The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-07-07
CLASH OF THE
SWORD AND PEN
cFrom saturdays Advertiser,

complaint against him having been
made by +. b. Moore, a reporter on the
staff Of the Evening Bulletin. The al
legged assault took place yesterday morn
ing at the Naval Station, where the
reporter had called for the purpose of
obtaining an interview with Captain
Rees. Carter was arrested after six
O'Clock yesterday evening by Officer
Reeves, being released on his own re-
cognizance to appear for trial on Tues
day. When the warrant was first shown
to Carter, at the Naval Station early in
the afternoon, he refused to accept ser
vice on the Naval Reservation, but
agreed to allow the arrest after his Of
fee hours.
1t is understood that United States
District Attorney Breckons will appear
for Carter at the police court trial and
raise the point of jurisdiction, claiming
that the assault, if there was one, took
place on a United States reservation
and outside of the jurisdiction of the
Territorial courts.
! w. r. harrington, editor of the Bull
letin, il is understood, interviewed Cap
tain Rees yesterday regarding the al
legged assault on one Of his men, making
a request that the offending officer be
court -martialed for conduct unbeooming
an officer and a gentleman. Captain
Rees took the stand, however, that the
affair had been one of man and man
and something that did not call for a
court martial
Moore makes the following staten ent
OF the affair:
81 had not gone down to the Naval
Station to see Captain Carter at all,
but had been upstairs in Engineer
Parks office and on coming down did
not pass the door of the officer with
whom had the trouble few moments
later. ] was about to leave the build
ing by the Waikiki entrance when Car
ter came out of his Office and called me
back. He then started in saying:
Are you responsible for that story
in the Bulletin the other afternooni'
"He did not say what article but
understood him to refer to the story, a
couple of days ago, in reference to his
running the Iroquois aground when he
was trying to tow out the st. Louis.
81 replied that ! was not responsible
for all of the facts, but for part OF
them, and that had written the story
He then said: |
:" Are. you aware that some of thu
statements in it are untruel
81 replied that 1 was not aware OF
it. He then asked me where / got my
information and I refused to tell him
. He went on to ask me if j had attempt
ed to verify the facts and / said thai
/ had verified part and, since I had tn,
rest from very reliable source, con
sidered that had done enough. ais,
said that ] had tried to see him ant
i, that l had been told that he had gor
!. up town.
e "Carter then told me that I mus
: retract the story entirely on my owl
authority, which | told him that coul
not do very well, as / knew some o
the facts were true which he had praC
tically acknowledged himself. l the
offered to print any statement which h
might care to make. He refused t,
make any statement and began to &c
excited, talking in louder voice.
"He almost shouted then, DO yo,
mean to say that you doubt my wordl
~ answered that did not doubt hi
word. Then he said:
"'You deliberately made misstato
ments in that story
81 replied: Captain Carter, wan
you to understand that there may hav
been inaccuracies in the story, but ther
was no deliberate missta tement.'
"He shouted; Il tell you, you lied
You lie
Gas he did this he stepped up clos
to me and as i was standing with M
hands by my side, or possibly one o
them may have been in my pocket, h
struck me in the face with his righ
hand. He followed this with bio,
in the breast from his left and ] trie
to defend myself and hit him sewers
times and he also hit me probabl
four or five times. Then he rushed IN
and with his superior weight l wa
forced back off the lanai.
"Then the orderlies came rushing ou
and Carter ordered me Off the Nav,
Station grounds, ] told him that
would go, but would like TO take IN
hat. He did not reply but one of IL
orderlies picked up my hat and gay
it to me, ] then left"
CAPTAIN CARTER'S STATEMEN'
Captain Carter makes the followir
statement regarding the affair:
"on Monday, the Goth, there appea
| o1 in m, optiola Ia fba nnllat;n IL