The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-02

the pistol from my father, and went
out to where | heard the noise Of
the chickens. My father went as
far as the kitchen door and called
All Leong, who was asleep. The
latter opened his door, and ! called
out for him to come, as there was Il
man up in the tree stealing chickens.
We got ladder, and while in the
act of putting up the ladder there
was a suspension, aud during that
suspension | saw man going
towards the west. l said to myself,
there is the thief; he must have
slid or jumped down and was run
ming away. i followed him, and
called out to him for to stop. After
| had run few steps / fell down.
AT the same time that | fell the
person turned and advanced towards
me while l was on the ground.
thought to myself, is he going to
surrender or spring on to me. If
he does he will overpower me in q
moment. | considered my life in
jeopardy. just then l raised the
pistol and fired while / was still on
the ground. He was about ten feet
from me when fired. i got up and
said in English surrender, and i'm
mediately called to All Leong for
assistance. / called about six times,
at intervals of several moments,
quite loudly. AS there was no re-
Spouse | thought he had run off for
a policeman. While l was calling
for All Leong, Mr.. Tucker asked me
if he should go for policeman.
said, yes. Then the person came
toward the house, and laid down on
the grass. He laid down first at the
spot where l fred from. About
minute after l had fired l knew the
bullet had hit. Mr.. Holt came up
then with q lantern, and / put it to
the mans face and found it was All
Leong. An awful feeling came over
me when found it was him had
shot. l said: All Leong, is this
you; and he said he had had nothing
to do with stealing the chickens; he
had been fast asleep. said, |
know you had not been stealing the
chickens; you are good man, and
did not know it was you that L
shot. This is the pistol (produced).
fired only one shot. 1t is self
cocker. After found it was All
Leong, he walked over to his room,
assisted by someone. had hold of
one hand. l went and got DR..
Stangenwald.
j. II. Holt sworn, stated: The
first | heard was the report of the
pistol. / live in the next yard. 1t
was about clock. When we took
the Chinaman to his room it was
half-past ! O'Clock. l came over
and saw Mr.. Dimond standing up
and the Chinaman on the ground
close to the cook house. Dimond
WAS four or five feet away from the
man. He called for light, and
taking lamp, found it was his
cook, All Leong. The latter said
he was dying. Dimond spoke to
him in Chinese. / assisted him into
his sleeping room, and remained
with him up to the time of his death
at 9:45 A. NJ. Mr.. Dimond, when
questioned, said he had shot man,
but did not know who it was. l
was afraid to touch him. he might
have something in his hand. 1
could not find out where it was only
by the grooming of the man.
This being all the evidence, the
coroper and jurors visited the scene
where the shooting took place.
After deliberation the jury re.
turned the following verdict: That
the deceased, All Leong, came t.
his death this 31st day of July
1886, at . :45 A. NJ, at the residence
of Henry Dimond, Nuuanu avenue
Honolulu, by bullet fred from Q
revolver in the hands of Edwin H.
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