Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-10-10
Joy Of SOLDIERS THREE

The soldiers on board the United |
States transport Sherman are, with q
few exceptions, an exceedingly we'll |
behaved set OF men who created very !
little trouble during their short stay
on the balmy shores of Hawaii mel.
One of the exceptions is a soldier
who. night before last. tried to do the
hold.up act on a Chinaman. The sol.
der seemed to look upon the Oriental
as legitimate prey. for he held him up
near the corner OF King and Hotel
street without regard to the fact that
there were several people close by. He
was in the act Of calmly rifling the Chi.
naman's pockets when he fell into the
clutches of the law and was taken to
the police station.
In consideration of the fact that the
Sherman was scheduled to sail fOr Ma.
Mia on the following day and In order
to avoid the risk Of having the man de.
layed here by the ponderuus move
ments OF the machinery of the law. the
police authorities handed the soldier
over to the military authorities on
board the transport with the under.
standing that they should deal with
the case.
It seems that the unfortunate soldier
just escaped SCylla to bump into Cha.
rybdis. A Court.martial convened yes.
terday and dealt with the fellow in
far stricter manner than the local au
thorities would have done.
After sitting for several hours, the
court. martial sentenced the man to be
imprisoned in the guard.house for a
term OF three months. In addition to
this the defendant was fined a sum OF
thirty dollars.
Another soldier from the transport
who had found Honolulu Primo too
much to his taste and who subsequent.
~ raised n rough house, was also tried
lby the court-martial yesterday. lT
was sentenced to three months detcn.
ton in the guard.house and fined $50.
George Briggs. another soldier frO..
the transport had his fling and was
lucky enough to escape consequences.
He was seen coming tearing mp Emma
street in a singlc.seated brake ycster.
day afternoon about half on hour be-
; fore the time when the transport was
scheduled to leave. With the rcins in
one hand and n whip In the other
: Briggs "whooped It up" Emma street
at wild west" rate.
As he tried to tlun the corner OF
Emma and Vineyard street his per
? Torrance came to a sad and sudden
, end. The brake swung around the cor
ner on one wheel, the other one being
, high in the air. Then 1t suddenly col
: lapsed turning completely upside
| down. The horse was thrown to the
e. ground with such force that the har
| ness parted and was spread around oil
D the street. Briggs described n beauti
Y full paraboIic curve through the air
\ The moment he landed he picked him
q self up and took to the tall timber.
= A few minutes later Briggs wa
found hiding on all fours under busl
in a back yard In the middle of thu
block mauka of Vineyard street. o.
being questioned, he said he was a pri
vate of Company +, Seventh Infantry
He did not know who the rig belOnge,
= to. According to Briggs, the man VIII,
owned the rig had picked him up OF
the street and asked him to take
drive.
e Where Is the other MANI" Brigg
=" was asked.
/ II don't know" Said Briggs. 9Th
u fellow must have fallen off some
where. think he must have bee
N drunk" he added commiseratlngly
: Briggs himself had evidently WORSHIP
u ped at Bacchus' shrine that morning.
70 DO you know where he fell off?"
J. Il don't. didn't notice him falling
didn't know he wasn't there befor
the thing capslzed."
Briggs, who, by the way, Is BIZ
good.natured giant, expressed a wi
10 lngness to pay for the cart the hors,
Or the harness, injured feelings of tn
T. owners. anxiety of the bystanders AM
o. in fact. for anything that anyone coul
u, want to be paid for, lie was advise
Ii to hurry on board and was cscorte
oil down Fort street.
At the corner of Hotel and Fo
ly streets Briggs came near getting Int
}, trouble again. He WAS trying to nav
o. gate past the lei girls when one of h
~ feet, which We're not quite certain, &,
T.. into a basket full of leis. In trying
D.. Withdraw his foot he got II all tanglC
IS up with leis and with the handle of Il
basket. With leis around his leg al
the basket hanging to his foot the ha
en- py soldier was trying to continue {
at his cventrul journey when the provo
to guard coIlared him. As they led hi
of the irrepressible Briggs turne
- smiled and waved his hand at Il
: crowd, evidently well pleased with Il
D. excitement which the city OF Ionolu
T. had to OFFER
,ts
-eN The games scheduled for Kapiola