The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-09-16
KILLING OF THE LEPER.
Further Particulars About the Eva
Tragedy.

The train returned from Pearl
City about 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon with the Government soldiers
and Deputy Marshal Brown, Captain
Parker and his police, and several
Others on board. The depot was
crowded with people who expected
to see the body of Aikualani, the
leper bandit, landed from the cars.
They were disappointed, however,
as both the bodies Of the leper and
his victim (wiFe) had been left at
Waiawa. The police who were sue
cessful in bringing down the leper
were the lions of the hour, and re-
ceived congratulations on all sides.
They were stopped at every few
steps and compelled to tell the
story of their adventure.
When the officers, six in all, ar
rived within few hundred yards of
the house they held consultation
and finally it was decided to scatter
the men. Captain Parker assigned
the men to different points of van
tage, and instructed them not to
shoot until he fired first. Parker
went to k1oll about five hundred
yards distance, where he could get
clear view of the house. On looking
down he saw two children, boy
aud girl, hiding on the veranda
behind board. Parker's heart
leaped to his mouth, as had he not
seen the children they would have
been shot. Parker ran down to
within a few yards Of the house and
called to the children to come to
him. They readily scampered up to
the officer. After consulting with
Brown it was thought advisable to
send the boy, who was the eldest,
with a message to Aikualani, who
had not as yet shown himself. The
boy took the message to Aikualani
his father, who opened the door and,
after reading the note, slammed
the door in the lads face, saying he
would kill three policemen first.
After a while the officers opened
fire on the house, some only at a
distance of twenty-five yards. The
fussil ,de was kept up at intervals
until IL o'clock, when Deputy Mar
shall Brown got behind a mango
body, close to the house. Parker
was few yards away from Brown.
The latter made proposition to
Parker to try and get underneath
the house, but that officer answered
it wou d be foolish. There was a
space of about four feet between the
ground and the floor of the house,
1t would have proved foolish indeed,
as the floor was found to be of rough
boards with cracks between each
one. At this time Parker saw Aikua-
lani's head peering around the win
dow and immediately y three shots
rang out, two passing within half an
inch of Brown. Parker emptied
three shots at the window, and the
leper disappeared. The other po-
lice were then ordered to fire a vol
ley at the window in order to allow
Brown to escape. This was done
and Brown got away. Another vol
ley was emptied in the house to al
low an exp. G. soldier, who was be-
hind rock near Brown, to escape.
About noon the little boy pre-
viously sent was asked to take
another message to the house, but
the lad was scared. The little girl
volunteered and she was sent. When
she got to the veranda, tho father
made noise with his feet and order
ed the girl away. The little one ran
back to the officers. A few more
shots were fired, when Depu.y-Mar-
shall Brown and Captain Parker re-
turned to the Manana Station to
telephone to Honolulu for more
ammunition and Howitzer to be
| sent down.
About 1:3O o'clock Police Officer
Holi, who was watching behind a
tree, exposed himself, when three
bullets whizzed by him, coming from
the direction of the house. Holi
emptied five shots in quick success
sion in the vicinity of where the
smoke issued. Shortly after Brown
and Parker returned. After Hollis
five shots no more shots were fired
until the discovery was made that
the desperate man was dead. As pre-
viously reported Aikualani's brother
was sent in and reported the man
dead. Parker went to the house and
found the report true.
The rifle with which the leper had
been shooting was found near him
bespattered with blood. 1t had no
stock, and the officers wondered how
he could have handled it. The gun
was Winchester, from which eight
bullets had been fired, and the other
eight were extracted by Parker and
stuck in his belt. A box containing
forty rounds of ammunition and two
shotguns, with which he would have
done deadly work had he used them
were also found. There was big
hole on the back of the lepers head
and his brain was scattered over the
wall. Blood was still flowing from
the wound in the head, so that in all
probability it was the fatal wound
aud Hollis weapon did the fata
work. There was other wounds, in
cluding one on the right ankle, but
the blood was dry, SO that these
wounds must have been made early
in the day. The house was full o.
holes, splinters Of wood lying al
over the floor. The mans body was
still warm, while the woman's was
stiff. Aikualani lay on his wife.
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