
Colon as it was supposed that the YES
sci would sail for San Francisco at the
earliest possible moment. Oppenheimer
had not walked aboard and disappear
ed five minutes before the Cruz girl ac
companied by the two men walked up
to the gang way of the vessel. She
tried to go aboard but the quarter
masters refused to admit her. Cruz
contented himself with taking a posi-
ton on the wharf, midship's and anX
iously watching for Oppenheimer
The fellow evidently must have been
aware of the threatened trouble for he
remained in hiding during the hour that
| the vessel remained alongside. Neither
| Cruz nor his sister stirred from their
positions on the wharf.
Finally at 3 o'clock the vessel cast
loose her lines and slowly swung out
into the stream. The helpless rage of
the brother was apparent but he con-
trolled himself well and made no out
burst until suddenly, several of the
ships men threw two empty bottles at
his head then the latent anger sprang
into flame. In an instant Cruz had
whipped a revolver out of his pocked
and levelled it at the vessel Infuriat-
| ed as was the man he would in all
probability, have fired Unfortunately
at the people lining the side of the ship,
although Oppenheimer was not among
them.
Jack McVeigh had been standing near
the Porto Rican watching the fellow.
The instant that the revolver was
pointed at the ship McVeigh sprang for
and grabbing the arm of Cruz ordered
him to put up the gun.
'Ah you-let me go | shoot; l kill
him, the" shrieked the enraged
brother. But McVeigh held out the
Porto Rican until the later put the pis-
tol away. To all this the woman had
been n silent spectator. Whatever
pangs she suffered We're probably be-
cause the man for whom she cared was
leaving her. Probably she was in her
heart grateful to McVeigh for control
ling her brother so that Oppenheimer,
wronging her as he may have done,
could escape without injury. But
through it all she said nothing and long
after the vessel had rounded Diamond
Head and was lost from view she was
still gazing out to sea.
The three Porto Ricans We're abso-
lutely destitute but Jack McVeigh was
generous enough to allow them to sleep
at the Quarantine wharf and also to
provide them with money for food. To
day they will go to one of the planta-
tons.