The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-19
.LANLESS JAPS SENTENCED.
PUNISHED FOR DISTURBING THE
PEACE.
Chased Portuguese Clerk and officer
With Clubs and Hatchets Near
Thomas Square.

Twenty-Five Japanese were arrested
Tuesday night in the neighborhood of
Thomas Square upon the charge of riot
ing which was later changed to that of
disturbing the peace of the neighbour
hood.
The men are residents of a little Jap
anese colony on Beretania street near
Pensacola and servants in the neighbour
hood and claim that they, and particu-
larly their women, have been molested
by gang of Portuguese hoodlums who
have in some instances made a practice
of waiting for the women to leave their
places of work after dark and then rob
them.
An occurrence of this kind happened
on Monday night and the little brown
men resolved to take the matter into
their own hands. A band of them
armed with clubs and hatchets organ
lied themselves into a sort of vigilence
committee and paraded on Beretania
Street when they ran across Cabral
and proceeded to attempt to take away
his wheel and generally do him up.
Cabral, breaking away, rode off to the
police station for help. Officer Richard
son who arrived found that crowd of
shouting Japs was rapidly assembling
and turned back for more aid. Rein
forced by officers Spencer and r. Moss
who had been sent from the station and
patrolmen Steward and Aubrey, the
thoroughly excited mob of Japanese
who were shouting at the top of their
voices and blowing whistles was cor
rallied and, surrendering at discretion,
marched to the station where bail was
affixed at $40 head.
In the hearing of the case before Jus
tice Wilcox yesterday Cabral who is
employed as a head of a department
by Kerr and Co., said he was riding
along Beretania street when he saw a
mob of Japanese armed with clubs and
hatchets parading the street Follow
ing them and enquiring the trouble
one of them tried to take away his bicy-
Gle and they all swore at him and his
countrymen generally.
Breaking away and returning with
police protection, Cabral was again
attacked and took refuge with the Of
ficer in a house in Cottage Grove. Fur
Their assistance was telephoned for and
the mob taken to the station.
Cabral was the impersonator of the
bold brigand Jesse James at a recent
local entertainment but confessed him
self in mortal fear of the japanese VINO
rushed after him. The total mob num-
bered about fifty and collected in res
ponse to the cries and whistles of the
first crowd of Japs.
1t was further proven that the Japs
had circled around the house in which
the officer and Cabral had taken refuge
yelling and possessing evident intent
to do them an injury if they came out.
One of the members of the crowd was
fully proved to have been merely a
spectator and was given his freedom by
Judge Wilcox. The others were SEN
fenced to pay the costs and imprison-
ment for ten days at hard labor, Judge
Wilcox stating that while they had no
doubt been aggravated by the Portu-
guese that the action of gathering a
threatening mob and chasing a respect
able citizen and an officer could not be
tolerated and must be made an example
of before such displays of lawless vio-
lence become frequent.