The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-28
John K. Steward, Accused Of
Cutting Henry Garter, Is
Held BY Police
CRIME WAS COMMITTED
IN PEST-HoLE OF VICE
Native and HaIf-White Women
Are Magnet That Attracts
Vicious Men

John X. Stewart was arrested yester-
day on suspicion of having been con
nected with the stabbing ARRAY which
occurred outside the Majestic Hotel
early last Sunday morning and in which
Henry Carter was severely cut across
the abdomen. Stewart, who is a soldier
at Fort Shafter, is said to have been
one of the party of soldiers in civilian
clothes which had the trouble with Car
ter and his friend Kinamon.
Oscar Anderson, another soldier, is
also in custody. He admitted yesterday
that on the night of the row he had a
brand new knife and said that someone
Bnatched it from his hand. He denies
having cut Carter and processes ignOr-
ance of who, welded the weapon.
1t was stated at the Queen 5 Hospital
last night that Carter was making fair
progress toward recovery. While the
cut is a serious one. the entrails for.
tunately were not penetrated. Had this
been the case death might have result
cd.
Carter, nephew of Mayor Lane,
has made the following statement to
his brother, Tom Carter, concerning
the circumstances leading up TO the
assault:
Carter's Story
81 was in my room near Fort and
Beretania streets when j. Kinamon
came up and said that five fellows
wanted to jump him. He said that he
was going to get i'll and scrap with
them and asked me to 90 with him
and jump in and give him a hand if
saw that he was getting done up.
1--WE went down to the street and
saw that Kinamon had 10 argument
with the men, and told him to neat it..
] heard Kinamon say to one of the
men, Put up that knife ur II hit
you with this bottle The nan put
his knife away and Kinamon threw the
bottle across the street.
cinnamon and l then crossed the
street to the fire station, where we met
Hawaiian woman and stopped to
talk to her. A small man then came
across and started to make trouble
with KinamOn. Then a hig fellow
came over and jumped me. I kept
the man going until we reached the
middle of the street, when | knocked
him down.
81 looked and saw four other men
Vn top of KinamOn beating him up and
vent to his assistance. While | was
tackling one of the men, the small man
Jumped in and made a slash ut lie with
a ack-knife. | saw the blow com
ing and lodged around a telephone
pole. | didn't know, that | had been
cut until l saw the blood pouring from
my body When the other fellows saw
-, " I,nnt
it and held my stomach together
until an automobile came along and
was taken to the hospital
Police Called Frequently
There was very generally circulated
report round town yesterday that the
trouble which resulted in Cartcr's in
jury was precipitatcd by a quarrel over
woman who lives near the scene of
the ARRAY
The police have frequently had their
attention called TO the pcst-hOles of vice
which are maintained in Fort street
between Beretania and Vineyard streets
and even beyond the latter thorough
fare.
Two blocks and half dozen rOoming
houses on both sides of Fort street have
for months past been the abiding
places of large number of women
mostly Hawaiians and half-whit"s
These girls, who are well known to thu
police, used to frequent the skatinl
rink when that resort was running an
number Of them have been in troHblt
for larceny and other oiicrHcs.
OF late their number has b4cn great
~ augmented arr is growing all thu
time. The old skatl;.@ rink gang ha'
introduced sisters and cousins into thei
company and in some cases has induced
girls from the other islands to come t.
Honolulu and compelled them to share
the life Of immortality which they them
selves are leading.
Corkscrcw alley is the home Of mum
Der of the girls. The trnch'ents furn
ish another harbOTage. ROOming houses
have long been notorious in this re
spect.
Many of the girls have been on thu
local streets for years. Sometimes
girl keeps a room for herself. Othe
rooms are shared by two friends, an'
in some cases three and sometimes fOu
girls live in the same room.
= Az a rule the girls pay nominal sun
for the use of the rooms in which the,
live. The prOprietors of the dumps ar
only too glad to have them for tenants
for they drum up business for them
One of the tenement masters Is ais
the proprietor of restaurant and il
it all the girls living on his premise
take their meals, which also helps busj
ness. A little judicious blind pggin
still further cOnduces to keep the pU
boiling.
Just the Same Old Story
All day long the deniZens of thrs
tenement rooms lie around, half dressr
and idle, save for the strumming of
guitar or game of cards. Sm0ki in
aud drinking, they pass the hours &
daylight away. Sometimes, when u
American Hawaiian frrightrr is in, c
when the stevedores have had an eXtr
good pay day. band OF Hawaiian