Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-05-28
The Inquiry into the 81, Looi- sobooi
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into tho oifoamsisaoos ~ tho death ~ David Pa
hoo Who wee KILLED Nv The fall ~ Father tnfkin's
sohyo rom On Friday afternoon itat Marshal
falbe 80 ~ cdftmaf and M Preston wnH pfasont
9n hsh,f ~ nc uovernwsat Tho igtimen we're
w W. ii.ll y Johnson, y. neffoea, W L. Anatin.
Namnel Mnhnu, and kahalione,
Noveth gentlemen wefu present Who wefe inter.
as'sI W watching The case, The Jury first went
io Mt longs houao to sre the body and ihen 10
turned io The Mnfahnt's office Ihs n,si ,,itn.,,
called was iiunfy Long lia stated that he VIVA In
we building iof tho purpose ~ decorating ~ Tor
The lnll which was ~ occur that evening he was
ntahding In about the centre of the hall he heard
report and saw tho pnutnting coming down 10
ntatied "a run Tho sidns ~ the building began
~ fall ont mud the roof WA coming figbl dawn
Charles clafk Noteh pawnn. kenmf "a ii,,Ino
Boy and himself pot .ouiside. but they would
have been crushed 10y tho falling walls II ifae
hHh no, caught Them, AZ aoon 40 Tho building
was down he called for his wife aud another Girl
named kninunvala, whom he know were In Tho
building NJ the time receiving no answer bo nan
t2nnd 70 hhd out where they we're got Ia tho
plhoo where they we're they were damned Ia Tho
oantro ~ The house, Was In frat aud Jaw tho
~, ~, muoh H1hrosad hia vifa saA Hat ensod
Up ne Ioof ~ much ~ hia strength would allow
nm till aasistnuoe came. Called fof help UbnfIrs
'lafh, 70 her lhfhin, aud n foreigner, an ou
plnyco ~ Father lf.thia came Inthof InfEin
nH'nH Mhed what The name ~ his man was, stated
hr 'd not know, hn only know him m Janes
tAoourdhg 10 account publiahed In tho lapsI,se,,
the mans name Ia % Neil,i lilo not his wife and
,ho other woman ont. He asked u nil were ont
lhlhnt Ihfk,h said that no one elise was in Tho
bnilliha withoaa nipHad the hoy, aud thinking lao
nn,r nt a,, aniius n'',t"u WIN thr aapisi
Father I,,Ltn s,n,"ai tu,e's ., mo the roof
one nhdef Tried three times a. break up tho roof
hud Rather Ltfkin Htppped him, IL could not dn
I.,fkin, F,ndiny n, ,,,,Id n,, "s ", '"'np'
Inv IVA. nnI,, ~, 49,, w. Nv. a'p N"'t'',l ,he
brhihn objections ho ran OH to the polteo
and that ths po,t sas h",, 'sn'ta nv come
nI rnthor I,rLi' VII p''nR prps"n lnl9 III spite
nnd knew u to he that IT The boy IN question
ed and Jr,,sr1 If ,,, ~, r'''a'n nous" wnHh
ip ha own houne Dfe Em,rs,n a,,l IL 10y
were pr.aent aud aav The BODY '''' '''N'''
i,y In, JntyI Ill IL 10y, It,
nnrcidnnt VA, W wv ,"n pait,nE hhd caused the
TheTe were three r,I. '" T r'man w. ;" e S"nlro
the pinatcr made ia, noisa VI ~ u,'dN ti'nh
vonted one breaking into tho ruins two ar il,rc,
, , ns sou stop breaking that y Felt CON
been br,hen h,fn, "'','. ,"e ioo', lhc foda had
heon wet,ieJ nj ihn n,,rn ,,h'sa h 'y roo ma
ru1 which broke snn not the ono that had boen
welded
rh'nnr 'hfh'n asked wtnena how u wan he
sn"W ''lht no one was IN the building beado the
people ne hnd mentioned There was partition
w "aR' nurnH, INC room, Witness replied that II
my ono ma nnen behind The Hags ho conld have
s s 'hem Inc body was found ~ the m,kn aud
N"hN CORNER 81 tue building, Father Latkin
w'N W" WIN w tho nn,'i,nR at the time Of the acct
10y ,hn door dom. nothing when the accident
"'onrr'!
MrH' Long was the next witness, she nppea rcd
very hrr'ouH, m IN fact, all the female Witnessed
aiui thcy hnd apparently resolved very
severe shock Mrs, Longs face had boon
injured ny the falling timbera. She anid
Hhe"h' IN the building making ieis and
asNis'ina with tile decorations, She hoard Some
thinH crack saw tho ceiling coming dowa aud began
TO run, and the bar fell and caught hor clothcu
aho had To- stop aud stoop, She supported what
Toll ON her which injured her neck a little, She
became inaen-ibe for n time On coming To sh,
called out and heard the steps Ut people ON tho
roof. Het husband got her ont, She heard the
other girl calling for holp. She uissod th, Iny =,
rather larkin told her he had sson tho bow 90
home, Hoard Father Lnrkin stop hor husband
breaking into tho ruins her husband went of TO
Het tho Marsha Others came and insisted thnt
tho hoy was under tho roof they broke IL nm md
found tho body she was not present when Tho
body was found Heard Lnrkin say ropcatcdiy
Stop breaking tho house r. he aso had sud e"
hhvn soon the boy w home y
Or. Emerson was present shortly after IN, ne,i
dent and saw the body of Paahao The body VIVA
IN the hall OF the stone house lying ON its bncL
thorc was no breathing, the t,co was swollen nnI
dark. The chest was crashed in tho rib, woro
not broken, but the cartridges OF the ribs were
separated from their external attachment allow
ing the stornum 10 be pushed directly back noninst
tho heart aud lungs, Death must have been nj
most instantaneous, Felt for pulsation and h,nr,