The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-06-27
Strange Conduct of His Wife.
Removed To the Hospital, Where He
Expires-A COroner's Inquest
viii Be Held.

and mortaIly wounded himself.
The suicidal act was done in the
bathroom of his residence, which is
situated on Alakea street, next door
to the Pacific Club. He was con-
veyed to the hospital, but death
ended his sufferings at 2:40
o'clock, or twenty minutes after his
arrival at that institution.
The cause of death was gunshot
wound in the head. The ball en-
tered the scalp back of the right ear
and penetrated the brain. He died
without regaining consciousness.
The details of the suicide are
meagre as there was DO witness to
the act. His wife's reason seems
too affected over his sudden ending
and when seen during the afternoon
by an ADVERTISER reporter, she
could not give an intelligent ac-
count of the affair.
1t was learned, however, that
Macauley has been respondent for
some time and often expressed a
wish that he could die. He APP
peared to be in better spirits Sun
day morning, however, as he did
not make any complaints to his
wife.
About noontime he entered the
bath room and as soon as he closed
the door he commenced to fire the
pistol. In all three shots were
fired, two of which entered the
woodwork surrounding the room.
The third shot was a deliberate
one evidently, as the pistol was
held close enough to SINCE the hair
and burn the flesh when it was ex-
ploded.
When the reports were heard
Willie Savidge ran to the house,
but was told by Mrs. Macauley
that her husband was not in.
Being suspicious that all was not
right he at once went to the station
house, where he found Captain
Robert Parker, who at once re-
paired to Macauley's house. =
When Parker arrived alto the
door he was met by Mrs. Macau-
ley. He asked her where her hus-
band was, and she replied that he
was not at home. Parker then
told her that a report had been
brought to the station house that
shots had been fired lately in the
house and that he intended to
search the premises.
Mrs. Macauley then said
in the most Indifferent man
ner, go, well, he's laying in
the bath room" Parker at once
went to the bath room where he
found Macauley lying alongside the
bath tub in the mauka end of the
room with his head against the
door. The blood was trickling
down his face and neck, and he
was evidently in a dying con-
dition. Parker picked up
Smith and Wesson, SO calibre,
revolver from the bottom Of the !
bath tub and found it had three
chambers empty. 1t had been
freshly discharged. He found two
of the shots, which had been heard |
by the neighbors, had gone through |
the walls of the bath room, one
through the side into another yard,
and the other through the wall
of the next house. When he came
out of the bathroom he again ques
toned Mrs. Macauley, whom he
found quietly performing her du-
ties. In answer to question as
to whether or not she had heard
the shots, she replied that she had,
but that her husband often fired off
his pistol when cleaning it, and she
had supposed this was what he was
doing.
Parker then went out and meet
ing DR.. Peterson sent him into the
house. He then went to the next
house and telephoned for DR..
Cooper, the police physician, who
soon arrived. DR.. Wood was
llso present, and upon an ex-
animation being made it was
lecided to remove the wounded
nan to the hospital. A stretcher
vas procured from the station
house, and two policemen and
hree prisoners carried the
lying man away. As the men
ook her husband from the house
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