The morning call., 1892-07-16
COLD-BL00DED MURDER.
A Cbinaman Butchered for His
Money in Honolulu.
Examination of Illinois Wise for Completely
in the Crime-Confession of the
Prisoner.

Yesterday afternoon Illinois Wise. the
cOloTed cook, who, upon the arrival Of the
bark W. ii. Dimond from Honolulu in May
last, WAS arrested for the murder of China
man in that harbor, was brought before
United States Commissioner Sawyer for
further examination. The prisoner was
defended by Carroll Cook.
Two seamen OF the Dimond were put
upon the stand and identified Wise as hsv-
ing been the cook on the homeward passage
in May last While in the harbor at Homo.
lulu they declared they frequently saw
Cinnamon come aboard and consult with
Wise, but for what purpose they did not
know. The witnesses, who each corrobor-
ated the other in every particular, next
related that they saw the body of a China
man float away from the vessel while she
was still lying at the dock. They also re-
membeTed having seen Wise throw a crow
bar and several Jumps of coal overheard,
and on the trip up both noticed his peculiar
actions, the most noticeable of which was
that he slept In the steerage Instead of occu-
pying his own quarters, but he never as
signed any reason 10 them for doing so.
THE PRISONERS CONFESSION.
Al the close OF the testimony Carroll
Cook informed the Commissioner that the
prisoner desired to make statement. Wise
was accordingly sworn and then made the
in the tragedy:
"At the time the Chinaman was killed on
board the vessel ! WAS COOK on the w. H.
DimOnd. The deceased came on board
through my assistance on Saturday morn
ing, -Aprll 16, about 4:3O o'clock, and he
was 10 be- landed in San Francisco. | re-
ceivsd charge OF him through one OF the
Chinese agents al Honolulu, and received
money FOR agreeing 10 give hlm passage and
get him ashore on his arrival at San Fran
pfS 'fn.f fftFF a a
al day, and in the evening | left the vessel
and went uptown, returning about S
O'Clock. | found Night Watchman Paul
on deck when l reached the Dimond. lie
seemed disturbed but SAID nothing, and /
went into my quarters and found the Chi
naman hidden away.
Il was afraid that he might be seen, and
as the vessel did not leave until the 18Th.
Tuesday, / concluded that IL would be best
to get him of the vessel and keep him ashore
until sailing daY. l left the Dimond the
same evening and again went uptown and
met the Chinese agent who had brought the
deceased TO me to smuggle in at this point.
/ told him To take the man ashore until the
Dlmond was ready TO sail. The agent asked
me what in Intended to do with the money /
bad received. and desired TO have il re-
turned. l told him the money was all right,
and he replied that he was afraid that | was
going 10 serve him the same as the steward
on tile bark Albert did.
WHAT ARE YOU DoING?"
II LETT the agent and cautioned him 10 re-
turn 10 take the man off that night. When
| returned later L went direct To my room
aud witnessed the deceased lying on the
floor and the night watchman, Paul, and the
Chinese agent IN my room. Paul held
cTowbaT in his hand, and the agent was
standing close beside him. They were sur
prised to see me For Gods sake, what are
You doingY / asked. III you want 10 kill a
Chinsman do not murder him In my rOom.'
It's been done, said Paul Now. then,
don't say anything about II and we will get
rid Of the body by throwing it overheard
The Cbinaman, who had been struck by
the crOwbaT, was not dead, but we made no
effort TO assist him in his dying struggles
/ told Paul that he must get the body out
Of the room, as the police would surely be
paying visit in very short time. We
waited until the Chlnaman died and then
lowered him over the side and some of his
effects also went over, together with the
mattress The latter did not sink and the
cTOwbar was thrown on top of it TO carry il
beneath the surface of the water The
killing of the Chinaman was done By Paul
and the Chinese agent and / had no hand
in the matter except TO assist them dispose
of the body"
Wise assigned as the reason for the cold
blooded murder that the Chinese agent had
considerable money belonging to the de-
and that the poor wretch was also supposed
TO have considerable wealth concealed upon
him which Paul wished to obtain. The lat.
ter is now in custody in Honolulu awaiting
trial upon the charge of completely in the
murder.
answer before the Grand Jury on the
charge Of murder. The question Of extra
dtIng the prisoner the Commissioner did
not consider within his province.