The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-17
TURK AND LEWIS IN ENTIRELY
NEW ROLES.
Alleged to Have Hidden Mate Ray
From Imaginary Arrest Then Work
ed Him for $50.

If what Mate John A. Ray of the
Henry Willard says is true, and there
are many who credit his story, Ship
ping Masters Turk and Lewis led him
merry dance for over a week. In
fact, the mate must have lost flesh
from worrying for he was given to un-
derstand that there was a warrant is
sued for his arrest. The result was
that Ray was lodging an impossible
arrest on an imaginary warrant for
days. He had entertaining company
he says however in the persons of F..
j. Turk and Oscar Lewis.
Over week ago Ray got into an
alteration with one of the sailors on
the vessel. The mate worsted the sailor
! in the fight and while Ray realized
that there must be some resentment
felt against him he did not at the time
suspect that the sailor contemplated
calling on the law to avenge the thrash
ing.
Lewis and Turk heard of the row so
it is alleged and they went to Ray
and warned him that the sailor was
hot after his scalp. Honolulu was just
now in the throes of virtuous resent
ment against cruel ships officers who
mistreated their crews. A captain and
several mates were already under ar
rest and they were likely to be severely
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shipping masters further represented,
so it is claimed, that Ray could not
afford to let the case come to court.
! The sailor Nls bent on the mates be-
! ing arrested and unless the case was
/ squared" it was hard to tell how long
! the mate would have to serve on the
reef.
The men made such an impression on
! Ray, so he says, that he permitted
b them to assume direction oUar bic
movements and act as his guards to
warn him of the approach of the DO
/ lice. The shipping men took him to a
room in a lodging house and there
he remained in hiding for a day or so
: In order to make the play strong how
ever, Ray says that they ran breath
less up the stairs and declared that
the officers were downstairs with the
warrant looking for him. His only
I chance of escape was through the up
stairs window across the roof Raw had
not been shipping before the mast for
nearly score of years for nothing and
ne was able to- navigate in the perilous
position. He was hurried out to the
Moana hotel so he says and kept there
in hiding for a day or more.
Ray says that Lewis and Turk warn.
ed him that they must be given $2C
each for ''squaring" the case with the
police and a third 500 for one of thu
police officers. Ray says he punglec
the money and was told to go and hide
no more for the case had been "squar
ed"
Ray did not tumble" to how he haC
been ION the string" until a day or 81
ago. He was on the street when whC
should approach him but the sailo
who was supposed to be after his scalp
Instead of passing with the frozer
countenance the sailor extended hi.
hand to the mate and expressed him
self as bearing no malice. Ray though
1t would have been quite a funny sor
of fellow who could not afford to for.
give and forget after having caused
him to loose 25 pounds from worry. II,
was strongly tempted to do some NOR,
smashing. The men talked it oVel
however and then Ray discovered hov
he had been treated. He lost no tim,
in swearing TO complaints charginl
Turk and Lewis with gross cheat
Their cases will come up before Judg,
Wilcox tomorrow. Both of the shippin,
masters declare that there is "nothinl
in it. They are all right and honest,
they declare.