The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-31

corner of Lombard and East streets on
the evening of April goth led to the ar
rest yesterday of Ernest Denicke, a son
of Colonel Ernest "A. Denicke of the
Swiss American Bank.
Denicke confessed that he fired the
shots which killed the unknown man,
but he attempts to Justify his act on
the ground that he saw the man taking
gun away from a sailor who was
acting as a sentry in that neighbour
hood. Denicke's brother even goes as
far as to say that the man had gotten
the gun into his HANDS and was aiming
it at the sailor at the time the fatal
shots were fired.
The statements of eyewitnesses,
among whom are Andrea Sbarboro Of
the Italian-American Bank, p. c. Rossi
of the Swiss-Italian Colony and Hor-
ace Hudson of the Chronicle" make
the affair a serious one for the young
man, who they say shot rashly and
without cause. All agree that there
was a disgraceful alaount of drunken
ness among the soldiers in that part
of the city and that the sailor who
caused the trouble which ended in the
shooting was altogether too drunk to
know what he was doing or to act with
the slightest regard Tor human life.
There is no accusation that Denicke
was intoxicated or that he had been
drinking, further than the statement
that he had been given a drink on
board the revenue cutter Golden Gate
a few moments before the killing.
tA1thOngb two of3oars tool
the gun away from the sailor and de-
manded an explanation from Denicke,
who was wearing an Army uniform,
no report was made of the affair and
it appears that the man was allowed to
lie in the street for two hours until he
died, and that the body remained on
the pavement until the next morning
when it was thrown into the bay
weighed with scrap iron.
Horace r. Hudson tells the story Of
the shooting i'm the following words:
Il was a witness to the shooting of a
civilian by an officer Vi the afternoon
of Friday, April 2Oth in the vicinity of
East and Lombard streets. I had OBJ
served much drunkenness among the
soldiers thereabouts. These manifes-
tation of inebriety became more
marked as the day went on, and
towards o'clock l noticed several SOL
diers wandering around without arms
and showing unmistakabe signs of
intoXication. Two of these I have
specially i'm mind About that hour
Andrea Sbarboro of the 1talian-Swlss
Colony came to me and asked me if
could ascertain to what commands the
drunken soldiers belonged
81 accompanied HIM to the foot of
East and Lombard streets to make
complaint of the intoxicated soldiers
and try to have them arrested Upon
arriving there we found two officers
to whom we stated the case One of
them said he would accompany us in
search of the intoxicated infantrymen
He was interrupted by a sailor SEN
rnel with report, during the deliv-
cry of which I remarked to Andrea
Sbarboro that the man was drunk and
uRfit for duty. Mr. SOarboro agreed
with me- A few minutes later the
officer started with Mr.. Sbarboro and
diers off duty. We were followed by
the sentinel.
"As we made our way from East
street and were entering Battery
street a man suddenly appeared car
rying some fowls in his hands. I heard
the sailor sentinel call to him to drop
them and go up the street to help fight
the fire. The mans expression was
that of dazed surprise, and as he hes
itated the sentinel made a movement
toward him as if to enforce his orders
by the use of his musket. The man
dropped the fowls, asked to be excused,
and said he would go. Then ne changed
his mind, and turned to go in the di-
rection of East and lombard streets.
Upon this the officer ordered the SEN
tinel to prod the man with his bayo-
net. The sentinel proceeded to obey
and the next thing I saw was that he
had been disarmed, that the unknown
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