The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-01
Commercial Advertiser.
uorrIbIc Murder and Arson i'm
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intensely and painfully excited by one Of the
ml.t atrocilus and deeply viiiainous laid hans
n MURDER and arson that ha- ever transpired on
tb-. Islands. and ind-eI. II may b. said, that
the whole history OF crime may be searched ia
v,in 1r ca-e which, in all its bearing-. pre-
sent. more revolving and horrifyinS textures. or
on. more calculated - make humanity shudicr
and destroy c1nfiIeuce in tie safety Of human
life
:, The innocent victim Of this foul murder was
SNr. Henry Clark, residing at Kauhakc. IN South
Ifg9na lie was an Englishman by birth, and
had spent the best part Of hIs life. some twenty
~ zen years in this district lie was man well
:. Known for hi- quiet and unISsuHing bearing.
AMI highly respected for his strictly honest and
upright character in al his business relations
H. carried on the business Of general country
store. owned his resi- Ieuc, and considerable land
eI property and cattle in the Immediate vicinity
7. l. we'll known that Mr.. Clark was in the habit
Of keeping q large amount of cash ON hand, and.
from the best authority. il Is stated that nc had
between 5000 and - 900 in coin ON his prem
is on the night Of his murder
Slms twO weeks ago, - stated IN the public
i,urnaIs. 1T the time Mr.. Clark's house WIS
broken open and about 500 in cash stolen, some
natives were arrested. AMI tried the burglars
ON Friday, the Sth inst, before the District
Justice, g. IL. Hoapili. bat neither eommittal
nor conviction was obtained. On the night of
Tuesday last. 18th inst, about IL o'clock, Mr..
Clark heard the voices of natives, and looking
through the window saw TWO natives approach
ins the house, one Of whom carried u torch. Mr..
Clark Immediately went to his cook. an old and
feeble man. aud requested him 10 20 70 the front
Of the house and see who the natives were. By
the time the cook had GOT - far a. the end Of
the yerandah the two murlerers had arrived at
the front and called out t. Mr.. Clark that they
wished to see him, n they had found the parties
who had stolen the money. Upon which Mr..
Clark opened the door of his house, and stood on
the front of the verandah. speaking to the native
who held the torch. The other native was crouch
inc down With his hat drawn over his face, and
~eFNr. Clark inqu iring his name and requesting
BIN to stand up, the man with the torch in
rtIn,ly blew it out. which it appears was the
rre1neiiratej signal for the murderous onslaught.
for upon Nr. Clark turning round quickly to
enter the house he was sprung upon from behind
by the eroucLing villain and his companion and
instantly thrown u { he ground. Upon This the
ter, and endeayoreI To pull OF one whom he
eognized. whilst holding the torch, a. Paakaula;
upon which the other murderer. who had By this
time his hands deep in the blood of Mr.. Clark.
called out to Pla<auIa to seize and kill the cook,
as b. could take care Of the foreigner The cook
Immediately ran. pursued by Paakaula, but by
taking ci=cuitDus route through the thick
dergrowth. aided by the darkness of the night.
he proyi4entially succeeded in efecting his
cape.
PaakauIl returned to complete the work Of
blood, whilst the old cook worked his way
through the woods 10 give the alarm to the
neighboring village. He had not proceeded far
when, attracted by the glare Of light from De-
hind, he IookSS back to behold the house Of his
master in flames.
To the credit of the natives, be il said, that
upon the alarm being given at the different vii
agss, in a circuit Of several miles, they hOcked
as one man u the awful scene, but before they
had reached the spot the house and contents were
solid sheet of flame, and although they could
render no assistance, many and loud were their
protests Of love and grief for tie haole who had
died such 4 horrible death. and Of hatred and
rage at the perpetrators Of the full crime.
W Iel tlc ilsil SNt74'-+4 t44S
ltors were horried 10 discover amongst the ruins
the eharrei and b!Ickened remains of Mr.. Clark.
Taus it appears. tire villains, after cruelty but
cherins this good man, dragged him into the
: sJoEe and, covering him over with matches and
dry goods. consigned him and his property u the
flames. From the few moments that elapsed be-
tween the attack and the fire. it makes humanity
shudder to know that the inference l. inevitable
that this was done before life was extinct.
The visiIant Deputy Sheriff. Mr. Neville, pro-
eeeed to the spot early a. possible, and an in
quest was held. the result Of which the
rest, early next morning, OF Paakaula, who has
since been held in close custody. For some days
after his arrest he stoutly denied his guilt. lie
has, however, fully confessed his crime, and
named relative called Eahaulika a. his accom-
Ilce, who is also under close arrest. He ha=
further implicated native called Kaholua, a.
notheraccompIiee. who has been arrested await
ins further developments. l may further add
that boy OF sDme 3 or Q years Of age, relative
of the murlerers, whom they took u hold their
horses outside of Mr.. Clark's yard the night
OF the murder, has voluntarily come forward and
made full statement to Mr.. Neville.
Although, as / have said, Mr.. Clark was
known TO have had large amount Of cash
IN his possession, Mr.. Neville has only been able
thus far 20 recover from the ruins about $1,000
IN melted and blaczened coin. \ watch i kept
over tina ruins night and day, and it il hoped after
thorough seareh Of the premises and vicinity,
Considerable more may - recovered.
rs soon practicable what remained Of Mr..
Clark was carefully extricated from the smoul-
derIns ashes and, after being placed in a coffin,
was brought To the house Of the Deputy Sheriff,
IN kona- The funeral took place on Sunday,
and was attended by all the foreigners from both
districts, and large concourse Of natives. Ser