The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-15
MURDER MOST FOUL
A [GpGT Shoots His Wife at
EVA Plantation.
HE STANDS AT BAY
The Police BeSeige His Hiding
Place for Hours.
MARSHAL BROWNS NARROW
ESCAPE.
Finally the Troops are Called Out With
Cannon.
The Leper Finally Killed by the Police.
He Leaves His Excuses on the
Wall. - The Inquest.
MARSHAL BROWNS NARROW
ESCAPE.
Finally the Troops are Called Out With
Cannon,
The Leper Finally Killed by the Police
He Leaves His Excuses on the
Wall. - The Inquest

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blooded and premeditated murder
The victim this time was a woman
named Niau and the murderer, her
husband, was the notorious native leper
and desperate Aikualani.
Something after midnight Aikualani
returned to his house from the noun
tain fastness, where the pursuit of the
officers of the law had compelled him
to secrete himself for long time, and
inflicted a mortal wound on his wife
with Winchester rifle, from the effects
Of which she died at 5 o'clock this
morning A son of the murderer, a
young man grown, was dispatched by
his father to Honolulu to order a coffin
for the dead woman, and after the
sons departure the father of the vic.
tim, Kaahanui, heard of the tragedy
and went to the house, where he was
fired upon by the enraged leper. Sew
eral shots were discharged, but, luckily
for Kaahanui, he escaped uninjured
and at once fastened to Deputy Sheriff
Wond, who telephoned to Deputy
Marshal Brown for assistance.
Mr.. Brown, accompanied by Cap
tain Parker and six of his men, armed
with Winchesters, took the S:45 train
for the scene of the tragedy. A STAR
reporter accompanied the expedition
and followed the officers to the strong
hold of the fugitive, who was found to
be in his house, the scene of the murder,
watched there by one of the Sheriff S
deputies.
AT the depot the officers from this
city were met by Mr. Wond, and after
a short council of war had been held,
it was decided that the local force
should go to the house, which is stu
ated about mile and half from the
station on the Waialua stage road, and
take up position on the hills to the
westward, while Captain Parker and
part of his men were to post themselves
on the hill facing the house on the
east. Deputy Marshal Brown, police
man and the STAR reporter crawled
through rice fields and banana planta,
tons, and foundered over stone walls
and fences to point in the center Of
the valley, just opposite the leper's
refuge, and about $50 yards distant.
The house stands just at the base Of
the hill on the westward side of the
little valley, and near the creek with
the stage road running close to the
door. As the ground is bare all
around the dwelling, it will be seer
that Aikualani has no chance to escape
without coming under the fire of thu
officers on the high ground sur
rounding
When the officers had taken ur
their positions, movement of CLOSING
in was begun, and Captain Parker ano
one or two of his men came down from
the hill top and got behind small
deserted house on the opposite side o.
the creek from the one in which the
leper was barricaded, and Deputy
Marshal Brown and the STAR repre-
sentative crawled along behind fence
AT this juncture the besieged man saw
the officers, and sent his two younger
children, boy of about 10 years O
age and little girl somewba
smaller, out to meet them. BY the
little boy note was sent to the fathe
demanding his immediate surrender
to which, within few minutes a reply
was returned, bidding the officers t.
come and get him, and absolutel,
declining to give himself up,
When the contents of the note wer,
made known to Deputy Marshal Brown
he said "Well, we've got to take hin
there, that's all p and after examining
his rife carefully the officer crept for
ward to try to get sigh, of the muir
derer Captain Parker, at signal from
his chief, returned to the hill top, anc
shortly after fire was opened on the
house. To the volleys that followed
the desperate man, alone in The house
with the cold body of his victim, made
no reply, waiting rather to get fail
shot at some of his besiegers,
That was the state of things at moor
when the reporter was obliged to return
to the city.
There are two rumors ahoat at Eve
regarding the motive Of Aikualani fol-