The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-20
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LAKE FELL INTO
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some thing like that and wanted to
hold us up.
He went out of the saloon and then /
we went out on the Hotel street side.
We then saw him standing by the |
barber shop. He followed us up the /
street toward King to dark spot |
and told us to hold up. l began to
get afraid for | began to think by |
this time that he wanted to perhaps |
rob us We backed into the street |
and he came up and caught hold of |
me by the chest and caught McCorris- |
ton by the arm Then Lake began to |
ask me what my name was and whert !
1 lived. He asked McCorriston his /
name and where he lived. Lakes man |
ner was exactly like he was under the
! influence of liquor and I am sure that |
| he was under the influence of liquor. |
! His maner was such for he kept re-
peating the same questions. He had
! by this time drawn back toward the
sidewalk Lake drew a revolver and
| pointed it at us said Hands up 1 sort
of raised my hands and then he put
! the revolver back into the side pocket
of his coat and kept his hand there. He
asked if l would go with him to a GER
tain spot l did not want togowith
him and asked what for He said
nothing.
Mr.. Redhouse who had been watch
ing the performance, stepped up to
us little before this conversation and
asked Lake if he could do anything for
him. Lake told him to move on and
he did. Lake began to repeat his ques-
lions about where we lived and what
our names were We had told him
several times before what they were
but he still kept asking ,us.
eve had gotten back to the sidewalk
by this time and George and l started
to walk back toward the Criterion
where it was light. Frank Kruger and
several other men were standing there.
Lake asked Frank Kruger if he knew
us and Kruger said that he had known
us for about years. Lake finally said
he was satisfied and then told me to
come along with him | asked him for
what and then he unbuttoned his coat
and showed me his badge. He make
me walk in front of him He took me
to the police station and there asked
for Assistant Sheriff Vida. Lake again
DeBdll TO bSh me NY ltlllt anu NllVlN
lived and who the other fellow was
: that was with me- Finally Lake be-
Z gan to ask me if l knew anything about
, checks I told him that did. He
asked me where was the hat l had
: bought last week. I told him that l
2 had bought no hat and that l needed
one They had, I presume, sent out
? for the Japanese to come and try to
2 identify me. The japanese had said
} that the man who had passed the bogus
check on him had had three gold filings
! i'm is front teeth whereas l have only
two small gold filings. I told them
that Sheriff Brown knew me and when
: Sheriff Brown came I was released and
: told that it had been a mistake.
THE reason that 1 felt so indignant
about this matter is that Lake drew
his revolver and pointed it as us. He
was under the influence of liquor when
he did it and people are not safe about
the streets if man can go around and
act like that That pistol might have
gone off when he pointed it at us. He
was not himself and was very nervous
and he could not have been in his right
senses"
George McCOrriston the young man
who was with Lewis when stopped by
Lake had the following to say about
: the affair;
, Lewis and myself had been to a
dance and after we left I asked him to
come on down town and see if the
rest of the boys of our crowd could be
found When we were on Nuuanu
street near the Mint Saloon l noticed
large man with "A back coat and white
trousers standing in front otaaEaChina-
; mans store We passed him and he
} fell in behind us. never thought
much of this at the time, and when we
got to Hotel l wanted to proceed to
King but Lewis said no. we will go to
Fort street. AS we crossed the street
: l saw this man still following us so
nudged Lewis and mentioned the fact
that we were being followed. Lewis
proposed that we drop into the Criterion
and see If he still followed. We went
and he followed. There we went
through the back door and started down
Bethel. Just then the man hurried
and catching up called on us to halt"
and at the same time catching Lewis
by the neck and me by the arm. He
then fumbled in his hip pocket and pull
ing out a revolver showed it right i'm
our faces l had my hands down and
all of "A sudden he shouted again
} Throw up your hands Then before
either of us could comply he thrust the
revolver again in our faces and repeat
ed the command. Just then a man
who believed to be Redhouse the jew
eler STEPPED up and Lake told him to
get and he got. All this time was
edging toward the arc light in order to
see the mans face and soon we were
standing on the corner. Here were
Tommy Dunn and Frank Kruger. Lake
acted just like a big bully and kept
repeating a question as to where we