The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-23

4 f"fff ANtAAHNAN
While In an intoxicated condition |
last night County Attorney John W.
cathcart visited the store Of GOO Wan
Hoy at Bethel and King s,roc,s and
assaulted the proprietor. GOO Wan Hoy
will be recalled as an important witness
against oatheart in his alleged libel
suits. and it waS for this reason, that
the County Attorney had sougAt him
out, The testimony Of the Chinese
merchant appears below. Accompanied
by his son and one other witness he
brought the story TO the Advertiser
last night--a tale of abuse, profanity
and finally of blows.
A drunken oscapade of Cathcart 70. !
suited, some weeks ago in public
attempt to browbeat Judge Humphreys;
the sequel to which was a letter from
the Judge which, If published, would
show why Cathcart has been careful to
avoid him since.
Some little time before this, Cathcart
held up a reporter of the Advertiser
in the street for his alleged part in
gathering the testimony about his pro-
fessional and personal misconduct
which the Advertiser published last
fall. The reporter was A. P. Taylor.
. Cathcart, at the time, was intoxicated
; and disorderly. The habit seems to
have become chronic.
GOO WAN HoY's STATEMENT.
''Last night between quarter and
, half past ten was sitting in my store
with my son and my clerk, when John
w. Cathcart partially intoxicated came
! in the door L was sitting in front
of the counter, and, as Cathcart en-
tered, / said Good evening, Mr.. Cath
cart. He had a cigarette in his mouth
' and turned to light it at the lighter
, before saying word. He then turned
around and looked at me for short
space, then bowling his head and say
l ing How do you do He came over
and sat down beside me on stool and
said: 'You are G, w. Alloy, or Goo
Wan Hoy9' L said Yes, SIR He
: then said: Humphreys and Lightfoot
are connected in this business with you,
are they not9' To this / answered in
the negative, saying that l ran the
business myself.
''He said, We'll, you are the man
who accused me last fall i said No,
did not accuse you of anything; L
} only told the facts He then said
God damn you and Humphreys and
Lightfoot, you put up job on me last
) fall / didn't want a scrap, so ! said,
, Il don t want to talk to you any more;
/ want you to get out of here He
said mo, / am not through with you
, yet. IN going to lick YOU He stood
up then, taking off his glasses, l also
stood up, and we faced each other for
moment. Then / went behind my
! counter Cathcart leaned over the
showcase, looked at me and dared me
to come out and fight him. Then he
said he would lick me. He stepped to
the door and dared me to come outside
and take licking. ] told him / didn u
want any more to do with him, and
advised him TO go home and sober up.
! stepped around in front of the counter
again, and he came back inside. He
walked up close to me and, as | turned
to go towards my private Office in the
rear, he said Now, ] III lick YOU
! turned my face around and he struck
me in the back of the neck. NV son
jumped in then, catching his arm, and
showing him outside the door After
he was outside, he wanted to come back
and lick me, but my son stood in the
doorway and wouldn u let him pass.
After talking to my son for while,
trying to get back into the store, he
left and walked in the direction of the
police station down Bethel street.
81 am going to swear out "A warrant
for his arrest in the morning, for he
assaulted me once, and / think he will
try to do it again"
The above is true and exact state
ment of the occurrence tonight.
(Signed) GOO WAN HOY.
Witnesses: { GLEN GOO ON,
{ All CHONG.
THE SONS STORY.
The following Is the way Glen Goo