The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-16
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'FLAGAT AA[APARk
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s. ]. Walker Is Wounded Twice
BY @Capt." Henry AIIeh
- lEk.NaYY Man
VICTIM SAID He WOULD
"GETsse MERlctN SOLDIERS


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g. J. Walker, forty.eight years old
and \ mechanic, last night called an
American Naval ensign "a dirty rag''
teprOsiaifAsd . himself pro.German--.
said thst he himself wss going 70
tttetssfen American soldiers, and then
Henry {captAin) Allen, q veteran Of
'the Ainsfisan navy, drew revolver
and shot iim twiee. Such is the Ell
yplnnation given by Allen after the
shouting. slghw - T'e'
The shooting took place shortly after.
eight O'Clock at thu cCtner of King and
Aala Streets while the walks bordering
Aala Park and nearby streets were
thronged with people. Captain" Al
len, who is a cripple, having lost his
left arm several years ago, is proprie-
tor Of one OF the little soft drink
stands that fringe. Aala Park, and has
long been q. familiar figure in the dis
trict. He has been taking prominent
part lately in number Of forms of
patriotic work, giving instruction to
classes of, Boy Scouts and assisting in
organizing the Sea Scouts here. The
blue and gold naval standard that he
raised every morning over his little soft
drink stand and lowered every evening
at shutdown was che flag that Walker
had referred to just before the shoot
ing took place.
Fires Two Shots
-, Aliens stand Is located across the
roadway from Aala Park about twenty
feet from the end of the bridge. Tom
ing, n Chinese youth of sixteen, and
IN adopted son of Allen, heard few
words of the controversy that preeed-
ed the shooting. According to his
statement Allen fired one shot and then
after an interval Of about thirty sec
ohds during which Walker was walk
ing toward the end Of the bridge away
from his tfssailnnt q second shot was
fired and Walker sank to the sidewalk
at the bridge entrance.
B. A. Watson, proprietor of one of
the stands at the park, and Corp. John
Anger, of Company G, Second Infan-
try grah to- the scene Of the shoot.
ing. Allen stood calmly with the re.
vdlVer in his hand and told them t.
call the police and, acting on the in
struetion of Watson, Allen p adopted
son sounded the whistle which brought
q mounted policeman.
walkers Statement
Walker retained consciousness for a
few minutes.
"I've been Shot by a dirty coward
i mean Allen" he told Watson and
Corporal Anger, who were trying to
render aid to him. -
,"1'm shot through the stomach and
m going to die" he added. Before
the police arrived he lapsed into un,
consciousness.
While Allen stood near the PROSTATE
figure awaiting the police he gave his
own version of the shooting to the two
assisting the wounded man and to the
bystahders. .,'.
OF he 3 dead, he ought to be dead,
he was heard to say. "He called him
self pro German and insulted my flag
He had done It before and I wouldn 7
stand for anything more from him.
After he had beet taken to the police
station Allen frankly admitted he had
done the shooting and repeated the
reasons he had given on the street cor
nef. He remained apparently unmoved
and willing to accept any Consequences
of his action. The revolver that wa,
taken from him was found 70 be one
Of .3S-calibre containing the two empty
shells.
Lived Together
An extraordinary feature in cOnnec
ton with the shooting Is that AllCr
and Walker with the Chinese boy have
been living together in cottage al
Iwilei. Often Allen and Walker have
been seen seated together afternoon
in the shade Of Allen 8 soft drink stand
The Chinese, boy, however, said las
night they have recently been HAVING
words over the developments of thu
war and it was said at the police sta
tion last night that papers found il
Walker u pockets iItdieated that he ha'
been Communicating with officers of thu
Industrial Workers of the World an
may have become a member OF tha
organization. Allen and Walker have
been living together in the lwilei cot
ttage for the past six months or more
T Through the evening last night Will
Walker lay in the eIhergeDey hospita
efforts were made by the police to OF
tain a more complete statement from
him, but these met with little success
Though it WIS possible TO revive hin
in some measure by the use of stimu
Llants that were used 70 aid his hear
faction, when he responded to these h.
remained in a semi delirious state.
/ WOfksd at Peaaa Harbor
Both Alien, and Walker have BEEF
living IN Hondaulu for more than
ESear. Al one time Walker was EN-
ployed at The Pearl Harbor na<hl sta
lion as a mechanic and it Is said ais
that he saw service on American trans
ports, though he had never enlisted il
the Navy. 49,,
Since his appearance at the it'll
4 AaIa park stand, Captain Allen ha
been given the title by which he wa
commonly addressed as a little rouI
tesy. lie had served in the America
Navy for fifteen years. His son sal
that it was while engaged in civil en-
Egineering work in New Zealand severo
years ago that he lost his arm: A hors
he was riding fell over an embankmen