Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-09-12
UNREQUITED LOVE.
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A Demented Lovers Des-
perate Deed.


city of escapes from the Insane
Asylum at Palama and the recap
ture and return of all but one of
the escapes to the institution.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. A. f.
Raude, a late arrival IN this c;jy,
who has ambition to become a
member of the Sharpshooters'
corps. was in the vicinity of the
old cattle wharf in the harbor
engaged in rife practice. Imme-
diately after the discharge of his
last shot he heard piteous cry
of mingled terror and help pro-
ceeding from the wharf, which
was within his line of fire, and
fears of an injury to some one
from split bullet Qfused him to
investigate the khrroundings.
Arriving at the wharf, he found a
man struggling in the water.
Rendering necessary assistance
the almost drowned human was
at last laid upon the wharf and
by means of vigorous and we'll
directed efforts was soon enabled
to exercise his faculties. While
the man was recovering wind and
strength his rescuer noticed that
blood was oozjng from a wound
In the head of the rescued, a
fragment of a rope encircled his
neck and the lower portion of one
of the legs of the overalls. which
encompassed the limp limbs, was
burned. the smell of kerosene be-
ing very noticeable. Recovering
speech and in answer to a natuf-
al inquiry of how such things
could be, the delapidsted speci-
men told in half maudlin manners
and in brief, the following story,
He said that; he was of French
extraction, had lived here for
years but having had means was
but little known as he was not
forced to make acquaintance
In an inauspioiods moment he
became acquainted with young
lady whose domicile is within the
shadow of the Central Union.
He lavished his hearts treasures
with an unstintlng hand but,
alas, the usual tale, a more veal
thy wower and his love east aside.
Then followed the idea of self
destruction and to assure a sue
cessful shufiing off he had pro-
cured a pistol, rope, laudanum
and kerosene all of which articles
were to play their part in the
contamination of his wish for a
long last sleep. He had walked
from Iwilei that morning through
the shallow water to the cattle
wharf, but had been compelled,
by the presence of a boats crew
of American man-of-wars men. to
delay his preparations. They
gone, he had affixed the rope to
oneof the beams ofthe cattle guard
the moose around his neck, sltur-
ated his oyeralls with the oil
drank the laudanum and placing
the pistol to his head had fired.
But here a directing Providence
interviewed and the bulle. glanced
on the skull and severed the rope
causing the would-be suicide to
fall into the water thus extin-
gushing the burning clothing
which had been ignited. The
sudden bath made life again
worthy living and struggle with
that end In view was commenced
the respondent lover however
having a heavy handicap in his
lack of knowledge of swimming.
His struggles however had the
effect of making him swallow
! many mouthfuls of the detestable
water of the bay which caused q
reyulsion of the stomasf allowing
it of much of the laudanum
last effort in which his despair
ing cries we're heard and answer.
ed closed the wretched mans
tale, and he walked landward
through the shallow water which
lies between the wharf and Wi
lei. The rescuer. after the de-
parsurs of his companion, in .
casual look about the groand
discovered a memorandum book