The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-07-04


The lepers were masters of the situa-
+ ton. The forty or more people who
( passed that night in caves, were mo-
mentarily expecting TO be killed, none
OF them having any firearms while
/ the lepers We're well supplied. The
( lepers ransacked the houses of the ka-
masinas, appropriating clothing, coin,
J and other Yaluables. Food and two
( barrels of salt beef belonging to the
I StolZ party were carried away by the
lepers to their hiding places in the
I woods.
KAUMEHEIwA's TRIP.
t Kaumeheiwa, a tinely-built native
youth Of - years of age, was about
one mile away from Koolsu's house
/ on Tuesday night. When he heard the
two rife shots fired he instantly sus-
I spected that there was something
wrong. He did not stop to find out
what the shooting was, but straight
way ran to his old and leaky canoe
and padded over to Mana that night,
a distance of nearly fifteen miles. The
canoe was about II feet long, l. inches
wide, and II inches deep. 1t was made
| from kukui wood, and looked very
( ole. On one side near the bow is a
hole nearly eight or ten inches square.
This was covered with canvas putted
with soap to keep out the water.
The canoe was visited by many peo-
pie yesterday as it lay on the deck Of
the steamer Waialeale. 1t is such a
rickety old thing that no one in this
city would dare TO go out alone TO the
bell buoy in il, yet kaumeheiwa pad
died single-handed, with the canoe at
times half full of water, for fifteen
miles in the open sea. But the wea-
ther was moderate, and so he ran but
little danger.
About midnight on Tuesday kau-
meheiwa reached Mana He obtained
a horse and rode over to the mill near
by-to telephone to Sheriff G. y. Will
cox at Lihue. When he had per-
( formed his mission, haumeheiwa re-
turned TO his little canoe and went to
KalalaU the same night. He was
picked up by the steamer Waialeale
on Wednesday morning while on his
way to Waimea. The canoe was half
iull Of water when hoisted on the
I steamers deck. That was the first
time the informer heard OF the tragic
I ending of Sheriff Stolz.
Deputy-sheriff w. Z. Deverill, of
Hanalei, spoke in high terms of Kau-
meheiwa's gallant action. He stated
that purse was being raised at Wal
mea.
THE wAIALEALE FOR KALALAU.
At > o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing. June 2Sth. Sheriff Wilcox COM
municated with his deputy at Hanalei,
I Mr.. Deverill, about the shooting of Mr..
/ StOlz. with orders at the same time
Z for Deverill TO do as he thought best
/ in the matter. Mrs. DeverilI rowed
out in a boat to the steamer Wal
aleale, which was at anchor at Hama
lei bay, to tell Capt. Smythe to get
up steam. At 3 An. Mr.. and Mrs.
Deveri1l, two native policemen, Peter
NoWlein & brother of Sam NOwlein
of this city, and Penikila, left Hama
/ lei for Kalalau, the scene of the ira
/ gedy, with q whalebOat in tow.
Kalalau was made at daybreak.
When the lepefs saw the Waialeale
steaming into Kalalau bay they all
ran up into the woods, leaving behind
them the dead body of Stolz.
The sight of the steamers approach
/ restored the respondent kamaainas
driven out to sleep in the caves dur
( ing the night The constant fear of
death at the hands of the Infatuated
| lepers was brought to an end. Peter
| Nowlein was sent ashore to find out
what the trouble was. When in
. formed that Stolz was dead, Nowlein
went I'D with a number of men and
brought down the dead body. Ten of
Z the natives went on board the Wal
aleale, desiring to be landed at Hama
( lei. but as the steamer did not touch
at that port, these people were
brought to Honolulu. They came
with nothing except the clothes
which they wore The Waialeale left
Kalalau at noon with the body of
Louis II. StolZ and steamed for Wal
mea. When she went away, about
forty of the natives, including five Of
the lepers. Kapahee (k), Kamali Ok,
Pauwahine wv, Mele wv and Hakau
*, were preparing to leave for Ha-
nalei in three whale boats. They are
supposed to be all at Hanalei by this
time. The names of the natives
brought to Honolulu are: Kapoli
W., Puahi Cw), Pole WI, Mailelo (kl,
Kawika wv, Mu WI, Kahalehau wv,
Milika *, Iva * and Kaumehe-
iva (k).
On reaching Waimea, StoIz's body
was taken ashore there. Mrs. StOlz
being absent in Honolulu, and DR..
Campbell being away, no post NOR
tenn examination was held. The body
was taken on board the steamer again
and brought to Honolulu. Before
leaving, Deputy Sheriff Deverill or
dered seven special policemen to
guard the Nualelo path from Kalalau
to Waimea, and six men were ordered
to guard the pass towards Haena.
These exists are thus closed. These
passes are mere trails and dangerous,
and in many places narrow into goat
tracks. None but kamaainas would
dare scale these steep precipices, some
of which are said to be more than
three thousand feet high.
The pass towards Haena is so mar
row and precipitous that one man
could stand off thousand armed men
so thinks Mr.. Deyerill. The pass
-c,,,-o-s7s TTair,aa l. lil-axrisa do nOar.