Show BATTLE ON LAYSAN I BLOODY FIGHT OCCURS ON AJ SMALL ISLE IN PACIFIC King of the Island Shootsirand I Kills Two Japanese and Wounds Three Others Honolulu Sept 8 via San Francisco Sept 11A story of a battle on Layaan Island a email speck in the Pacific GOO miles northwest of Honolulu which was F reached once a Hawaiian dependency here today by 1 the bark Ceylon which brought to Honolulu all tile participants partici-pants in the affair It was a fight be twconCapt Spencer the King of the Island and forty Japanese laborers who were taken there to help to load vessels from Honolulu with guano The Captain fired eight bullets into the crowd of forty men killing two of them and wounding three others There wero only five white men otn the island when the trouble took place According to the story of Capt Spon car the Japanese had planned to seize the Island and kill all the whites On the evening of August llth they assem i bled In front of his residence and there < mo o innrihv fliscusslon It ended when the Japanese made a rush to take the place Capt Spencer stood his ground with a sixshooter In each hand and fired at the loaders The ringleader and one other man fell dead and three Japanese dropped to the ground with serious wounds The other thirtyfive lied Capt Spencer and the other whites remained on guard all night and the next day they began to round up the Japanese and put them on board the Ceylon 16 bo taken to Honolulu They wore all put below In the hold with the hatches fastened down and the bark started away from the Island leaving behind only two white men Capl Spencers son and the carpenter employed em-ployed by the guano company On arriving at Honolulu last night Capt Spencer was charged with mum dor and he will bo hold for trial The story of the Japanese IB very dif Cement from that told by Spencer They allege that they made no attack upon the Captain but simply assembled at the house to discuss the matter of food supply For several weeks they had been on short rations owing to the wreck of the bark McNear which went ashore on Dowsott reef while on her way to Laysan with provisions The I Japanese say that the shots were fired Into the crowd without provocation The case will be tried In the United States District court hero |