The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-11-24
Suicide ola Cbinaman.

first to discover him. The body wher
cut down was quite warm. Later on il
the day Deputy Marshal Dayton, Cor
onor for the district, held an inquest, the
following jury being impanelled: r. :
/ Scrimgeour, Daniel Logan, Ho Fou
( Cheng Sing, Ng Gang and Ian Chuck.
After the jury was sworn, the follow
/ ing evidence was taken:
John Brodie, NJ. D., sworn: am as
sistant physician at the Queens Hos
/ pitaI. Deceased was an inmate OF the
hospital for about ten days. He was
! suffering from continued fever, not a
very bad case He was not delirious
during the day time 1t was mild
case; temperature was normal on two
past days, 21st and 22d l saw him
alive yesterday at noon. He was re-
ported dead this morning, and exam
ined the body to ascertain the cause Of
death, which was evidently strangula
ton. l should judge his age to be be-
tween 81 and 40; he was a Chinaman.
He had been on low diet till day before
yesterday, when his diet was increased,
and again yesterday further increased.
I considered him convalescent. know
nothing of his antecedents.
J. T. Eckardt, sworn: | am purveyOr
for the Queens Hospital. Deceased
was brought here, l think, by Il China
man from Waikiki, named Yung Van,
who paid month in advance for him.
He brought him on November 18th. |
saw him last alive about half past 9
o'clock last night. He occupied room
opposite office, in which was another
Chinaman. About fifteen minutes to 6
o'clock this morning his death was re
ported to me, and he was taken down
then. The cord was taken off the bed
and native attendant, KuamO, was re-
moving it from his neck. The body was
quite warm when found, but the face
was cold. The body bled from nose and
mouth slightly; there was no action OF
the heart. We have one Waterman at
night. 1t was not the Waterman that
found him, but the native just men
toned. The Waterman makes round
of the building every hour. In bad
cases wards are visited oftener De-
ceased was u little delirious the last two
nights, but had not been for several
nights before. 1t is very common after
fever has subsidized for patient to be de-
lirious at night.
Peter Peters, sworn: | am Waterman
at the Hospital; saw deceased last alive
at O'Clock this morning. He was very
restless all night, as he was the night |
before. Last night he jumped up about
midnight, sitting up in bed, and com
planned of pain in the region OF the !
heart. About II O'Clock he was talking |
to the other Chinaman, and when the |
other went to sleep the deceased became |
quieter. Between + and 80 he usually |
had gone to sleep, and at that time this
morning, hearing no noise from him, | |
he was asleep. l did not see |
this cord before the man was hung. |
On coming down stairs, after call |
ing Mr.. Eckardt's a ;stant, the !
native attendant asked me if l knew the |
Chinaman had hung himself, and l went !
in and lifted the body, while the native
united the cord.
To the Foreman-I did not go in at 5 !
o'clock, because the man was quiet. [ !
was somewhat excited and did not no
tice if the other man in the room was
asleep when we found the body.
Hanakuamoo, sworn: [ am one of the |
stewards Of the Hospital. This morning
about o'clock l went to the bed of the |
deceased and lifted the mosquito bar,
not knowing the man was dead. De-
ceased was apparently standing up, and
l went to lay him down, but found he
was kept up by the cord about his
neck. l went to look for either
Mr. Eckardt or the watchman.
Found the Waterman first, who returned |
with me, and we loosened the rope and
laid the man on the bed. There was
some little blood from the mouth and
nose on the mattress, and also on the
floor. This strap belonged to deceased;
ne used it to tie up his clothing. 1t was
lying with clothing on the bed next to
deceased He could have reached the
strap from his own bed if necessary, but
he was well enough anyway to have got
up and obtained the strap. The man
was dead at the time we took him down.
| 90 round every morning about
o'clock removing the mosquito bars
from the beds of those not able to do so
and it was while doing so
that [ discovered the deceased. We
asked the other China;.-rn about the
case, but he did not know about it.
This being all the evidence the jury,
after due deliberation, brought in the
verdict: That the said Dun
Tai came to his death from strangulation
produced by his own hand while delir-
ious from fever on the 23d day of Nov
ember, A. D. 1886, between the hours of
t and o'clock a IN.