The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-18
Wounded Men Treated at Queens
Hospital and Then Placed
Under Arrest.
Joaquin Tarres Is Attacked by Crowd and in
Defending Himself, Wounds Four of Them
and Receives Hip Wound.

ing in q shadow. TarreS turned upon
them, brandishing his stick. He reach
ed into his pocket and whipped out his
jack-knife and struck at two or three
young fellows who closed in on him.
His first two blows struck Hollerson
and Souza and they Immediately left
the place. Others closing in on him,
Tarres says he used his knife on his
assailants and only knew that some
one had been hurt by the groans he
heard. He was struck once or twice,
and when at last he turned to run to
his home, he felt pain in his right
hip and putting his hand to his trous-
ers found the right side wet with blood
He hobbled home and told several wo-
men in the yard of what had taken
place and then started off for a physi-
clan.
Comes. who was the most seriously
injured of the crowd, was assisted
down the street and all went to the
Queens Hospital. where the entire hos
pital was soon engaged in attending
the cuts. AS soon as Comes and Fer
reira were stretched out on the oper-
ating tables and Drs. waterhouse and
Curtis went to work, Hollerson and
Souza slipped away, sickened at the
sight and fearing to have their own
wounds stitched. Comes had to be
placed under the influence of chloro-
form and the doctors .probed deep to
ascertain whether the right lung had
been penetrated. but found only the
pleuraI lining opened. The wound was
about three inches long.
Ferreira. while the doctor stitched
the cash in his side. said to an Adver-
tiser man that he and the other wound
ed boys. with Dias. were walking quiet-
ly along Kinau street near Alapai.
when suddenly a group OF men assail-
ed them, and instantly he felt pain
in his side Ht said he had no knowl-
edge as to who the assailants We're,
but there Were several of them. He
told OF a trouble Comes had with an
unknown Portuguese last Sunday. but
resolutely stuck to it that he did not
know the man.
Willie Dias told an entirely differ
entity story. He said all the crowd had
been in Jardin's drinking. and on COM
ing out met the man who later stabbed
them. Comes. he said. asked the man
to buy them a drink. which the man
refused to do. Comes then called the
stranger a vile name and struck him,
and with that the stranger whipped
out knife and stabbed four Of his
comrades. Dias ran away and was not
harmed. He did not know who the
stranger was.
Hollerson was found at the home of
his grandfather in a lane off Quarry
street. He said that he and Souza
were on Kinau street about opposite
Reeds lane, when they saw Comes.
Dias, Ferreira and others come along.
They also saw Tarres. Hollerson says
he saw a stone fired at Tarres and
Tarres Immediately turned. Seeing
Hollerson and Souza near by and think
ing they were the ones who threw the
he attacked them. Holleson
felt blood running down his side. and
hen pain. He retreated, heard Comes
utter a groan, and saw him fall. Hol-
erson was certain that Tarres was at
.acked before he turned and fought in
Souza was found in a house near by |
and corroborated Hollerson's story. |
aollerson and Souza were then put in |
% hack by Lieut.. Leslie and taken to |
he Hospital and were attended to, be- |
ng taken later, with Ferreira and Dias. |
o the police station where they were |
booked for investigation. The same
Entry was made against Tarres, and |
comes later will come under the same
;harge.