The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-28

weapon had exhausted the magazine.
Then Taylor, still retaining his re-
volver, hurried to the kitchen and shut
the door.
ARCHER ARRESTS TAYLOR.
Mounted Patrolman A A Archer
CHANGED to be riding near the camp at
the time of the murder and heard the
fusflIade of shots. He spurred to the
scene and found Grossman, fatally
wounded lying on pile of dirt mid
way between the dining-hall and the
superintendent office. Several work.
men had gathered around the pros
trate man, who told Archer that the
cook had done the shooting and that
he still had the revolver.
Archer found Taylor intrenched in
the kitchen and covered him with his
revolver. He then ordered the cook
to hand over his weapon and secured
the handouts on his wrists.
why did you shoot the MANI" ask
ed Archer.
60 - it, he struck me-" replied
Taylor, land he put his hand at his
hip pocket and I thought he was go
ing to draw his gun"
Archer brought Taylor before Cross
man. who was scarcely able to speak
from loss of blood, and in the presence
of some workmen Grossman said Tay-
Tor had shot him without cause. Ar
cher then sent workmen for a physf-
clan. and booked Taylor at the Ocean
View Police Station. Later when he
returned to the camp he found that no
physician had responded, and he took
the wounded man on street car to
st. Luke's Hospital, where he died at
7:20 o'clock.
COOKS VERSION OF TRAGEDY
Taylor admitted yesterday at the
City Prison that he was very angry
when he did the shooting, and his ex-
cuse for the murder is that he be-
lieved Grossman intended to draw a
revolver to shoot him when he began
firing in self-defense.
while 1 was cooking the breakfast
for the men," said Taylor yesterday,
''Grossman brought me some eggs and
told me to cook them right away.
cooked them, but 1 guess he thought
took too long, for he made fuss
about it, and left the diningroom on
his way to the superintendent office.
I cursed at him for going to the super
intendent, and followed him outside.
When we got outside there was some
more talk and then fight started.
81 cannot say whether Grossman
struck me or not. I don't think that
he did, and I don't know whether l
struck him or not, but I know that
was very mad. Then'I saw Grossman
put his hand quickly to his hip pocket,
and I thought he was going to shoot
me. 1 thought my life was in danger
then, so / grabbed my gun and fired
don't remember how many shots
fired, but 1 did not intend to kill the
man at all. 1 only wanted to wound
him so that he could not shoot me. I
began firing at his legs.
FEARED A LYNCHING.
'"That was the first time 1 ever had
any trouble with Grossman. l have
had considerable trouble with the other
men. 1 have been afraid of my life.
There are about eighty or ninety men
working there, and they had threaten
ed to lynch me because the grub was
poor. They said the grub was no good
and that l was responsible for it, but
I was not, for / only cooked the grub.
That was the reason 1 got gun, after
they began to threaten me. I bought
the revolver for my own protection.
have never been in trouble in my life
before. and never was arrested for any
offense.''
Taylor says he comes from Redtop,
| Texas, and that he las been in this
| city about five years, having worked
| all that time as a cook. He says he
has been connected with the grading
camp for few weeks. Grossman was
a fine appearing man, about forty-five
years of age. He was single and re-
sided at 1891 Mission street.