A SERIOUS FRACAS

Otago Witness, Issue 2510, 23 April 1902, Page 44

A SERIOUS FRACAS

Ho-iti'ities of a --c-non' r.aturo appr.it to have broken 0111 among, tho lu^u on boanl the lwrque Ony\.. lyint; at the Kattray stieot wharf, on Sauirday night, but who was to blatiT 111 the malter is not \erv (lr\r. as very diftorent are gi\'P of how the fratci« ori"iiiated A < oiuid< rable amount of dr"il..iL<' -pom* ro ha\o boe>i gong on. :n (1 it 1^ -aid th.it wrapons qic'i a-- razors, kim-p*, bclayins; pin-, an<l i-!;ol~ wore froolv brought into '•"qm-ition, itrd. from tlie a-ppenrant f of tlir c- <A the -•p. en, with tfrnbl' 1 effect Th--> "toiy told by one ot riir-e. Anton Si liomi», is to thtf <^tfpvt ihal h<- lieird the iou goin^ mi lon^ brior,-- lw- ;o.m ' <"1 trie \e-i-i.l. -i>oitlv aftei 11 o'c^eli Vn 1 tin- u'oji'U. appaicinly. 01 a'.ouling IK . 1 r :apod 111 quai lel'ing. lie <-hp,)pd al oaid ninid-'iip--, in-tcad of going bj - the gamrwsiy. .m<.\ \va» je(O-ted by the mate. Hadfield. who. he -tate=, strut k him o" er the licad with he believe^ to haw bteii a «-hiig-hoi He managed to <;pt ay.ay to iip fnuta'-tlo, whithei he wa-> follov.'cd by .1 -e.11n.111 named Burton, who attacked hi'ii with a belaying pm. and at tlie second blow brought him down Ho a--orN that the ne\t thing ho wab 0011 *ouh!s of w<<« both tho mate and Burton lui'ving him Tho mate, on the other hand. t"U-> a very different falp. and make- oui ih.it tie tronbie hi jian «it'i tlie < o )k. Henry l.crao.i. r"ul tli it lie hal to interfere in ')!('< r to p»p\Piit -onif thing -ci I'm- happen ;n^ WliateMT the 111 1 <v < -toi\ ma; ho. tho three men, Anti,n Si he\ ig, Piier Drnbpri; iteanirn), and Iliniy Li mini nook) woi. \try nun h kiuji ked and ■ til ,il)'iiii tlie face and head, ami -Gine of thr mum.'- hem th" anpearanc c of lia\ing l>oe:i inflntrd l>y hoii'p sharp iiiscriim« nt K.id'-ntlv n>fne tha:i tho>e mentioned were lrnphcu^d in th" ditui'banre, but only one arie^t was m.icle by the police on Saturday niyht. when Fiank Button was taken into < u«'o<l\ on a 1 !i.'.r'j;( <>f assaultmq; Denl rr^' and S< lif vilt Oh .Sun d iv quiet had not been completely KStoted. and in con r cqueiii c rf the lather bollitreieni attitude of tho mare. Edward Hadfiehl. lie was arrested 111 tlie aftorno-ui on a 1 h.ir^" of being guilty of di~ordeily (onc'uet an! using behaviour with intent to pr'-ioke a breach of the peace Pre\ious to tins he liad bailed out Burton, and wa» lum-elf bailed out ia. th.c evciiing. About hiill Daat

9 o'clock at night tho=e on board got to loggerheads again, and Burton was rearrested, and with him Edward Teger and John Peterson, the latter, it is undeistood, belonging to another -vessel in port. It would appear that the mate, Hadfield, is at present in charge of the ve-sel,' the captain having left soon after her ai rival here.