The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-06-26

splinter that hung on the opposite
side of the fence, besides, bore marks
of being an old one.
When the dying man was carried
off to the hospital, a policeman was
left on guard at the house. The Bull
LET1N reporter with Mr.. j. A. Mehr-
ten, ex-Deputy Marshal, remained to
gain some particulars of the life of
the man who had come to such a
sad ending. Stewart Macauley was
born in Belfast, Ireland, and his wife
gave his age as 70 years. He emf
grated to the United States and
kept music store in Baltimore for a
while, Catching the gold fever he
and his wife came out to California,
where he met with poor success and
the couple went to Australia They
were not prosperous there either
and took passage in 1864 on a sail
ing vessel to return to America.
Being tired of the sea when the YES
sci touched at Honolulu they stayed
ashore and have since been residents
of this country. For some time after
they landed here Mr.. and Mrs.
Macauley had monopoly in the
furnishing of music for dancing in
Honolulu. Mr.. Macauley once did
thriving business as a piano and
organ tuner. Of late years, how
ever, he has not done so we'll,
younger men having come into the
field and taken the cream of the
business. Macauley was more or
less addicted to drink, and Just be-
fore his tragic ending was imbibing
freely, although his wife said he
took no more than ordinary appe-
Tiers of spirits before meals.
While Mrs. Macauley was con-
versing with the visitors mentioned,
Deputy Marshal A. NJ. Brown arriv-
ed and made close inspection of
the premises. He also questioned
the wife infinitely. She said in re-
ply to a question as to where the
Chinaman was at the time of the
shooting, that they had no China
man, could not afford one, and she
did her own work. Mr.. Savidge had
said Chinaman was sitting inside
of the back door when he came.
Capt. Parker, who had returned, at
once led the Deputy Marshal to the
servants quarters in rear, where
young Chinaman was found as if he
belonged there. The Chinaman said
that after the shots were fired Mrs.
Macauley had called him into the
house and showed him her husband
lying on the bathroom floor. She
had also told him to go for DR..
Wood after the arrival of the neigh
bors and police. Beyond these state
ments he threw no light on the
seeming mystery. Mrs. Macauley
told the Deputy Marshal she had
heard several shots but paid no at
tention to them until there was one
tremendous blow, "as if the pistol
was loaded up to the muzzle."
When asked how she could not re-
member certain things for so short
time, she said that if the question
er was as old as she was he would
not be apt to remember things any
better.
CoRoNER's INQUEST.
A coroner's inquest was held in
Deputy Marshal Browns office at
noon to-day, the following jurors
being present: H. Fl. Williams, w.
w. Hall, G. A. Peacock, Chas. Hall,
G. H. Eldridge, E. McInerny and
James l.. Torbert.
DIR. Cooper was first called and
testified as to the condition he
found Macauley in when he arrived.
The only liquor he found in the
house was pint of beer.
w. Savidge sworn-Stated that he
heard first shot and running out to
the rear veranda saw smoke issuing
from the bathroom window of the
Macauley residence. Another shot
was then fired, followed by two
Others in quick succession. About
a minute after the last shot witness
saw someone come and look out the
window in the bathroom, and close
the blinds, making them more
secure than before; could not iden-
tify the person. He had gone out
on the street and later reported the
matter to Capt. Parker, who accom-
panied him back to the house. When
Parker asked Mrs. Macauley where
hci huopoii was, Suc Ieplleu ne
was out. On second inquiry, how
ever, she replied, "If you go in you'll
see him on the floor!" Both men
went in and found Macauley lying
with his head against door. The
wife appeared cool and Indifferent.
Last Friday night there had been
noise in the Macauley house all
night, and both were drunk. Two
or three dodgers there had left the
next day on this account. Macauley
when seen PROSTATE on the floor
wore white linen shirt, pants and
vest, and no collar. Heard four
shots, the interval between the first
and second being eighteen seconds.
Three cartridges were exposed, and
the pistol only having five cham
bers another cartridge must have
been slipped in.
III. II. Williams saw Macauley on
Saturday forenoon for the last time
at the house, Alakea street, and he
didn't look we'll at all. He looked
downhearted. Deceased hadn't been
working for long time, and he told
witness that he thought of advertis-
ing to do work at half-price for a
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