The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-17
OFFICERS GET IN
FREQUENT TROUBLE
Too Great a Desire for Good
Time Leads to PiHkia
Not Sought For.
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time" AZ they saw Il. on the part OF
officers OF the Thirteenth Infantry,
transient visitors on the army trans.
port, and too much vindictiveness on
the part Of tough gang Of local
ehauifeurs led to series OF riots early
yesterday morning that finally led to
Lieutenant Il. II. Hicks being fined
$3.50 by Judge Monsarrat yesterday
morning for an assault on Police OFF
Ger Fred Wright.
Various stories are told by the diff. !
ferent parties concerned, but there
were plenty of witnesses to most of
the affairs and their descriptions of the
several scraps jibe.
"There were about fourteen OF ff-
teen young officers who came in from
the Moana after the dance,p said
James Quinn, in whose auto a portion
of the party were during the evening.
'tThey were in two machines; my
brother Tom s and Jonah Cunmins
That was about a quarter past twelve
Cummins had blowout downtown and
that was how | came to get the party.
1--WE went around to the Grill and
the officers all got out and went up
stairs. None of them were drunk Mt
all. I had been with them all after
noon and had not seen one of them take
a drink but they may have been drink
ing little. They were all almost boys
and had just been out of West Point
d short while, / believe, so they
couldn t have stood much anyway.
''When they got to the Grill they all
went upstairs and began to knock the
glasses off the table and raise a rumpus
generally. One of them grabbed
George, the waiter, by the neck.
George is hot-tempered and went down
stairs to telephone to the police. One
of them came after him and asked him
not to call up the police as they didn It
mean anything by it.
i, Meanwhile Dick Sullivan was up
stairs eating and looking on as most
people would and finally one of the
officers called him a dirty name and
asked him why he was looking on for
Dick didn't say anything but kept on
eating and the officers all came down
} stairs and got into the machines with
out ordering anything and drove off.
Dick got out and looked after us and
5 then went and got gang together,
Joe Leal, and L understand Westbrook
n and Others, and followed us. Dick has
e not an ugly disposition and no one
:. has ever seen him in any fight of that
Y sort that know of.
e They drove following us through
4 Chinatown. Liliha and Iwilei and So
n forth and finally started out to Waikiki
q to Mrs. Puahi s. Several of the off
y GERS then said that they had seen the
mi a,,I \
s would return. So ] turned back to the
h Young Hotel where they were staying
t and as afterwards learned, Leal and
e the Others turned around after us.
: "When they got back to the hote
8 the two officers got out and paid me
g and said good night and started in
They were both practically youngsters
g One of them was of slight built and
o not tall. The other auto drew up and
n all of sudden | saw six men jump out
G of it and go for the two officers and
some one said ''there they are now; we
S have them. "
'Just then great big fellow, he
was transport man in the steward s de
partment, landed on the little officer
G. and hit him in the head. Then ht
It picked him up and slammed into tn,
e street right in front of my machine.
le almost ran over him and stopped JUS
IN time. ] called to the others to pul
n. the big fellow off before he killed tn,
II boy. but then | saw somebody else o,
n for the other officer. This was Dicl
N Sullivan, but / couldn't see very wei
n as it was dark.
8. 81 didn't see this, hut heard tina
le Sullivan got the worst of it or at leas
the officer got hold of his wrists an,
held them. Then Leal stepped up be
- hind the officer and hit him over tn
VI head four or five times with his cane
ie The fight ended there
IN After this the two assaulted officer
sent for their companions and they a
gathered on the corner of Hotel an
~ Bishop streets. They found out tina
y Sullivan lived at the Majestic an
Ie started out intending 10 edo him up.
nc Captain Kahanamoku of the police, al
other police officer and couple of b
cycle officers were standing by an
heard the threats and an elderly ma
appealed to them to stop the bows b,
cause they were mad and would %
. into trouble. He said that one of the,
L was his son. The police, however. di
J not offer TO interfere then and Nh
whole party proceeded to the Maiesti
There the police stepped in and tried |
ks quiet them down and disperse then
40 According to statements ON the witnel
d stand Yesterday morning Officer Ere
- Wright Of the mounted patrol who hi
been assigned TO headquarters tompora
a ily got into an alteration with one
~ the officers and while he was n'havir
n, II out with him, Lieutenant Hiel
came up behind him and laid his sea
~ open with a blow Of his cane. Hiel
- WAS arrested at once and that end,
~ the matter
Do Judge Monsarrat first wished 10 se
tenee him 10 siK months Imprisonment
ah bni II WIS polluted out that as he NJ
OF transient army officer II placed
'os esiR hardship on the defendant a.
OF the sentence WIS changed 10 a fe
iof fine. iileks pleaded guilty ON the a
nN vice ~ bic attorney. Prank fhomnso
Sullivan has denlnd that the Office
fna Nefe followed