The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-26
PUT PISTOL
On HER LAP
Attorney Straus Threatens
Life of a Young Hello
Empl0ye.

With a revolver living on her lap
covered by her escort S hat, a young
hello girl employed by the Mutual Teie-
phone Company had ride on the street
cars Monday evening which reads like
a tale of the purlieus of Paris. Scared
at her wit s ends, and unwilling to call
for assistance from bystanders for fear
of death ensuing, the girl found her
self compelled to do the bidding of
her escort. who was Leon Straus, the
travelling attorney, and who lately re-
turned from Manila.
In brief, it seems that Straus was
employed recently in the divorce ease
brought by the wife of q nan named
Watson. Monday he procured s'lbpoe-
mas for several persons, and one of
them was for the sister of Mrs. Wat
son. Straus located the sister at the
telephone Office and is said TO have
talked to her about Mr.. Watson s di-
vorce. He said he wanted to get all
the information possible, and asked her
to meet him that night at the Y. M. G..
A. corner, as he would there serve her
personally with the subpoena, explain
ing that this method would save her
from the visit of police officer. She
said she was employed until O'Clock
at night and he told her to meet him
at that hour.
Not understanding the situation the
girl did meet Straus at the corner.
He spoke of the subpoena and after
considerable talk asked her to accom-
pany him to the moving picture theater
or some place of amusement. She re
fused. and according to her story
Straus then pulled a big revolver from
his pocket and said she would have
to accompany him, or he would kill her
and himself, too. She. followed him
and obeyed all his Instructions. He
had the audacity to command her to
board a King street ear and go to
Waikiki On entering the car he laid
the revolver upon her lap and dropped
his hat over it, the trigger beng near
his hand. He repeated his threat that
if she moved away or tried to get as
sistance he would kill her then and
there.
At the end of the car line the couple
he
waiting station. She wanted to come
back in the next car and he kept her
longer. The girl said he tried to kiss
her. They boarded the car again and
came to town. They got off the car
at Fort street and walked past the
Grill to the stairs of the Advertiser
Office. Straus commanded her to re-
main there while he went upstairs to
notify the Advertiser that he and the
girl We're married. He had told her
before that they would have to con-
slider themselves married. He did come
into the Advertiser reportorial de-
partment but on seeing some of the
reporters IneFe, excused h1mSe1I say
ing he had got into the wrong build
ing. Even with this opportunity to es-
cape the girl was too dazed to make al
dash for liberty.
Then he asked where she lived and
he told her to go home and he ac
her. They went into the
house. She saw a relative and told
her story. The elder woman told her
to make her escape. A young man
named Akoki employed by the police
but living near the girl IS house, was
sent for. On arrival he told Straus
to leave the house. Finally Straus
started down the steps and then pull
ID the gun from his pocket. Akoki
jumped him, got the gun and placed
him under arrest. He was taken to
the police station.
Yesterday afternoon Straus was re
leased from Jail to appear this morn
ing.
Two charges have been preferred
against Straus, one for assault and
he other for carrying a concealed