The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-27

The leading criminal case which Is
puzzling the san Francisco police has
a Honolulu angle On Wednesday, Oc-
tober IL, William Brush" alias Milton
Franklin Andrews, and a female con-
sort planned to murder a William Ell
| lis in Berkeley, Ellis came from Aus
tralia to San Francisco with his al
| legged assailant. While dining with the
pair, Ellis was struck over the head
with a hammer, and the woman is said
| to have used a knife. They thought
they had killed him, but he was only
badly wounded and was removed to a
hospital. In the meantime, however.
the pair had stolen his funds, amount
ing to about $4,000.
1t appears that while on the way
from Australia to San Francisco the
party stopped off at Honolulu. The
Call of October IA gives the following
portion of the Honolulu story:
William Ellis made the statement
yesterday from his bed in the Roose-
welt Hospital in Oakland that Milton
Franklin Andrews, alias William
Brush, etc, attempted to murder him
| in Honolulu. This attempt on Ellis
| life was made while he and Andrews
and the woman were staying over in
the Hawaiian Islands preparatory to
taking the steamer for this city.
Brush had left the woman at the ho-
tel and enticed Ellis out on Diamond
Head, Honolulu's picturesque point of
land. Walking behind his intended
victim Brush fired a pistol point blank
at Ellis. The bullet sped close to FL
lis ear and he Wheeled upon Brush.
The would-be murderer made a
hasty explanation that his revolver had
been discharged accidentally, and the
| incident was dropped At that time
Ellis had about $1,000 on his person
all of the money he had taken with
him on leaving sydney.
Ellis AYERS that although he hated
the sight of Brush and tried to avoid
him, the man who assaulted him in
Berkeley seemed to exert hypnotic in
fuence over him. Even though I de-
tested the man and tried to keep away
from him. when / met him face to face
1 forgot his wrongdoings and could
not help liking him." he says.
| The foregoing statements were made
yesterday to Barney Bernard, the
actor. who was the one man in San
Francisco whom Ellis knew. Bernard
visited Ellis at the hospital with De-
ltective John Freel
Bernard said last night that he had
secured an apartment for Ellis at the
Adams Hotel so that he could be near
the rdcetrack men. This was done on
the day of the assault that nearly cost
Ellis his life in Berkeley. Ellis was to
have taken the rooms at the hotel, but
was induced to stop with Brush and
his alleged wife in Berkeley. Ellis
told Bernard that he preferred the
Iquiet of Oakland to the hustle of San
Francisco.
Il wanted to leave Brush" declared
Ellis yesterday, but he seemed &c
have cast a spell over me. / stopped
at his house against my will. 1 was
afraid, but dared not say so. HI
tried to kill me in Honolulu. I Sc,
1t now, but did not realize it then.
hated the man. yet when 1 met hin
face to face l could not help liking
him. Everywhere 1 went he dogge6
hoy footsteps"
Ellis is revealing, bit by bit, details
regarding his relations with Andrews
or Brush, which seem to indicate thai
he knew positively that Andrews was
a confirmed and desperate criminal, al
though Ellis insists, constantly, tina
, these revelations of Andrews character
came to him only few days befor,