The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-08-10
Police With Warrant In Auto
Case Rim Up Against Gen.
eral Order To the Navy
TWO MORE VICTIMS e..
FOR SAFETY FIRST
Army Ambulance Hits BicycIist-
And Goes On Without Any
Attention To Victim ''aa


ago, naval reservation or naval
vessel Is sanctuary for any enlisted
man or officer who can beat the civil
authorities to IL, because he Cannot
be taken off the reservation or the
ship or surrendered by the officer in
command without special permission OF
the secretary of the navy, $780,. 3.
The local police ran Up against this
order yesterday, when they attempt.
ed to serve a warrant of arrest against
A. W. Phillips. of the crew of the sub
marine F-2, who is alleged TO have
been ut the wheel Of the machine that
ran down and injured a soldier of the
.Twopty'ffth Infantry on the Iwilei
Road on Thursday night, the occu.
pants Of which then did the eowardly
act Of running away without attempt-
ing to assist the injured man. Phillips,
when the car wac overtaken by the
police, following the accident. escapei
and mnde his getaway to the naval
reservation. n y, ~.
Could Not Serve Warrant 4
A warrant for his arrest was issuea
yesterday and Police Officer Ferry
visited the U. s. s. Alert yesterday
morning to serve it.. He was told hta
Eantaim Crittenden that he could not
deliver Phillips into his custody until
he had communicated with the score.
tarv "f the navy and received bis per-
mission.
Captain Crittenden cabled Washing
ton but up to midnight no answer hal
been received.
Order Is Imperative
General Order No. 12I, issued last
n 10. II
formative in the matter. The order
reads, in part as follows:
I'm no case will commanding Of
fcers of vessels or shore stations Of the
navy or marine corps deliver TO the
civil authorities, state or federal, any
person in their custody or under their
control without first communicating
with the secretary Of the navy and
awaiting his instructions in the prem
isesp
OF course WERE phinf5s to Ldlect to
give himself up, or were the police
authorities to catch him on shore, his
detention or arrest would follow as
matter, of course.
&. Redman, one of the trio arrested,
who is also a member Of the crew Of
ore of the submarine fotilla, is said to
have a part interest in the ear driven
by Phillips, which is alleged to have
caused the accident on Thurs lay
night. J. w. Brown another under ar
rest, is an employee Of Bishop e. Co.
and A. Howe, the third in the trio is
well-known around town.
History Of Case
Following quarrel between the oc-
cupants of two cars, in the Iwilei dis
trict on Thursday night, Redman,
Brown and Howe got into Phillips ear,
intending to drive to town. On the
Iwilei road near Queen street the car
struck Dentzlor, and the driver, instead
of stopping to assist the injured man,
sP"cd"d up his ear and beat it.
Police Officer Frank Kanae gave
chase in a car which he commandeered
and caught up with the fugitives at
Allen and Richards streets, where Phil
Hrs left the ear and made for his
vessel
Redman was at the wheel when Ka-
nae demanded that he drive the car
and the other two passengers to the
police station.
This he refused to do, and after con-
siderable parley Kanae drew his Colt
revolver and made tbe driver start the
car downward. at the point of the gun.
NJ pOllCe HI JnFe6 men
strenuOusly denied having struck any
one while coming from lwilei After
some sweating, however, they confess
ed to Captain Baker that they had hit
man and failed to stop to assist him,
and they were accordingly charged.
Rcmandod For Week
In Judge Monsarrat's court yester-
day morning Redman, Brown end
Howe, charged with neglecting to stop
to assist man run over by their rar
on Thursday night, were remanded un-
til August IS. Bail has been set at
$500 in each case.
Isaac p DeutZler. belonging to Com
rany X, Twentysffth Infantry, the In
iured man. is at present at Fort Shat.
ter hospital, suffering from compound
fracture of an ankle; q broken shmll!
der blade and internal injuries. His
condition is said 10 be rather critical
and X-rays were used yesterday in an
"fort to ascertain the extent of his
internal injuries,
In the meanwhile two other serious
automobile accidents occurred yester,
day, in one of which the auto ambu-
lance from Fort Sbafter figured. In
this case, also, the driver of the ma,
chine proceeded on his way after hav.
ing buried q bicycle rider in the ditch
on one side and smashed into a push
cart on the other.
According to the police report, Sam
Namokueba was riding his wheel along
King street, toward Kalihi, and when
between nesha lane and Liliha street
III" ambulance anproa"hed him FROM
behind, going in the direction of the
poet.
The chauffeur shouted for Namoku
cha to get out of the way, and when
the latter bore to the right the ambu