The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-18

In right side kniIe Dldue entering
pleural cavity; serious.
Charles Ferreira, stabbed in right
side of abdomen; not serious.
John Hollerson (PeteD, stabbed IN
left side of abdomen; not serious.
Antoine Souza, stabbed in lower part
OF abdomen: rot serious.
JOAQUIN Tarres, who is alleged to
have stabbed the above persons, stab
bed in right hip. ugly wound, quite
painful, but not serious.
Kinau street between Miller and Ala
PAL street. was the scene of serious stab
bling affray last night about O'Clock in
which were engaged seven or eight
Portuguese. AS a result five injured
persons had to be treated at the Queens
Hospital for knife wounds. The most
serious wound was that received BY
John Comes. alias spaniola. while the
other four have wounds which are
i4nore or less painful. but none are
ciassed as serious by the hospital stan.
Joaquin Tarres is alleged to have
stabbed the four men. and he claims TO
have been stabbed in the leg by one
OF them. He has no direct knowledge
as to who made the wound, but be-
lieves it was inflicted by either John
Comes OF Charles Ferreira. Tarres is
a miId-mannered Portuguese carpen-
ter, OF middle age, who has lived In a
small cottage of Reed Lane, Kinau
street, for about a year. Comes and
Ferreira are young men who belong TO
an element which has made trouble on
PunchbowI on other occasions
Last nights ARRAY is told in as many
ways as there We're participants, and 1t
was evident that an attempt to hide
the facts was being made by the
wounded men None of their stories,
as told to an Advertiser representative,
tailed. They alleged they were at
tackled by a body of men unknown 10
them. and that after being stabbed,
their assaflants fed in the darkness.
On the other hand. Lieutenant Sam
Leslie Of the Mounted Patrol. who took
charge OF the case. ascertained tnat
JOAQUIN Tarres was well known to all
OF them. and that they knew who had
done the stabbing. Tarres surrendered
himself to the police at 10 o'clock last
night. going direct to the police sta
7ron. after having his wound dressed
by DR.. Faria-
From what the police learned from
a number OF Punchbowl residents
Comes and Ferreira. together with a
young fellow known as Willie Dias.
were out looking for Tarres last night
and intended to give him beating
They had evidently looked for trouble
and found more than they sought
Tarres said that on last Sunday he
was walking along Beretania street
toward Alapai when he saw group of
took the part of young fellow who
appeared to be getting the worst of It.
Comes and Ferreira, who were in the
fight, turned on Tarres and Comes
struck at him. Tarres had a small |
walking stick and he struck Comes. |
Ferreira advanced upon Tarres, but |
when he saw the latter's upraised stick \
he lodged and Tarres hurried up the !
street with Comes and Ferreira follow |
ing him, saying they would get even
with him another time. This story was
told by Tarres to several neighbors last
sunday shortly after the affair. and
these corroborated it last night. Since !
that time Tarres has always carried I
his cane at nights.
Last evening he went away from his
house for short time. and when walk !,
ing back toward his home stone was
thrown at him from behind, just miss
ing his head. At that time he was
passing a group of Portuguese stand