The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-15
Mills HDhu, Swesrs
Out Warrant For
Arrest Of Soldiers
Objects To Having "Gat" Showed
Into Ms Stomach BY Total
Stranger lack -EdWardsOn
Released From Custody When
Evidence Falls p,g' 't.y.u,

10
Harry r. Mills swore out q warrant
yesterday for the arrest Of d soldier
named Harry F. Lea, as an aftermath
Of the affair ut the Imperial Bar Thurs
day night when Jack Edwardson was
taken into custody by three soldiers
acting as secret service men and locked
up In a cell at the police station, for
the night. ,|~,,.t.s ~ ~.
Edwardson. who IL business agent
for the Sailors Union Of the Pacific,
was taken 70 the marshal y ofiee yes
terday morning and held until after.
noon, when he WIS released for lack
of evidences TO substantiate the charges
made against him by the soldiers that
be had uttered disloyal and un-Ameri-
can sentiments. $500. .....r., II.
Mills was also mixed up in the az
fair and was taken TO the police sta
ton. a. was i. i. o 'Keefe, q member
of the sailors union. but neither was
detained. Mills had the unpleasant ex.
perience OF having pistol pointed at
his stomach; Q proceeding that he did
not appear to relish.
Mills Tells story
Mills made a statement yesterday in
regard to the AFFAIR. He said, in effect,
that he went into the Imperial Bar
with Edwardson and there met O,Keefe.
Conversation started regarding the
union button worn by Edwardson and
O'Keefe and q discussion arose as to
the relative advantages an American
boy has in becoming a sailor or remain
ing on the farm.
According to- Mills about eleven
o'clock, when he aud Edwardson had
been in the saloon more than an hour
three soldiers came in and one Of
them, Lea, called Mills aside and ask.
ed him who Edwardson was. Mills
told him but refused TO pursue the con.
versRtiOn, whereupon, he says, the
stranger told him he was under arrest
Mills asked him who he was and
where was his authority, upon which
the stranger replied; 81 III show you my
authority" and pulling q gun, showed
II into Mills stomach.
Mills story to this extent is sub
stantiated by License Inspector Hut
ton, who was present, but Mills adj.
tionaI statement that the soldier rails
ed pistol to Mills head 10 denied by
Hutton, who says he himself stepped
in between and told the soldier to put
up his pistol, which the man did. Mills
says the man told him, eff you don 7 |
keep your mouth shut IN blow your
head off. .,
Told to Beat II 1
Mills adds that he was hustled to
the police station and then told to get
out, beat III. He refused, saying he
would, come or 70 as he pleased. 1
o 'Reefe, he says, was also placed under |
arrest but was likewise told to 60.
According to Mills, EdwardsOn had
not been placed under arrest but was
called the short and ugly word by
one Of the soldiers and retorted that he |
would be pleased 10 force the word |
down the mans throat, out of town.
He vas then searched and put into a |
sell whore. he remained until yester-
day morning, VIXEN he was taken to thei
mafshal's sffice and later released, Gfs
ter, witnesses had been examined. 81
Hutton concludes his statement as
follows;
"'''The man, Lea, attempted to charge |
pro. Huunish sentiments TO Mills and l
to Edwardson: their friends and ne
anaintances in the Territory feel that ]
both these men, though past military
age, would be very willing to fight the |
Huns, or failing this, to bite them when
any opportunity offered
The warrant for Lea has not been |
served.