The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-13

fcer Jones from Koolau. They recap
tured two or three of the prisoners and
retreated toward the office door. The
machine bv this time was occupied by
rioters, who declared that if one man
were arrested, everybody should be ar
rested and carried to Honolulu.
Jarrett and his men locked the door
of the office and the Sheriff gave warn
ing that any man who attempted to
open the door or force an entrance
would be shot. He produced his re-
volver to show that he was in earnest.
In the Office was telephone, and
soon Jarrett had Deputy Sheriff Rose
on the wire, explaining to him his pre-
dicament and asking for a relief force.
The deputy Immediately dispatched
three mounted officers to Wamanalo.
They rode hard and covered the dis
lance in remarkable time. At three
O'Clock force of ten officers and
specials, fully armed, went over the
Pail route in an auto, and at $3.50
Deputy High Sheriff Doyle, photog-
rapher, and two newspaper men fol-
lowed in another machine.
When the second auto reached the
office, all the plantation laborers were
massed in front of the building, some
sitting, Others standing. On the veran-
da the sharp-pointed bayonets of the
Springfelds showed plainly where the
foot police were on guard. The three
mounted men were nearby. The Sheriff
was on the veranda Doyle immediate
ly stepped before the assemblage and
told the men that the wisest course
would be to disperse and not interfere
with the officers on duty, or try to pre-
vent the Sheriff from making the ar
rests on the authority of the warrant
which he had in his pocket.
Some started to leave, others passed
comments, receiving sharp rebukes
from one or two men in the crowd.
Then something happened. The Sheriff
identified several in the crowd as men
who had obstructed his way, and Off
GERS quickly placed them under arrest.
They were rushed into the office and
Intercepted. Some were "cocky.'
| One brazenly said that he had only
stopped the auto in order to find out
whether the men were guilty or not,
before allowing the officer to take
them to Honolulu. Another admitted
that he had said he did not care wheth.
err he died or not One, barber, said
he was not with the crowd, but a spec
not any of his patrons got hurt. All
were positively identified by the Sheriff
and he ordered them all taken to Homo
lulu.
In one big auto six prisoners were
placed under the guard of newspa-
perman; the second auto held another
sextet, also under guard of a newspa-
perman, and the third and last auto
contained the assaulting trio and the
complaining witness, under guard of
Deputy High Sheriff Doyle.
1t was necessary for the police, both
foot and mounted. to force the crowd
back at the point of the bayonet, as
the autos prepared to leave the prem
Uses. AS the first auto passed by the
crowd, one of the prisoners shouted
"Banzai, Banzai," and was cheered in
return. The mounted officers followed
the auto procession to the railrad track,
returning Immediately 10 the Office.
Sheriff Jarrett and his officers will re-.
main at Waimanalo until sometime to-
day.
The arrested men were brought to
the Police Station and are being held
for investigation
Following are the names of the ar
rested mems Yamamoto, Higashi, Kaba-
yasM KimuTa, Nakagawa, Sukamoto,
Ozakl, nnra, Ota, Nakai, hkui, Ia.
mura, Kamorl, Dol, Asami, Hirosui.