The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-19
LEWIS BEATS AGG|E' 5 TINE
BEST RUNNING MARK OF FILL
PINO LOWERED.
How Strategy Sprinting and an Old
Saluting Gun Triumphed over Brute
Force-Cases Continued Today.

The War of the Shipping Masters
would have been given an official con-
sideration this morning by Judge Will
cox had the prosecution been ready in
some of the cases and the defence in
another but as neither side was ready
to proceed with the particular case
where the other was ready, the ten
cases had to be continued until tomor-
D row morning.
The ten cases were those of the union
sailors who, 1t is SAID, attacked eX-
bailiff Lewis yesterday on the water
front when he wasn't looking and when
he didn't have Turk with him.
From the statements of the police the
ringleader was not caught until this
morning. He is Il. V. A. Christianson
who is said to be a runner for the
Sailors Union. He may be very speedy
as runner but he was distanced yes
terday by Oscar Lewis when Christian
son is alleged to have assaulted the
shipping master. Christianson was ar
raigned on charge of assault and bat
| terry upon Lewis. A. G. M. Robertson
appeared for the defence and asked for
a continuance until tomorrow morning.
| The prosecution was most gracious in
agreeing to the continuance. The prob
able reason for acquiescing so readily
was evident a little later during the
! case.
Anderson, j. d. Dalzell, Adolph Nell
son, A. Lambert, G. Nelson, F. Lawson
and John Brennan, all able bodied sea-
! men who looked fully competent to have
reefed the generous anatomy of Lewis
to the top of the highest telegraph
pole in town, were next arraioned upon
charges of "aiding, abetting, encourage
| ing and melting" ChTtstianson to COM
| NIT assault and battery upon Oscar
I i- yN1n Of OF mi 1txr
The prosecution asked for a continu-
ance but Mr.. Robertson who appeared
! for the bunch demurred. He thought
| it wrong to keep them unnecessarily
in Jail another day when some had no
| more to do with the alleged assault
than had he. The court remarked that
| it was a Door rule which could not
work both ways. He had just Granted
a continuance in the case of Christian
son and he thought that the prosecu-
ton should receive the same consider
| alton. Bail was reduced from 800
however to $25.
The instant that the continuance was
! granted Lewis and Turk jumped up
and rushed out of the court room. Evi-
IDENTIFY they proposed not to let any
grass grow under their feet and want
/ ed to ship as many crews as possible
| while their enemies were incarcerated.
The real explanation of how the
forces of the Sailors Union were so
| suddenly checked yesterday in their at
tack upon Lewis has not been told,
| Nothing but a rare combination of luck
anu strategy saved the eX-bailiff from
| a severe beating. When the crowd
jumped him, Lewis saw that discretion
was the better part of a shipping mas
! ter's existence so he proceeded to beat
hasty retreat. The ever vigilant Turk
was IN the proximity of Lewis. Had he
considered that there was any chance
of rescuing his partner he would have
given an imitation of Teddy charging
San Juan Hill but Turk reasoned that
two had no chance against thirty so he
chose strategy. The instant that he
saw Lewis in full and hurried retreat
Turk Immediately set up a mighty
shout of Police, Murder" and started
Eva on Queen street, hoping to draw
some of the pursuers away from Lewis
A few did start after the thin member
of the Heavenly Twins but as there
We're men to spare the danger to Lewis
was not materially lessened.
When Lewis took to his heels he
made a record for sprinting that has
never been equalled in these islands.
go it Aguinaldo' yelled the bystand-
ers as the portly Lewis went tearing
across the street toward the Wilder
ship chandlery store. Captain Camp
bell had an old saluting gun close to
| the doorway ana Wnen ne saw Lewis
come rushing with all the speed of
Aguinaldo toward his place, he had the
cannon moved ou. in plain view of the
pursuers. The instant that the crowd
saw the muzzle of the gun they halted
and allowed their intended victim to
elude them.
The instant that Lewis saw them stoI
he bravely rushed back to the front
door and with a dramatic wave of his
hands defied the bunch yours fol
luck" he yelled Come on you pirates
and I'll blow you into smithereens with
this battery" The sight of the bold
front put up by Lewis in the face OF
such danger, together with the back
ing of the saluting gun proved toe
much for the sailors and they sullenlN
retreated to their headquarters where
the police caught some of them.
People we'll acquainted with running
records assert that Lewis beat the bes
time made by Aguinaldo. Offers have
already been made to match Lewis
against Weller at mile, flying start
Lewis to pack weight for age.
CHARGE OF LARCENY.
| Mazda a Japanese was arraigned he.