The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-08-07
Arthur Featherstone Nearly Kills
His Wife.
BE LIKED TIE NATIVES TOO WELL.
timacy with Another Woman, He
siashed Her with a Big Clasp Knife.
The Man Now I'm the Station House.

Arthur Featherstone, an Eng
lishman, cut and seriously wound
ed his wife Saturday afternoon
shortly before 4 o'clock. Feath-
erstone is now in jail, charged
with assault with a dangerous
weapon, with intent to commit
murder.
The cause of the trouble started,
according to the most authentic
account, in the jealousy of Mrs.
Featherstone. 1t seems that her
husband has been, for some time,
out of work, and the wife, who is
a dressmaker, has been supporting
him. Not satisfied with this, how
ever. Featherstone has been very
attentive to a native girl called
Emily. Saturday, Mrs. Feather
stone accused her liege lord of his
infdelity. The man was under
the influence of liquor at the time,
and denied the accusation. The
wife persisted in her statements,
and Featherstone became enraged.
He drew a big clasp knife from his
pocket, and siashed at his wife.
The woman put up her hand to
ward off the blow, and her wrist
was terribly cut. But by doing so
she probably saved her life, for had
the knife struck her where her
assailant intended, the abdomen,
the woman would have undoubt-
edly been killed. All this hap
pened at the King Street House,
where the couple lived. The whole
porch was spotted with blood, and
had the appearance of shambles
after the affair was over.
Featherstone, as soon as he saw
what he had done, started for the
police station. On the way he met
a police officer and gave himself
up. The woman's injuries were
dressed by DR.. McGrew who took
several stitches in her wrist. She
was feeling better yesterday, al
though in considerable pain.
Featherstone expresses great re-
morse for his act and, of course,
says he would never have done it |
had he not been drunk. He denies
any knowledge of the native woman,
but it has been shown that he was
with her at the "Blue Gate" the
night before the cutting occurred.
Arthur Mcdowell, the owner of
the King street house, was seen
Yesterday afternoon. He said,
"Mrs. Featherstone is better than
she was yesterday, although still in
great pain. She will prosecute the
case against her husband, as she
has given him up as a bad job. The
man is absolutely no good. He has
neglected his wife for some time,
but has been living off her earn
ings."
Another story that has found
currency in regard to the affair, is
that Mrs. Featherstone had given
her husband all her money except
SO. This she tried to keep for an
emergency, but he demanded it to
buy liquor. She refused to give it
to him, and took it to Mrs. Nc
Dowell, asking her to keep it. This
so enraged the man that he as
saulted her with the above result.
When Featherstone arrived at
the station house he was searched.
But in some way the searchers
big knife which the
man had concealed about him.
morning, when the Off
GER on duty looked into his cell, he
saw blood on the floor, and, open
ing the door, he found that Feath- {
erstone had tried to kill himself
by cutting an artery in his wrist.
He had slashed himself both across ]
and lengthways of his arm, and I
made nasty cash. However, he {
vas not seriously injured.