The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-21
JARGON OF
The RING
|Ex-Bailiff Lewis in
Police Court
| Role.
DIDN'T RUN BUT
| QUICKSTEPPED
The Court Has an Intimate Session
With Another Courts Former
Bosom Friend.

| Yesterday Oscar Lewis, the erstwhile
baliff in Judge Humphreys court, faced
about a dozen sailors in the Police Court,
der him.
| AS a witness, Lewis vented his knowl-
edge of prize-fighting, and literally threw
chunks of the ring jargon around the
room. Judge Wilcox lodged them occa-
sionally and asked Lewis what he meant.
Lewis explained to the best of his knowI-
edge and in very fluent speech. One of
the witnesses for the defense told of the
troubles between the Sailors Union and
the crimps, showing that the Union and
Lewis and Turk are not on intimate
terms and that as a general thing they
do not speak as they pass by. Judge
Wilcox, In sentencing Christensen,
promised that If Lewis or Turk were
brought before him they, too. would
receive summary justice if they deserved
lit.
| In the afternoon eight men sat upon a
bench near the witness stand while Lew
is recounted his brave deeds. He pointed
to this and that man as having mad q
hand in certain attacks upon him, and
amused the spectators. as well as the
Judge. While Lewis was on the stand,
Turk, who was supposed to be out of
hearing in the corridor, edged his way
back toward the door, until an officer
espied him and ordered him back. Lewis
account ran about as follows:
| all SIa- OF xxyith
cIenched fists. and L got over towards
Brewers. This other fellow fired a
heavy blow at me with his fist, which l
lodged. Then this man, Nelson, gave me
a kick in the leg with his foot. l am pos
tive this is the man who fired heavy
blow at me-"
Did he fire his foot at your inquired
the Judge.
I Nav; he just kicked me- replied Lew
is. Then this man Rosen, he was the
one who prevented us from going along
the sidewalk-Turk and l. He stepped
out and put his arms like this Lewis
showed how a man stood akimbo), and
/ walked around to prevent his striking
me. He wanted me to lead on Aim. This
last man in the row assisted in striking
me; he didn't strike me, but he was in
a fightin' mood He was in the au-
dience'
Attorney Robertson, who defended the
sailors, inquired how it was Lewis mem
DRY was so much improved since the
morning session, when he had testified in
the Christensen case. Lewis retorted il
hadn't improved. Robertson said Lewis
could not pick out in the morning ses-
sion those who had struck him, but now
he had cut and dried story and history
of each individual.
Il don't say now they struck me, but
they were willin' to-
you started to run when they got aft
er you, didn't your
Nav, 1 didn't | walked away-step-
neutrality-suspicious. l didn't run, nav.
sir" replied Lewis grandly L got cold
feet when they all came after me, when
they We're all hollering to murder me. ]
was just quickstepping right along. ]
just broke away, and sidestepped and
backed away. Some of these fellows had
a fightin' mood on, but didn't have the
nerve to come after me and strike me-
The High Sheriff. officer McCready and
Turk Were witnesses for the prosecution,
but their testimony was not of much
weight.
The Judge finally dismissed the sailors
Lewis left the court room long before the
cases were finished. When Attorney Rob-
ertson began his argument for discharge
of the prisoners, Lewis took his hat and
quietly left. accompanied by the ever
faithful Turk.