The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-21
THE DYING STA TEMENT
OF THE LATE ID. L.
HUNTSMAN
He Tells How He Was Shot by
ReYrfne-A Brief History
Of His Life.

yesterday morning SnOrtIy al
ter 3 o'clock, as previously an
nounced in the ADvER User. His
death was quiet one, and appar-
emily painless. He commenced
sinking rapidly about 80
o'clock on Sunday night. He
realized that he was dying, and
when a friend called to see him he
remarked, eff the police want my
dying statement, they must come
soon." The police were notified,
and about II o'clock Marshal Ash,
ley arrived, and in the presence of
Deputy Marshal Mehrten and H..
Won Werthern, Jr., he talked for
the last time on earth.
Before he had finished his dying
statement, he became very weak,
and for a time it looked as if he
lacked the necessary strength to
complete it, but he rallied for a
few moments, and after making a
denial regarding any intimate rela-
tions with Mrs. Herring, he sank
back exhausted. 1t will be noticed
in his ante-mortem statement that
his cowardly murderer fired the
second shot while the wounded
man was on the ground. This
statement differs from the one fur
nished to this journal by an eye
witness to the affair.
A postmortem examination was
held yesterday morning by Drs.
Wood and Peterson. They found
one bullet imbedded in the head,
in close proximity to the brain.
The other ball was found in his
side. 1t had severed several mites,
tines, and, in the minds of the ply
sicians, this bullet was the imme-
date cause of death.
A coroner's jury, composed Of F
L. Winter, W. S. Luce, E. b
Thomas, E. McInerny, B. Orden
stein and P. Rooney, was empan.
elled. The members were taken tc
the Hospital, where they viewed
the remains. 1t is expected thai
the inquest will be held to-day.
The friends of the murdered mar
have made arrangements to bury
him in a decent manner 1t is thei
intention later to place headstont
OH his grave.
The following is the ante-morten
statement made by the deceased or
Sunday night:
THE ANTE MoRTEM STATEMENT.
Honolulu, H. /, Mar. 10, 1893.
Statement of D. L. HUNTsMAN mad,
at IL o'clock p. M:
Herring had house and lot OF
Punchbowl which he claimed be
longed to him. He was finall,
elected and found out that it die
not belong to him. He then saiC
that he owned the house above, ant
moved up there with his wife. Thi
house did not belong to him, and il
little while he had to move away
and had nowhere to go to. [ wen
and saw Theresa Cartwright abou
her house on Liliha street, rented il
and took Herring and wife to liv
over there. Wolters had said t.
Herring, after we had lived owe
there little while, that 1 was havin,
sexual connection with his (Hel
ring's) wife. Herring told me this
A little later on [ caught him (Her
ring) beating his wife. 1 made hin
stop and swear that he would neve
lick her again. She told me tina
Herring had beaten her on last Fri
day morning. On last Saturda
evening as l was coming up tn
steps of the house, I met Herrin
standing in the house door. I wa
about halfway up the steps whe
Herring muttered something whic
/ could not hear, came close to NJ
: and fired a shot which struck me i
the mouth. 1 then fell down. Will
lying down Herring accused me c
plotting with his (Herring's) wife
put him out of the way. After b
had accused me of this, l moved, an
Herring fired again striking me i
the left hip. [ then remember ge
ting up and running over to the Oh
nese stable on the other side of th
street. After awhile the Chinama
finished Harvesting a hack and hors
and took me down to the Police ST;
ton. l request the Marshal tia
she Mrs. Herring) be shielded a
, she has had no criminal relation
with me-"
The following brief history of til
life of D: L. Huntsman is take
from a letter written by him in D,
r cember, 1891, and published in tt
ADVERTISER. 1t was written
him to defend his character:
, Y SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
The process of making cast ste
was invented by Benjamin Hunt
man in 1749 The Encycloped
Britannica states that he was a &c
man, born in 1704, and began life
matchmaker. Two sons of the j
ventor came to America in 1761. Or
}, of them was killed at Bennington
y the war of the Revolution. The 9th,
r settled in Kentucky, and grew ric
i. and fat by the means SO much
favor in Hawaii-a plantation an
slaves. His son felt divine call
preach the gospel he founded Nj
thodist missions in Missouri, ar
converted thousands to Christ. F