The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
THE MARRIOTT CASE.

The Newsletter, in commenting up
on the attempt to murder its editor
says;
EvArv reader of the daily press, ex
cont those who have the misfortune L
yead the Examiner only, are aware ina
the proprietor of this journal was muir
derorslv assailed in his own home Oh
IxTadnes5av evening of this week, By
now the circumstances have been dls
aT,ssad at length. and to enlarge upor
4ber, would be superfuous. The WOUND
"a man lies in the hospital and in his
main and physical weakness is unaoie
r. answer for himself. 1t therefore
davolves upon his representatives te
briefly state the facts as they niiuei-
stand them.
rrruxton BeaIe teIephoned from the "a
a;fa TTnion Club to Mr.. Marriott's house
and asked. in an apparently Irlehuy
nov If he might call. Mr.. Marriott
asked Reale to call in the morning a.
his offices, but Beale was lnslstehl' dilo
an annointment was made for nine
o.olock In all this talk Beale showed
nd hint of anger or any enotioh o'net
than the IIlUSI dllllNebiS' =,
At nine O'Clock the doorbell rang, ana
AR Marriott answered in person.
T,.,xton Beale appeared at the door
and with him Thomas H. Williams, Jr.,
He snorting man. Their aspect was
FRAT of friendly callers, and Mr.. Mar
riott. with accustomed courtesy, ex-
changed good evening with his guests
and took their hats, which they did not
. rThraTIqhO this
Beale and Williams did nothing to
make Mr.. Marriott suspicious or to put
him on his guard
with his guests hats in his hands
Mr. Marriott turned in order to hang
them on a hall rack, and as he did so
he was struck a very violent blow in
the back of his head. He Strengthened
up and turned around, only to be struck
in the face At this one of his assafl-
ants opened fire. shooting him from be-
hind as he ran up stairs. Three bullets
took effect one in the thigh, one in the
left leg below the knee, shattering the
bone. and the other terribly Gripping
the left hand.
Mrs. Marriott who had been up
stairs undressing her four-year-old
baby, rushed out at the sounds of shut
fling and shots When she saw her
husband apparently being murdered,
she Jumped in front of him, spreading
out her arms Her presence, however,
seemed to have no effect on the assault
ers. who fred two more shots, either
of which might have killed her.
When Mr. Marriott had gotten out
of range of the revolver, Beale and
williams retreated in such great haste
rs to forget their hats. They entered
a hack and drove TO the Pacific Union
Club.
Later in the evening they were ar
rested and taken to the Hall of JUS
tice. where Judge Lawler was in wait
ing and accepted bail in the sum of
$40, 600 IT, T. Williams of the Examiner
and Alexander Hamilton being bonds
men.
Mr.. Marriott lies still very i'll, but his
physicians are hopeful of his recovery.
The number of his assailants' shots, as
well as the closeness of range, clearly
indicates that they shot to kill. Intoxi-.
cation or excitement may have caused
the inaccuracy of aim which saved Mr..
Marriott's life
Such is the story of the murderous
assault on Mr.. Frederick Marriott, the
details being given without prejudice
or malice of any kind Unwarned, un-|
armed, a citizen has been assaulted,
and the perpetrators of the crime pose
as heroes. California is a civilized State
and the readers of the News Letter are
Just enough and intelligent enough to
see at one reading of this editorial, the
magnitude of the crime and the punish
ment meet for those who committed it
This account probably puts Beale and
Williams in a proper light, but it is
naturally evasive of touch in the matter
of the provocation. Not that these two
men had any special right to take UNI
bragg at the News Letters gossip
about an incident in which neither they
nor their intimates figured; but they
certainly had the general right shared
by the reputable community. For years
the News Letter and it's neighbor. Town
Talk, have invaded legitimate privacy,
listened at keyholes and stigmatized
people of clean life; and it was newt
able that reckoning should come. IT
may be noted that the effect of the at
tack on Editor Marriott has already
been Christening one, the issue of his
paper following the tragedy being re-
markedly free from blackguardism.
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The fact that gambling is becoming
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