The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-01-05
Another Murder.
A Victim 10 the indoicucc and PiIihewn al
Hawaiian COn-tn bics.

HANALEI, Kauai, Dec. rs. 1866.
To the Editor Of The Commercial AdrertiSer:
DEAR SIR Il regret to be the reporter of an.
other revolving murder in the District of Halelea
five miles west of IIanalei. Kauai. On Sabbath
evening. December 23d, about I o'clock, Kalu, 3
native man of good character, and much esteemed
for Lis quiet and becoming life, was murdered by
his own daughter and her paramour, within a few
feet of the house where his wife was living with
another man, and where the murdercrs had been
harbored.
The murderers had been more than two weeks
in the mountains. as it afterwards proved, with a
hatchct and two knives. Kalu has had much
trouble with his wife the last two or three years.
Having a keen sense of right, and respect for the
marriage compact. and doubtless love for his wife
and only daughter. he had sought in vain for the
means of their recovery to him and to the husband
of the daughter. who lived in the same valley of
Wainiha. What made the case more aggravated
to the deceased was that the native who absconded
with his daughter had lived for several years with
his wife. But. at the time of the murder, the wife
was living with a native by the name of Amala.
and wi-.in less than half a mile of two constables.
At this house the muTdercrs had been hMbored
and within ten or fifteen feet Of the anne house
Kalu was murdered.
/. 1t was in this wise: As the constables in the
region had failed to arrest the parties. kalu had
induced other constables to assist him in bringing
them to Justice. The consiables being in the val
ley. 4 half mile or more from the scene OF the muir
der, Kalu started up the valley to reconnoitre in
the neighborhood where the murdcrcrs were sup
posed to be. Approaching the house OF Amala
Just after dark, Kalu watched outside of the house.
aud while there stumbled upon the body of his
daughter. also outside of the house watching lest
they be detected. When Kalu met the daughter he
greeted her with the usual aloha. and at that in
slant her paramount. named kahaOleawaawa step
ped forward and struck kalu two blows on the
head with a Ratchet. Kalu then seized his antago-
mist and threw him down. and taking the advantage
kept him when he (kahaolcawaawa) called
to Keohe. the daughter of Kalu, to stab her father
with her knife. This she did. the knife entering
the abdomen. The murderers then ran and escap-
ed. The wounded man also ran to a house near
by and bcsought the people to return his bowels
that had Protruded from the wound. This no one
dared to do. He requested the persons about him
to go for foreigners who could help him, hut it was
not till the next morning that assistance came.
He was then dead. having lived almost ten hours
after the wounds were inflicted.
There can be no doubt that kalu was a victim to
the Incidence and p1hera of Hawaiian constables.
No one conversant With the facts can deny this.
Had that guilty mother and wife been brought to
the Justice that her case demanded. and that her
husband sought in vain and lost his life in the at
tempt to gain. the daughter and her guilty seducer
would have given themselves up, doubtless, to the
authorities.
This Kahaoleawaawa Is well known as a k11hunG
h0oD1dHaladna. and by his pretensions to superhu-
man power has caused many Of the ignorant ma
tiyes to fear him. and has swindled not a few out
of money by his tricks of hoop'n1ip11i.
The Sheriff has offered Sl00 for the detection Of
the murderers. But e. prerentou is better than cure
Did the constables do their duty, lives might be
saved. Yours. on the side of HUMANITY.