The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-11-10
W. II. Barnard Prevents Removal
Of Office Furniture WithUeIy
Looking Revolver
PUTS ALL TO FLIGHT
UNTIL POLICE ARRIVE
Then He ~Disarms" Them BY
Turning over Weapon and
IA Hastily Retires Il,

IL might have been an automatic
toothpick or n preparation 10 keep the
rain or umbrellas, but Il Glanced that
\ was only fluid TO prevent rust gath.
ering on anything, from horseshoe to
electric light fixtures, which w. n. Bar,
nard, Honolulus latest find in the get
rich-quiek class, brought to this city
with him. Il
Incidents surrounding the exploita-
ton Of this wonderful fluid led UP to
the enactment Of delightful comedy
yesterday morning in efBarney,s,, Of.
fee, Waity building. The comedy, out
Of respect to the preparation. should
be called Rustnot. But not until ii
was all over could one say with any
| degree of certainty that the play was
comedy. For there was gun flashed
and overwhelmingly pointed which natd.
rally gave IL some Of the characteristic
| of q drama.
Since g Barney arrived here In Sep.
TENDER, he has had busy and perhana
a profitable time. His finances. how,
ever, were what led up TO the comedy.
yesterday, with the gun play. The get
rieh-quieker had sold two halves Of his
business, one for 1925 and the other
FOR $500, and by some original Wink
In fractions retained a half interest IN
it himself NJ
Fits Up once on Credit
As condition precedent to opening
business, - Barney negotiated for fur
niture with the Office Supply Company,
and succeeded in getting enough for his
office on an installment plan. HID he
kept up his payments on this furniture,
everything would possibly have gone
smooth with himat least until the
buyers Of Rusthot threw il away after
trying i in vain on everything, in.
Guiding the scalp, ".
But /" Barney'' iidh 4 keep up his
installments Instead, he loaded zip q
pistol and waited Tor the wtfst 10
come; The worst, or rather the next
to the worst, came in the shape of three
Portugnese from the CITY Tfansfer Com
| pahy, They came with orders FROM the
Office Supply Company TO take the fur.
niture, and they were big enough, physi.
cally, TO take il, other things being
equal. 4.
Like Mccarn, barney Has Gun
But Harvey had gun. Like Me-
earn, he kept it concealed. The three
Portuguese came numbering into the Of
fce--thus begins the first act. This Is
not long act, for the reason that no
sooner did the expressmen state the
purpose Of their call than the exploiter
OF Rustnot pulled the gun, Feet--Pot.
tuguese feet--they made 1t down the
halfway OF the Waity building faster
than they ever dared TO 20 before; and
they did not stop until the Office Supply
store was reached, fT 1f
Alfred j. Dram, treasurer Of the com.
pany, listened 70 their story, but did
not believe it. IL was incredible, lie
said, and to prove il was Incredible
he went back with the Portuguese,
and thus opens the second act "Bar-
ney" Is holding his own by the desk
gnn on hip and eye on the door The
tloor Il opened, and Dram enters, calm
and unfriendly.
The promoter greets him: Don 4 you.
put your hands on this furniture. 4,
He draws a gun. y
Flourishes Bad Looking Pistol
1.-THE first one who tries to take this
furniture gets shot, you seeii' .yells
the promoter, flonrishing bad looking
pistol.
Dram wfthdraws hastily. ,.
HGun plays seeming TO be in vogue,
] didn 7 want TO take any chances, so
/ got out, said Dram. .Y
lie rang up for the police. ~
Two officers enter, taking positions
a 1 nj - nnb
the three Portuguese and Dram, holding
relatively safe positions,
Barney" sits at the desk, fondling
the revolver.
There he says, as he gives them
possession Of the revolver, "take that
to the police stationl
Blight oficers Overwhelmed
His generosity overwhelms the
bright officers. They take the gun and
march of the stage, not thinking until
the curtain has rung down ana every.
thing is over that their superior would
probably want to kick them from the
station to Kohala for not arresting the
promoter,
Sheriff Rose win not say when the
arrest viii be made, or anything about
the ease. Down at the station they are
whispering il around that he wants to
get a refund on his Rustnot before
making pinch. N
There is good deal of feeling among
many OF those who took part in the
comedy over the two officers non!fea-
sance in not arresting g Barney" They
say he committed two criminal acts,
and that there was no excuse for his
not being arrested on the spot.
Admits He Drew Weapon
/" Barney himself admitted last
night that he had drawn the gun.
!" And | would have shot them, too,
you bet, he commented, ''if they had
tried TO take the furniture ii. y
II rumor is TO be credited, BAR
oey' is planning to get away ON the
Manoa this afternoon. Should he es!
cape, sheriff Rose will find himself in
'anothet embarrassing position.