The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-11
CHINESE /,
/ OF INJURY
IN RIOT
Luna .Worthington
Contradicts
Police.
(From Mondays Advertiser)


Deputy Sheriff Rawlins arrived from
waipahu at $3.50 t his morning. He
states that as far as can be learned
the facts are as stated in yesterdays
Advertiser. DR.. Judd performed an
autopsy on the dead Chinese. The bull
let that killed him penetrated the alb
domen. The Deputy states that arrests
will be made shortly. The dead man is
said to have stated to plantation po-
liceman McDufie that he was shot by
q man on horseback. None Of the po-
lice were mounted. The police did FIRE
several shots. A coroner's jury was
impanneled and the inquest will be
held Wednesday.
AS result of the battle between six
Honolulu policemen and three hundred
| Chinese at Oahu Sugar Co.'s planta-
ton, Waipahu, on Saturday night, one
Chinese died yesterday afternoon.
| Deputy Sheriff W. T. Rawlins went
down on hearing OF the death, to hold
| a coroner-s inquest and such other in
vestigation as might be deemed proper.
He was expected back at midnight, but
had not arrived up till . O'Clock this
morning. I, ~
| If any others of the Chinese were
shot in the fusillade, no information OF
| the fact could be had at the police sra-
| ton. Those on duty there disclaimed
any knowledge of particulars refer
ring the reporter to the Deputy Sher-
| if when he should return.
Officer Frank Kanae reported in yes
terdays paper as injured, is confined
to his homo in n semi-dazed condition.
Dr. Judd took two stitches in wound
in the policeman s head. Kanac's
father is the police captain who com
manded the posse that engaged the
Chinese gamblers.
Luna Worthington, whom the police
accused of melting the disturbance,
yesterday evening handed a letter into
the Advertiser office, in which he em-
phatically denies the accusation and
makes counter charge of reckless
shooting against the police. His letter
| appears below.
LUNA woRTHINGToN' STORY.
Editor Advertiser: On the front page
of this mornings issue of your paper
appeared an article headed, "Police-
men Attacked - Waipahu Mob Assaults
Officers One Is Hurt" in the course
of which il is stated that, According
to the story repeated to High Sheriff
Henry by his officers last night one
| Worthington, n head luna on the plan
tation, is guilty OF melting the Chi
nese to attack the policemen and lib
crate the prisoners. An investigation
will be made Mt once and If the facts
are as stated warrant will be issued
for the luna And again: Accord
ing to the story of the police the luna,
Worthington, in melting the Chinese
/ a.. Z. L. H.
three times in the air as signal for
the assault.
As am the luna, Worthington, to
whom reference is made in the article
above referred to, / desire that you
give equal publicity to the following
statement:
The statements that / was guilty of
melting the Chinese to attack the po-
licemen and liberate the prisoners and
that in melting the Chinese to attack
the officers / fred my revolver in the
air three times as signal for the as
sault are absolutely false
My sole purpose in going to the
scene of the trouble was to give bail
| for the men who had been arrested for
| gambling, and this at the request of
n Chinese camp luna who, / understand,
had requested the Deputy Sheriff to
wait at the camp until bail couid be
secured. All ] did when I arrived
there was to demand the authority of
the officers for making the arrests. and
while there the police started indis-
criminate shooting. ] fred no shots,
had no revolver or other weapon with
me and was absolutely unarmed.
I trust that the fullest investigation
will be made of an occurrence which
resulted unfortunately for the High
Sheriff's department in the grievohs
wounding- possibly by this time, death
of one of the Chinese employed by
the Oahu Sugar Co.
+. WORTHINGTON.
Honolulu Anril O. 1905.