The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-03-28
THE DYING STATEMENT
OF THE LATE ID. L.
HUNTSMAN.
He Tells How He Was Shot by
Herrins-A Brief History
of His Life.

ter 3 o'clock, as previously an
nounced in this journal. His
death was quiet one, and appar-
emily painless. He commenced
sinking rapidly about 1890
o'clock on Sunday night. He
realized that he was dying, and
when a friend called to see him he
remarked, "If The police want my
dying statement, they must come
soon" The police we're notified,
land about II o'clock Marshal Ash
: ley arrived, and in the presence of
Deputy Marshal Mehrten and H.
Won Werthern, Jr., ne talked for
the last time on earth.
Before he had finished his dying
statement, he became very weak,
and for 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-
tons 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 Monday 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 intes-
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 to
the Hospital, where they viewed
the remains.
The following is the ante-mortem
statement made by the deceased on
Sunday night:
THE ANTE MoRTEM STATEMENT.
Honolulu, II. L, Mar. 10, 1893.
Statement of D. L. HUNTsMAN made
at IL o'clock p NJ:
Herring had a house and lot on
Punchbowl which he claimed be-
longed to him. He was finally
elected and 1 found out that it did
not belong to him. He then said
that he owned the house above, and
moved up there with his wife. This
house did not belong to him, and in
a little while he had to move away,
and had nowhere to go to. l went
and saw Theresa Cartwright about
her house on Liliha street, rented it,
and took Herring and wife to live
over there. Wolters had said to |
Herring, after we had lived over
there a little while, that l was having |
sexual connection with his Her
ring's) wife. Herring told me this.
A little later on 1 caught him Her
ring) beating his wife. l made him
stop and swear that he would never
lick her again. She told me that
Herring had beaten her on last Fri
day morning. On last Saturday
evening as was coming up the
steps of the house, 1 met Herring
standing in the house door. l was
about half way up the steps when
Herring muttered something which
/ could not hear, came close to me
and fred shot which struck me in
the mouth. 1 then fell down. While
lying down Herring accused me of
plotting with his (Herring's) wife to
put him out of the way. After be
had accused me of this, I moved, and
Herring fired again striking me in
the left hip. 1 then remember get
ting up and running over to the Chi
nese stable on the other side of the
street. After awhile the Chinaman
finished Harvesting hack and horse,
and took me down to the Police Sta
lion. l request the Marshal that
she (Mrs. Herring) be shielded as
she has had no criminal relations
With me-"
The following brief history of the
life of D. L. Huntsman is taken
rom a letter written by him in De-
,ember, 1891, and published in the
1t was written by
him to defend his character:
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
The process of making cast steel
vas invented by Benjamin Hunts
nan in 1740. The Encyclopedia
Britannica states that he was Ger
nan, born in l704, and began life as
/ matchmaker. Two sons of the in
'entor came to America in 1851. One
If them was killed at Bennington in
he war of the Revolution. The other
fttled in Kentucky. and grew rich