Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-09
Examination of Petitioners.

signers Of the petition for the Communication OF
sentence on Polua.
SECOND DAY
The Commute met again as 10y appointment on
Saturday at 10 4. II. mt the Chambers of the Chief
Justice.
The examinations and inquiries were directed IA
ON the former occasion TO obtain all the informa-
ton possible which might tend to influence the
Committee to recommend the condemned man
tn mercy.
In addition TO the evidence taken Mr.. A. $. Hart
we'll offered to submit to the Committee
of recent legal authorities bearing ON the eVi-
dences or presumptions OF insanity of persons at
tempting suicide which the COMMITTEES signihed
they would be pleased to receive from him.
Father Raymond de la Lande; Read a written
statement which he filed with the Committee.
polua told me- that his wife had frequently pro
yoked him to wrath. That he could not bear with
her any longer. He told me that he was intoSi-
Gated That he had drank three glasses of liquor,
and was hikoka. This was at the time when he
went 20 commit the deed. He said she had pro
missed TO have intercourse with no other person.
He said that he had wife living but was living
apart from her. | saw Polua for the first time
early in March, in prison. He Is quiet and
thoughtful man. He is not like the most of his
countrvmen now is pentent. All have learned
of him, is from himself He is willing to die.
Rev II. H. Parker: Live IN Honolulu. Have
seeu Polua several times in Oahu Prison. Went
AZ a clergyman, He gave somewhat of the history
of his life. That he lived in Honolulu about 10
Years then went to Hamakua, Hawaii - from
anoe Of the woman whom he killed then went to
Puma then returned to Kau, then lived again with
her finally she left him aud went to live with
another man Said he killed her because he was
enraged with her he went to the house and met
her and the man at the door and killed her he
then tried to take his own life and Thought he had
succeeded. but doctor sewed up his wounds;
when he found that he would live he was relieved
said that she desecrated his own house SAID she
ieered and insulted him. He made these state
mens on my first visit to him some months ago
he did not say he insane when he committed
the crime have visited HIM at least hve times.
talked with him mt length he showed no signs of
insa nifty; he said he was overcome with passion
when he did the deed. "Ua p""i az Ia ponh'
He did not say he under the influence of Ii
uuor at the time ; he said he WAS responsible for
the crime he very serious. The last time
saw him WAS the day when he was reprieved the
time previous he said he deserved the punishment
| have seen Hawaiians many times do strange
things. which to might seem strange ike
this but his sounduess of mind WAS unclouded
said he inade preparations for the murder; SAID
he cut his fingers accidentally. think he said he
did so while sharpening the knife. He was not
married to the woman he killed she had told him
that she had lived with other men ; he did not say
he had been drinking he told very clear story
and seemed to have u very clear recollection OF
the circumstance.
Dr. r. McKibbln, Physician and Surgeon: Saw
Polua at Oahu prison day before yesterday at re-
quest of Committee, had II long conversation with
him, mostly i'll Hawaiian Am acquainted with
Hawaiian language : made inquiries of the keepers
of the prison, Malaih a Constable, and Mr.Fyfe-
they said he was the same now as when he came
in They said he had no headache no fever, ate
we'll and slept we'll then repeated the questions
to him he confirmed those answers; he SAID he
had been we'll, just the stme AS now he said that
he had had some trouble ut Waikapu. had been
brought up for an assault and been imprisoned for
three wears: said lately he had lived awhile mt
Hamakua. said he married, that his wife was
living with another man at Hamakua. He said he
had been living year and eight months with the
exception of one monthly with the woman now de-
ceased she followed him to kau he said that up
to short time before this unfortunate occur
renee he and she had lived together the best of
terms; that lately he suspected her hdeilty, she
lived with teamster, and she did not take care OF
him rs formerly one day he SAW this man leaving
his (Poua's, room through an opening he went
with him aud talked Very insultingly to him,
(PoluD and made him very angry. Shortly after
he saw her walking between two men holding their
hands and passed him, jeering mt and haunting
him this made him very angry; when he went to
his work be was brooding over it, when he came
home from his work she was not at home, but was
at the house of the other man, about cham on
he became still incensed and went and got bot
tie of oko'ehao from which he drank some said
he then had made up his mind to kill her; said he
bought knife because he had none Ill the house
to cut beef with. l told him l had seen knife
similar to the one he used and it was not such
as he used for domestic purposes, and was told
hn sharpened the back of it. What did you do
that for? didn't you do it to kill the woman? He
said yes My impression is that he said he bought
it before drinking the liquor, and that he had
made up his mind to kill the woman before drink
ing he said he picked up the club the carpenter
shop; he said he had hung up the woman's dress
before the window of his room, and put up some
pieces of Grape about the room. He said he hung
up the dress to prevent them from seeing through
the window what he WAS going to do, then he went
TO the house where the woman was and waited
minute two till she came out with a saucepan,
the man with her ON the other side Of the pan;
he then struck at the woman, struck at the back of
the neck she fell her side he then tried to cut
her throat with the same knife did not know why
he did not kill himself said his pomi, (darkness)
that into his heat caused him to do this. At
present he is in perfectly sound mind there il no
excitement he il perfectly cool from the mans
account and memory of the facts l should say he
was not insane when he committed the deed but
from the taunts and drink he excited The
drapinR the room in the manner he described
should not think showed insanity; the cutting
of the Anger think he said accidental, NJ his
account impressed me, but do not remember dis
tinctly about that. he told me he bought the knife
the day he committed the deed said he bought it
at the store, and sharpened it for the purpose Of
killing her.
DR.. ]. q. McGrsw, Physician and Surgeon. Went
with DR.. McKibbin 10 Oahu prison, he's inter
prctsd, finally found Polua could talk pretty
good En9lish have just heard DR.. Mckibbin's
statement and have no variations 10 make have
been p.actising medicine over 30 years; think
PoluA u Of perfectly sound mind, was cool and
sound in his statements, from the statements
which he made Of his actions should judge him
TO be man allow 70 anger, had been cool and COL
l0OtAd. aud pnPChAaod the okoleha0 In norvo him.