The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-12-06
PETERSON PRACTICALLY FREED
FROM SUSPICION.
Wanted to Leave the Country and Turn
Sailor on Account of a Termagant
Wife.

william Peterson, who was summon
ed as a witness to the Lubbock inquest
and questioned somewhat closely on ac-
count of his having been supposed to
have been in a fight in the Germania
saloon and with a man named Leigh
mann on Saturday morning attempting
to ship, went to Kauai on Tuesday to
work on a wharf that is being erected
by Cotton Brothers.
Charles Vessels, part proprietor of
the Germania saloon states that he is
certain that Peterson was i'm no way
mixed up with the quarrel and explains
more clearly the reason of Peterson's
attempt to go to sea with Leighmann.
1t would seem that on Thursday night
there was Thanksgiving dinner and
general celebration at the home of the
saloon keeper to which most of his
friends were invited. Peterson and his
wife were to have been included among
the guests but Peterson. who was then
in the employ of the saloon was forced
in the course of his duties to remain and
serve out beer at the Germania.
Mrs. Peterson is Portuguese by birth
and it would appear that she felt her.
self greatly sighted by not having par
taken of the Thanksgiving cheer, vent
ing most of her wrath upon her spouse,
so much so indeed that Peterson re-
marked to his employer the next day
that he had had a row with his wife
last night" and that he guessed he
Leighmann. The attempt to ship was
not successful and Peterson achieved
peace by leaving the island for Kauai.
This materially helped to clear Peter
son from any suspicion that might have
been attached to him with regard to
connivance in the affair.
Leighmann is still in town Mr. Wes-
sells states positively that the fight with
Leighmann and Peterson's brother i'm
law took place on Thursday afternoon
and was merely an ordinary brawl
brought on by Celebratin a little too
heavily. OF the same character was
the fight between Peterson and a Ger
man named Gust on Friday evening
Leighmann is no longer working at
Governor Dole's having severed him
self from that connection when he
found himself adorned with two lovely
black eyes" Leighman and Peterson
both knew Lubbock at any rate by sight
Dut in WesseIs opinion were not on
either friendly or unfriendly terms
Leighmann states that he has known
LuDeck for seven years. Lubbock was
not IN the Germania saloon Friday aC-
cording to the testimony of botn the
part proprietors Charles Vessel and
A. Becker.
The Benjamin F. Packard which has
| teen associated with the death of Lu-
| beck, left this port last Sunday after
| considerable trouble. CAPTAIN Allen
wanted to get a crew as soon as possible
without going to the regular shipping
masters so when the Roanoke appear
| ed, he had talk with the Roanoke's
captain on the matter about helping
MIN secure crew. Both of those yes
sells belong to the Sewall company. so
eight of the men on the Roanoke were
| asked If they would be transferred to
the Packard, if paid off by the Roanoke
| Ihey agreed to this and were trans
| Ierred and their money given them.
| Inc men agreed to the transfer sim
| ply for the purpose of getting their
money, without having to wait until
the Roanoke reached San Francisco.
once they secured the money however.
! then wanted to leave the Packard. Af-
ter some trouble, the entire lot left the
vessel, Captain Allen finding himself
| with only half a crew.
Inc work of shipping crew was nut
IN the hands of the runner for the
sailors, Home and, for several DAYS, the
| vessel lay here without a crew. Two of
the men who had deserted the Packard
were induced to ship in her and the run
her succeeded in getting three more
sailors from the front. Shipping Com.
missioner Boyd shipped three men from
the Archer so this made up the eight
men required by the vessel and she wa,
aoie TO get away on Sunday.