The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-11
The Police Did
The Shooting


asked Fernandez why be did not wait
&c the camp so that the men could be
bailed out and DE said that he had
waited more than ana hour said IL
that Us So you must have made the arr
rests iu the daylight
Mr.. Henry lis reported to have
stated that none of his mem were on
horseback. The deputy sheriff, Fer
nandez. told me in my conversation
that all Of the Eva policemen were
mounted. Mr. Henry may not be aware
Of this fact but If he were he is at
tempting to mislead the public by say
ing that none OF his men We're on horse
back.
Il have known Mr.. Worthington for
three years and believe him to be alb
solutely reliable. truthful and straight
forward.
II noticed that Mr. Henry is reported
by the Star of April 10 to have stated
that some of the plantations are a
law unto themselves. As o. plantation
manager / will say that the fault does
not lie with the plantation managers
who are always willing to cooperate
with the police i'm seeing that order is
maintained on the plantations and
that their employees are law abiding
but that the trouble arises from high
handed methods on the part Of the
police and the employment Of incompe-
tent officers.
From all that ! can gather from eye
witnesses Of the occurrence Saturday
night / cons der that the action of the
rageous, unwarranted and without pro-
vocation
Judge Stanley was interview and cor
roborated all Of the statements Of
Manager Bull in reference to the con-
versation and agreement that Judge
Stanley and Luna Duisenberg had with
High Sheriff Henry on the occasion Of
the prosecution Of the Chinese caught
I'm the police raid three months ago.
The statement Of f. Worthington the
head luna Of oahu Sugar Company and
who is charged by the police with firing
/ the revolver I'm the air and precipitating
/ trouble last Saturday, follows.
81 am and have been head luna Of
/ the Oahu Plantation since December II,
/ 1904 About $3.50 p. m. last Saturday
] evening 1 WAS SllLlIB III NY AuAl LGl .
/ at the plantation attending to my cor
respondence when / was informed by a
/ Chinese camp luna that there was con-
siderable trouble over in All Los Chi
nese camp and that the police had ar
rested some men for gambling and was
requested by him TO bail them out so
that they should not be taken to the
jail at Pearl city. 1 went Immediate
IS with him to the camp taking from
him the lamp he was carrying
When / arrived at the camp the police
had already left but some Chinese were
there and other We're strung out on
the road to Pearl city. 1 walked
along the road for about 100 feet and
accOsted "a man who had Chinaman
I'm charge-asked him what the trouble
was about and he referred me to the
Captain-I walked ahead inquiring for
the Captain until l met "A man who
said he was Deputy Sheriff Fernandez.
/ asked him If he had any warrant on
which the arrests were made, he re-
piled Here is my warrant holding up
a piece of mating which 1 afterwards
ascertained contained dominoes.
said that may be all right but l am the
head oVeTseer here and as none Of you
are i'm uniform / demand that you
show me a badge or some other mark
of authority. He then repeated that
he was the Deputy Sheriff and urged
his men onward. The Chinese were
excited over the arrests but up to this
time no assault had been committed tC
my knowledge, unOn the police anc
there was no indication that they were
in any danger, but suddenly while
was still talking to Fernandez the po
= lice, some of whom were on horseback
e commenced shooting. ] should sa!
that at least 20 shots were fired anC
when it started 1 held my lantern aboV
my head and called out to the police t.
stop shooting that If any shooting wa
to be done they should shoot me as
was the person in authority there
The camp boss then told me that on
3 Of the Chinese had been killed and
ordered the Chinese to convey the ma
to the hospital. l returned to TN
plantation and accompanied the ma
y to the hospital and reported to MI
Bull the manager ! was absolutel
p, unarmed and did no shooting"
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