The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-01-26
FRANK TURK
ARRESTED
Wife Shoots Him and
Then Gets Out
Warrant.

A great deal of mystery surrounds the
shooting ARRAY which took place at the
house occupied by Mrs. Frank j. 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 MD
night refused to see representative OF
a newspaper, and everybody else con-
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 a long time and who she IS
now suing him for q divorce, went to
her place Sunday evening. She claims
that he used shocking" language and
that she ordered him to leave the prem
Uses. 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 little more than scare
in the shooting for Turk got a bullet
in one leg and at midnight it was stated
that the bullet had been extracted.
1t 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. s, Queen Hotel. A tele-
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.
will you so to his room and see Il
he is there now?" asked the reporter.
The hotel man left the phone for a
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 tend
ant was finally prevailed upon D. go
and tell Turk that reporter wished to
see him. Turk sent an answer back
What he would not see the reporter.
Two attempts We're 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 al
day and that the department had just
located him ana 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.