The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
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PRIVATE AfDANCE
IS POLICE Charge.
Lieutenant MorreI Reed Arrested
and 1isafmed After Bark Of
! Revolver TerFiiies Crowd
ZEAL 06sY OVER GIRL a.. 8. =. =.
|, ALLEGED AS CAUSE
Shooting Occurred On BAT Room
Floor Where Seyehty.fiye
Couples Were ENJOYING watt

Charged with firing shot from NJ
revolyer mt an enlisiei man on crowd
ed dance floor, Second Lieut.. Morrel
Reed, Company D, Thiffx,seeond Infan
try, Is under afreSt today by the mill
tary authorities, Following his beinl
taken into custody By the police anC
booked at the polies station tate satuf
The man II Ahoh lieutenant Reed (.
alleged to have fired the shot IA PIT
3. L. Lesmicster, Company +, Thirty
second Infaltfy. Jealousy inspired BY
the fact that the private was dancing
with n girl known as ffMinnie, - with
whom the officer Is said 10 have beer
infatuated, il given BY. the authoritie.
As the supposed cause OF the shooting.
The shooting occurred during the
regular monthly social of the Phoe
mix Club, In the midst, and presence OF
seventy.five couples who were dancing
IN waltz, after the army officer, accord
ing 70 the police, pulled the revolver
from his Jacket, and while Lesmiester
was trying to shelter her from what he
thought was intended as murderous
attack upon the girl. = haf. III
So far as can be ascertained the
young woman Is 4 Portuguese girl from
Wahiawa, who IL known only as q Min
ME '',to others who attend the Phoenis
Club dahcee. !. EeagH y ~ avr#I t+
sscohd shot PfsTentsd 4,
Immediately following the firing OF
the shot, two soldiers are alleged to
have grabbed the arms Of Lieutenahi
Reed and prevented him from discharE-
ing the revolver again, although they
did not attempt 70 disarm their su.
perior officer, but to defect his aim 60
any other shots would enter the dance
floor. ta {ssl .-tg \ e2''st
In the meantime Lesmiester had sue.
ceeded in getting the girl to The mauka
exit of the Phoenix dance hall and ihtd
the comparative safety of the, ladies
dressing room. Then ne crossed 10 the
mems dressing room where. he remained
until notified that the lieutenant had
been taken into custody
This happened after the two soldiers
holding the ofic8r had induced him ID
walk out Of tie hallsh Outside che hall
the police say, NJ. II. sanders OF the
Honolulu polite rforce, who was at the
dance, failed in an attempt to secure
the gun, but when Arthur u. Carter, Of
the waterfront police, appeared, the
army officer surrendered the weapon
without further protest. ..-.,..
Taken to Guard House .leyS Ss3{,
Lieutenant Reed was taken to the
police station in sthe patrol wagon,
where he submitted 10 a further search,
and the military authorized we're noti.
fled Of the shooting, The piieute na Mt
was booked at ten O'Clock, and an hour
and a half later he. was taken to an
army guard house by the guard Of two
army officers sent for him. x. As5i Il
III am in love with the girl, and
lost my head when I saw her dancing
with someone elsefr Phoenix Club
stewards, say the officer said NJ he VIVA
being taken from the hall. Others say
he declared that he had warned the girl
to dance with. hosone hut himself.
Lieutenant Reed ID said TO have been
going with the girl for about two
months and had seemed badly smitten
with, her charms, which are said by &c.
qnaintances 10 beaatttaetiye. ..lr,gj.,
Formerly Good Friends q. ~, s..ss,3
BEFORE 4 ,i4utebant !, Reed WIS nro.
n,oted from the TSnks and Given 4 eo,,i.
mission. fo1Fi or five months 400. he i,
said Ia have bsen on YFiendiy terms
with L,esmiester. the two soldiers often
going TO entertainments ana tianees n
each other, eompany Dufinr tbis
time there was NO trouble between the
two men. They were supposed to still
matl,al asaociation 'onIy ~ their aideY
enee in army rank. ~. e 4 ID ", w
From EXAMINATIONS aiyen Nv I.esmies
ter. Ia his friends al tie dance. afte,
the excitement created ~ Che sRootine
had subsided. he passed Lieutenani
Raad txith Tia iyoHng yyo,nan N ht,
ans N time Nith, 4 Allow .,Waitz wlfiel
was being, piayad by The orchestra.
J. Tho eifi r bosi,Ife,, ne posifian az De,
left arm about the soldiers meek. IL,
clasp Of their tight and left hands ana
the allow music. Il esmiester aid. aeemef
to drive the ofiicef into a franiic rage
This The girl ,,tnwlttihciv3 increased Is,
flineipc \ flaunt;n6 ! HeIlo KID " IA
thu offieer A. ahe danced bx. y i e (.
n lekmiestey reversed "a rs n ssed m,
ofieei bniiainr the glieat 9nant into IN
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