Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-09

Little John wholley is said to he a
twelve ear-old." and other boys at
the fort the victims" of his "aggrcs-
siveness AS matter of fact. he Is
only nine years old. and though well
developed. Is just recovering from "A
serious illness and is physically weak
because OF this and because one Of his
arms has recently been broken in two
places and is not entirely strong yet
The morning paper declared Sester-
day that the girl was the daughter Of
Major ]. NJ. Kennedy, which IL I'M
true. The girl Is the daughter of Cap
tain and Mrs. Chamberlin.
The statement IL made that Mrs.
Wholley went to Judge whitney de
handing that the girl be sent to the
reform" school. which Is absolutely UNI
true. Judge whitney was seen as
member of the board of trustees
Boy Misrepresented.
Among the misrepresentation Of
the little lad IL that he developed the
practise of shooting at the privates
, with an air-rifie." He never owned an
air-rine, It Ii stated by many people
at the fort
From these misstatcments the easy
step Is made to statements concerning
military discipline set at naught,"
bitter antagonism between the Who'll
ley and Kennedy factions" etc. Then,
stIll spinning wonderful yarn that
somebody has poured into Credulous
ears. the Advertiser man divides the
enlisted men against the officers
by this morning the Advertiser had
learned from no less person than
Major Kennedy himself of the gossip
ing Misrepresentation. and half.
hearted correction was made which
again continued to spread the reports.
A cheap wit IL brought into play in
an attempt to cover up false state
ments
Boy Is Popular.
! As matter of fact. out NJ the fort
the whole thing Is recognized for what
II Is worth. Moreover, little John
Wholley Is a mighty popular boy with
the enlisted men. as the Bul let n
learned from two of them last night
who volunteered that hes dandy
little kid"
He's all right" said one OF these
men. He Is boy full Of boyish spir-
its. and that's ALL"
Major Wholley has years Of record
as popular officer behind him. and
the statement that the enlisted men
are against him Is simply laughed at
A veteran OF the Spanish American
War, in which he was colonel Of the
First Washington. and a graduate OF
the War College. he Is declared by his
men to be n splendid commanding Of
ficer. The friends of Major and Mrs
Wholley look upon the whole thing as
too trivial TO be noticed except for tho
necessity for correcting untruths
Since coming.to Honolulu Mrs. Who'll.
ley has identified herself with local in.
terests being n member of the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution and charitable
and benevolent societies. and hei
friends have come stanchly to her sup.
port.
AS to the original cause of all tn,
trouble. the following statement Il
made by the motorman, John Plum
lett. at whose side II happened:
while on car No. so. King street
about $40 a. M, John Wholley wal
standing by me when a girl. Miss
Chamberlin by name. of Fort Shafter
came and pulled his hat of his heat
and went back to her seat with 1t ant
put 1t underneath her. John went ant
got his hat and came back to me ant
put his hat under his coat. Then Miss
Chamberlin came back and started
fight with John Wholley AMI had hin
cornered against glass window wher,
he could not get away, and she started
to pull his hair and fight him Ther
| did not see anything else. JohI
Wholley did not start the fight, be
cause he was standing peacefully b!
me until she came up to take ava!
his hat and threatened to throw II of
the car"
Those who know the facts do no
try to excuse the biting of the girl
II she was bitten-but she Is said I,
be eleven years old and as large a
the boy. The motorman says the bo,
was cornered and couldn't use his on
free arm.
The incident seems closed as far a
the college Is concerned.