The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-08-08
MAtt MEYER
lS A WONDER
schooner, Olhe,f Il S,s lsw,s',
Navigator, srd Macy Oihtr
1hirs,.

Thcfe whs o. rrtat deal o' iaik boz
shipping circles yesterday con rrninr
the schooner Pred , wood ana ths
action ~ hcf mate. Heinrich Asyst. boz
bringing the vessel into Honolulu Al
though very shorthanded after IN,
murder Mate Heinrlch brought the w.
~ along To- great shape and II nov
being compllmcntcd on an sides Tor bic
work.
Meyer u a young man. % medium
helrht but strong build ard his features
are study A light m0ustichc utu-
crates his face and his blue eyes glance
straight at one with an honest. fearless
CLEAN in them. Meyer. although quiet
and easy going IN his manner has any
amount of nerve. At the tim" of the
murder he was asleep but at the first
cutlery he got on deck and did not
mince matters for a moment. He or
dered the captains body brought up
| from the donkey room and placed a
sailor I'm charge OF the murderer. giving
him n heavy hammer with which to
subdue him in case he made any more
trouble Then the mate took every
possible care OF the masters body and
with true chivalry carried out all the
wishes of the captains wife. He had
the carpenter build an air tight box OF
lumber and placed the body In this. He
decided quickly to put into Honolulu
and shaped the vessels course for this
port.
He appreciated the great sorrow Of
the widow and gave strict orders for
everyone to keep away from the after
part OF the ship except when duty
should call them there. He only intrud-
ed into the presence of the captains
wife when he absolutely had to go
there and on those occasions was bash
full as a country school boy, going to
the cabin with his hat in his hand and
his tongue sticking to the roof Of his
mouth.
! He picked up the work of navigation
Immediately and the ship lost no time.
Every man on the ship respected his
orders and carried them out with
alacrity.
/ But amidst all the mates work in
navigating the ship he still found time
to develop into "A great sea lawyer. He
realized that the two Japs must be kept
separate 80 he had sailors bring the
murderers food to him and kept the
Jap cook at a safe distance. He appre-
ciated the fact that evidence is always
best ut first hand and while the hap
penings are still fresh in mems minds
| so he got the crew together and did
/ everything i'm regular order. lie had
each man write out his own statement
and sign 1t. Then he had sort OF
court martial over the case and as tod
~
Il verdict finding the boy guilty of the
murder and added a rider to it saying
that in their opinion the Jap cook was
an accessory to it, He had all th'
bloody clothing carefully saved. anC
aid not disturb single place wher,
precious human blood had been spilled
on deck or ON the lumber cargo. &C
curate and detailed descriptions of tn
whole affair were carefully incorporat
ed in the schooners log. No point II
, the case was left unrecorded and whei
on arrival here the representatives o
J the United States marshal boarded tn
craft he had all evidence ready to turf
} over. Truly, Meyer is a great "sei
/, lawyer" of a type that any novels
could make "A most charming sketcl
OF and still stick to realities.
One would expect that Meyer would
need some relaxation after all this eX
element on arrival in port. But he dlt
, not. He was up early yesterday super
) intending the work of getting tn
5 schooner into the harbor and Wen
about It in very unobtrusive and mat
} ter of fact way. When his vessel wa
safely moorcd he put the sailors a
their ordinary routine of work an
0 then came ashore to look after tn
schooner's business and 10 see an un
dertaker concerning the embalming o
the captains body.
Meyer is certainly n nonesuch and
this work does not result in "A BIZ
b change in his career many men oil
the waterfront in Honolulu will mis-
their guess.