The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-23

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premises they had visited, and who
held them until the police arrived aud
took them back to the school.
Three SIN At Large
The remaining three escapes ere still
at large but are icing watched cor at
every point between Waialee and Homo
luln, telephone adviees notifying the
police Of the various districts TO be IA
the lookout for the hoys, having been
sent out
Two police officers were sent from
Honolulu to Waialee yesterday after
noon, ut the urgent request Of Superin
tendent H. NJ. Tucker of the Industrial
. school, and late last night they return.
ell to town having in custody two of
the rihgleaders of the outbreak, who
were lodged in jaiEfor the night.
The trouble started before noon when
one of the big boys, David Leleo, a
husky youth of nearly twenty years, aP
piled an offensive epithet to John
Themes. one Of the teachers. The
offender was taken to }. NJ. johnson,
the teacher in charge of the school in
the absence of Principal Tucker, who
gave him dressing down with a strap,
ed in his remarks to his superiors in
future.
Trouble Renewed After Lunch
1t evidently was intended that this
remark by LeleO, should precipitate
trouble between the teachers and the
boys, then and there. 1t failed to do
ed q short time later when Themes was
ko A,ntn "a
following lunch, to the playground. "
Arriving at the playground, Leleo
started an argument with Themes, ex-
claiming that he was stinker, or
words to that effect, to have taken
him 10 johnson. and adding that he
wouldn Z have done so but for the fact
that he was sharkIed and therefore not
in position 10 take his own part.
., Themes told the fellow to keep quiet
but this he refused to do, at the same
time striking a threatening attitude.
Themes then prepared to defend him
self against Leleo's threatened on
slaught and was slugged from behind
by another youth, believed to have been
George Kahepu, and who is between
nineteen and twenty years old,
The blow was a hard one and stag
Rered Themes for the moment. The
crowd of boys then surrounded the
teacher and the two boys concerned in
the disturbance, armed with clubs which
they took from every conceivable hid
ing place around the playground and
which evidently had been laid away for
the occasion. Other munitions c. war
in the shape of handy rocks also were
seized by the bOvs The clubs were of
all sizes and shapes and included hose
flied with sand, and some loaded sticks.
Clubs And Stones Used
Surrounding the central figures on
the playground the attitude of the boys
became more offensive and threatening
and every now and again a surreptitious
whack would be taken at Thnnhes.
Johnson, hearing the disturbance,
rushed from the dining hall to the
playground, and his coming was greet
ed by VOlIey of stones, some of
which took painful effect.
He had no sooner reached the crowd
of boys and started to try and restore
order than one big chap armed with
rock babe him stand where he was
and not move unless he wanted TO get
hurt. Instead of complying with re
quest johnson ran over to Principal
fuckers house and breaking open a
desk took therefrOm a loaded revolver
and returned to the playground.
just as soon as the boys saw that
johnson refused to be bluffed and had
gone on an erramd which they knew
BODIED no pleasant consequences, they
broke from the school premises at a
run and headed for the mountainside,
going up trail little on the Kahuku
side Of the school
Forty Eight Boys Stampede
Forty eight boys took part in the
stampede, those left on the playground
being six boys whose feet were sharkled
aud, the smaller inmates of the school.
These boys were bravely taken charge
Of by the matron, Mrs. Harriet l.,
Kearns, WHO ordered them all into the
main class room.
In the meanwhile Johnson and the
FIVE other teachers Of the school had
gone in pursuit OF the other boys, leaV,
ing Mrs. KeaTns alone in charge of one,
hundred excited boys in very evil
mood, including six Of the worst char
aeters In the institution whose legs were
hhaekled +
No sooner were the boys placed in
the class room when trouble started,
One of the boys wearing shackles
approached the matrOn and threatened
20 strike her. some of the other boys