The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-26

A great deal of mystery surrounds the
shooting ARRAY which took place at the
house occupied by Mrs. Frank ]. Turk
at Waikiki on Sunday night; so much
mystery in fact that the wounded man,
Frank Turk, who was in his bed in the
Queen Hotel, Nuuanu street, at mid
night refused to see a representative of
cerned in the story was equally shy,
the surgeon included.
Mrs. Turk appeared at the Police Sta
ton yesterday morning. She declared
that Frank Turk had assaulted her
with intent to do great bodily harm.
A warrant containing this charge was
sworn to yesterday morning but at
midnight it was still at the station
house and had not been served al
though it was generally known where
Turk was.
Mrs. Turk stated that Frank, who
has not lived on the same street as
she for long time and who she is
now suing him for a divorce, went to
her place Sunday evening. She claims
that he used Shocking" language and
that she ordered him to leave. the prem
ises. She also alleges that he told her
he would shoot her and at this stage of
the proceedings she used her own gun.
In rapid succession she fired four shots.
| She says she did this to scare him but
there was a little more than a scare
in the shooting for Turk got a bullet
in one leg and at midnight it was stated
that the bullet had been extracted.
It was also said that DR.. WaySon was
attending Turk. The Advertiser called
| the doctor up by telephone and he in
dignantly denied this story. He said
he did not know where Turk was or
who had attended to his wound.
The Advertiser learned that Turk was
! in room No. 8, Queen Hotel. A teIe-
phone message to the hotel brought out
the fact that the man who answered the
phone did not even know Turk but
on closer questioning he admitted he
knew Turk and stated that he lived in
the hotel but that he had not been IN
his room since the preceding day.
viii you go to his room and see #
he is there now?'' asked the reporter.
moment and returning stated that he
had been to the room and Turk was
not to be found there.
Then the reporter went to the hotel.
He rang the bell and the man who an
.sWered the door said that Turk did not
live there. When reminded of the fact
that the reporter knew this to be far
different from a fact he admitted that
Turk was in room No. s, but that the
wounded man had given instructions
that he would see no one. The attend
ant was finally prevailed upon to go
and tell Turk that a reporter wished to
see him. Turk sent an answer back
that he would not see the reporter.
Two attempts were later made to see
Turk but he refused to be seen on both |
occasions.
A reporter telephoned to Deputy |
Sheriff Chillingworth shortly after mid /
night. The Deputy stated that he had |
had an officer searching for Turk all |
day and that the department had just |
located him and would send an officer |
to make the arrest at once. a little |
later Lieutenant Naipo served the war |
rant, but as he could not move Turk, |
Officer Mulleitner was left in charge. |
This morning Mrs. Turk may be arrest
ed.
1t is said that Turk was out with /
gin party Sunday night and on coming /
near his wife's house thought he would |
just drop in and get his mothers |
jewels that she was wearing. That /
was not Mrs. Turks night to dispose
Of her jewelry so she gave the Heavenly
Twin an ounce of lead instead.