The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-13

crowd through Tow asend that he
would pump lead into any Japanese
who dared to try 10 enter the build
ing.
SEHRIFF SURROUNDED.
The three hundred and more labor
ers, muttering and threatening, sur
rounded the Office and Jarrett was held
q prisoner with his prisoners. He
phoned for reinforeements and three
mounted patrolmen aud ten specials,
most of them armed with carbines and
revolvers, hastened over the sixteen
miles of mountainous. road to where
the Sheriff was in peril of his life. Even
upon their arrival the crowd still had
sort of command Of the situation.
The police fixed bayonets and threw
guard about the plantation Office
CHARGED THE CROWD.
Then arrived Deputy High Sheriff
Chester Doyle. two newspaper men
and photographer in Joe Clark's au-
tomoble and the machine, at Doyle's
orders, charged the mob, Doyle and
representatives of The Star aud Adver-'
tiser, elbowing tbropEh the mass of
excited 'Japanese' 70 where Jarrett,
backed by bayoneted carbines and re-
vnlvers, stood on the little veranda of
the plantation office
JARRETT HEMMED IN.
What's the matter?" asked Doyle
They've got me hemmed in" said
Jarrett.
Where are your prisoners?"
Il have five of the ringleaders of
the attack on the luna inside the Of
fee"
Can you pick from this mob some
of the men who were foremost in re-
sisting your trying to get away with
your prisoners?"
There's one, and another. This fell
low with the face, he's one, too There!
There's one of the chaps that helped
pun my prisoners out of the auto He.
too! And another"
ELEVEN ARRESTS.
This was action. This was getting
10 business, for as fast as Jarrett
Identified the leaders OF the attack on
the automobiles, DOYLE and the specials
snatched the indicated Japanese from
the crowd and rushed them into the
ofhce. In less than five minutes there
We're eleven prisoners taken. making
sixteen in all, including the complain
ing witness who was held SD he could
not be tampered with.
DOYLE INVESTIGATES
Ohe OF the newspaper men took down
the quick preliminary investigation in
-horthand and another assisted with
the guard
Doyle went at the investigation I'm
a manner that awoke the Japanese to
a sense of awe.
Take off yor hat! Stand up
straight! Now what were you doing
IN this crowd? Oh, you were. were
you? You were Just looking on. Very
interesting! Well you come to town
with us And so on. for they all
lied palpably One said he was a bar
Der and wanted to be sure that none
OF his customers got hurt In the scrim-
age; another thought he had right to
make sure his friends were guilty be-
fore he and the rest permitted" them
TO be taken to town Still another
declared that he had followed along to
see who was going to town; and an
other said they all wanted to 60 to
town. Nobody had laid hand on the
luna; nobody had resisted the police;
nobody had interiered with the pris-
'ners, or attempted to do so. accord
ing to their perjuTed testimony. Chauf-
feur Lutz who drove Jarrett, and Jar
rett himself however. positively,
identified the gang of rioters and they
were held prisoners.
ORDERED TO DISPERSE.
81 would advise" said Doyle, con-
sulting with Jarrett. chat we now or
der the crowd to disperse. If they re-
fuse, well, guess you understand"
Big Bill Jarrett grinned, the door
of the plantation office was opened.
the three automobiles backed up to
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