The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-06-15

in the Lanai murder case at Walluku
had been reached on Friday evening.
By the Kinau the conclusion of the
case is received. The jury retired
at 9 p. m. Friday and returned at
IL AS with the verdict Of
MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
The jury was thereupon discharged
and the Court adjourned at IL go p.
m. Saturday.
The evidence revealed q crime of
the most revolving character, and
there is no doubt that it was cold
blooded murder. Pulolo, female
kahuna, dubbed to death little
child, with its unnatural father con-
senting to the infamous deed by pas
slvely looking on. The child was only
six years old and nephew of Pulolo,
and nine of the family aided in doing
him to death. Pulolo stands charged
besides with the murder, single
handed, of girl named Punt; also,
with having dubbed Kaholokai,
man, into unconsciousness while her
abettors held him, and it is supposed
returned when the others were asleep
to finish the victim. Another person
was beaten and burned almost to
death by the decree of the cruel
priestess.
Judge Bickerton pronounced SEN
tence on the murderers in the fol-
lowing words, the closing paragraph,
beginning, ut appearing" being ad-
dressed later to Pulolo the principal:
"You defendants have been found
guilty of the crime of murder in The
second degree by the jury. The
verdict was right in regard to you
four boys, but it may have been
murder in the first degree in the case
of Pulolo, and would have been fully
justified by the evidence. The evil
dence adduced in this case certainly
warrants the verdict found by the
jury, and in so doing they have, in
my opinion, done their duty. l
think am safe in saying that there
never has been before in the Courts
of this Kingdom such horrible case,
such diabolical case as this. 1t
goes beyond anything that hui
man being can imagine another hu-
man being could be guilty of. There
was no provocation, there was no
reason or, cause whatever why this
poor boy should be murdered in cold
blood in the way in which lie was.
Through temptation to rob, to gain
money, or to avenge themselves for
some imagined wrong where murder
is committed, there is some cause,
some reason for it; but here there is
absolutely nothing but the cool de-
liberate determination to take life.
1t is difficult to understand the dia-
bolical cruelty exhibited by this wo-
man; it is something that is beyond
compr ehension. 1t is said to be in
sanity, but certainly the evidence to
my mind did not indicate insanity,
for the reason that an insane person
could not have plenned to try and
cover up the crime, TO try 10 get
rid of those dead witnesses, to
destroy their bodies; the calling Of
the people together and talking to
them, and giving the reason why it
was necessary to get rid of the
bodies; those are not acts of an in
sane person.
"Pulolo, your plans to terrify
these people, to make them afraid Of
you, to make them afraid of each
other, were not the acts of an insane
person. And, again, it is very diff
cult for me To understand why four
young able-bodied fellows like you
could stand coolly by and see that
little child murdered and not 60 to
its assistance, murdered by little
woman that anyone OF you could
have picked up and put under your
arm and walked away with. Al
though it is not in evidence. the
statement of the case is that she
was easily secured and tied he
fore the police got there. Why
was it not done before the crime was
committed?
"Now, you heard me tell the jury
the other day that such acts as that
brought you within the meaning OF
this law, and the law is intended fol-
just such cases where men who baye
the ability to prevent crime, and the
means of preventing crime, the
means OF saving life, stand by coolly
and allow the crime to be committed
the killing to go on without lifting q
hand TO prevent 1t.
"Now, there has been no claim o.
insanity ON behalf of you four young
men, and no evidence that indicated
insanity; the only claim of insanity
being set up is in behalf of the wo'
man. There was a general excite
ment but nobody claimed that yol
were insane.
II don't think that we could selec
out of this audience four more intelli
gent looking young men than you
You are not lolos, you sre not idiots
you are four intelligent looking men
Your faces are intelligent, you ar
not fools. We have, in our consul
tations in regard to this matter, com
TO the conclusion that these senten
ces must take three different turns
L. - IL