Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-09
FORMER H|IO EDITOR
GETS Ito RUMPUS
With SAUS0LlT0 MAN
SparrOwe Attacked On Account Of
Publication Made in His Paper
Was Waylaid and Lively Scnm-
mage Followed

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rowe feet 6 and weighing 40 pounds,
was brutality beaten in Sausalito yes
terday morning by Tom Frost. 6 feet
and weighing over 200 pounds. Frost
is said to have waylaid his victim in +,
lonely quarter and attacked him with.
out warning
Sausalito is recognized as a strenu.
Gus political center in campaign or out
for one issue it has always-that Of the
poolrooms. The location was designed
as a residence district, and as such tn,
heights were settled principally by
business and professional men alonl
California street; there are others, but
California street predominates-o the
heights. Then came what Is known as
the "Beachcombers." who settled along
the water front, They are reputable
business men along the front" but
the majority of the residents of that
locality affiliate with the poOlrOOm elc-
ment. The hill" jewellers are opposed
TO licensing that evil, and no matter
what the other issues involved in u
political campaign. that OF the pool.
rooms takes precedence.
License" is the slogan Of the Low.
lands, and is answered by no license
the gathering cry of the Highlands.
Often have the clans been arrayed
against each other; weapons have
been displayed in and out of courts
OF justice by the leaders of the Low
lands, who have generally been vic.
torious. Now another municipal cam.
paign is on. and the fiery cross has
gone around with a speed that to the
Highlands betokcns an urgent need OF
muster.
Sparrowc, who at one time conduct.
ed the Hilo (HawaiD Tribune. Is reaI
estate ban, with Offices at 3O3 CalifOr,
mia street, and Is one of the manager.
Of the Sausalito Advocate, the organ o
the Improvement Club. composed o.
jewellers on the heights. where Spar
rowe resides. Tom Frost Is leader o
one faction of the poolrOom element
Recently number Of persons allcge,
to have been Colonized by that elemen
were arrested on the charge of illega
registration. This. together with edi
| torials in the Advocate that hurt
aroused the ire of the Lowlands and o
Frost in particular. With rcfcronc
to the encounter yesterday Sparrow
said.
Il was on my way to catch the O.:
boat to the city, and was passing b
the long cement wall on Water stree
when Frost stepped out of a mich,
where he had evidently been in wait
ing. ! know him by sight, but do nc
speak to him. when he stepped in iron
Of me he asked: Are you one of tn
managers of the Advocate?' | reptile
that | was, and the next instant h
grabbed me by the throat with his lei
hand and struck me u powerful blO'
on the mouth with his right. and jam
ming me against the cement wall, con
tinued to rain blows on my face unit
dropped insensible to the grOunC
When ! recovered consciousness Their
was no one near me. and my none
and papers were scattered around o.
the sidewalk My clothing was covere
with blood and was Obliged to returl
to my home for a change and to dres
my injuries. | am not II match 10
Frost physically, neither am Il pugi
list"
The incident has aroused the mem
bers of the Improvement Club an,
those opposed to the poolrooms. Their
have been threats. but this is the frs
time that the blood of one of tn
"Highlanders" has been shed, and n
one ventures TO say there will be n
further trouble. The Lowlanders ar
said to be divided into two factions
sylvia, who Is known as the Boss O
| SausaltO.' Is, or has been, the rccog
nlzcd leader of the poolroom element
but there are indications that his lead
ership Is to be contested by Frost. VIII
aspires to the craftsmanship and II |
even said that he has applied the sam
metod to Sylvia that he did to Spar
rowe. In this division of forces tn
Highlands see encouragement, and
the Clan Frost gets into serious troubl
II Is probable that the Clan sylvia vii
sit on the wall and laugh.
Frost claims that an article publish
ed by Sparrowe in the Sausalito Advo
cato was the cause of his vicious at
tack.
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