The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-05
'UNPROVOKED CRIME.
CHARGED TO NEGRO
Soldier Is said To Have Stabbed
Sailor Victim In Mistake !
For Another Man

aso....n 4 ,h!.a - -. ~
"''"a' n.y. 0'"'si WIS eo"aruy
staoped last ABOVE mis- night eye by
negro soldier with n long hunting
dagger shortly before eleven o,cloek
| last night at the corner Of Knkm Lane
and River Street.
The knife penetrated the skull Of
McCail's head, then RANGED downward
through his face and into the throot
The knife must have had blade from
| four to si1 inches long. on account Of
the nature Of the wound.
No hone was held Mt midn;obt TINT
the sailor would live through the NIGHT,
30 serious was the wound, and fear
was expressed that the knife had
struck a portion of the brain. Mccall
after being given first treatment at the
| emergency hospital bv DR., R a. Aver
was removed TO the department hospi
tai.
Attack Unprovoked
According to the aecount Of the AZ
fray ygi ven TO the police by two OF Nc
! Cail'ss compapi6hs, who me bimseIf
are American sailors, the attack upou
the unarmed man was without proyo
! cation. and nearly without warning
1nHRe Two GOmDnnl0nR FTnnk Haley
and C. A. Sullivan, also fremen third
| class. were coming out of Kukui Lane
| into River Street when thew were an.
preached in a dark part Of the street
hv two negro soldiers who faced them
from the street, while the sailors were
brought to a stop on the sidewalk,
"You re the fellows that made those
remarks about u.s." one Of the negroes
declared, the witnesses saw. at the
same time drawing the lone knife from
under a coat he was CARVING across
! his, arm. va
Haley stepped forward 10 make anne
remark to nacify the belliperent nero,
he saws. when sight of the knife cansed
him 20 start nm the street as evident
" did the other two Sailors
But Mccall was unable to avoid
his assailant and when the other two
sailors found he was NOT with them
thew started to 90 hack To his ala as
thew had somewhat overcome their
natural fright and excitement
Assailant Makea Eacape
IA thew Turned to do an thev wit
messed the cold blooded deliberatepess
of the negro knife wieIder Haley
saws, as thew turned back to where Nc.
Call then Law on the street. thew saw
the negro run hack n few stems 10 the
Indy of his victim and Give two tor.
ri6c, beaves Of his shoulder IN draw
the knife from MeCall,s head The
negroes then ran or and escaped in
the darkness. the two yeutbs making
their way to a Japanese store where
thew managed to make themselves nm
derstood sufficiently to get the proprie
tor to turn in the cali for poiice as
sistanee and the ambulance
Immediately after the report Of the
stabbine was received at the police
station, railway station eepers. drivers
of automobiles and the police ON every
heat were notified To he on the lockout
for the two negroes, while a souad Of
Hnecial nolieemen and deteetives he
gan rounding up the negro soldiers in
the town. The military authorities
were also notified of the stabbino.
, both at Schofeld Barracks and at the
eamp of the COMPANY now on guard
duty here in Honolulu.
The negro who used the knife and
did all the talking is described as be
ing eomparativeIy short in size and
probably weighing about 1875 pounds.
| Recent Volunteer
Mccall is ono of the American vol.
| unteers who enlisted in the navy short,
" after war was declared on Germany.
HIS home is in New Ulysses, Grant
County, Kansas. His companions think
he enlisted either in Denver. Colorado.
or Ell Paso, Texas. Mccall went out
70 the PhiEpDines on the .June trims
| port and several months ago was trans.
| ferred to the Pearl Harbor station.
As Mccall had had considerable ex.
perience with motor boats while A civ.
| ilian. he had intended going before his
/ shin = officers for A hipbcT rating 70.
day
No Previous Trouble
Both HALEY and Sullivan are nositive
in their declarations that thew had had
no trouble with any one during the
evening and explain that thew snent
most 81 their evening 1T the Carnival
cirrus near the railway station
HALEY ia from sacramento CaEfor.
min and sullivan from PreS.ott Al.
IONA like Mccall tbev ore voIur.
teers who have io;ned tbe novv Sinco
nor ,itb Germany heaon
n sn;ts 30 tLo;r distross .. .Lo ;.
sortnne ~ ths;r comnan;"u - Ia