The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-02
Mrs, VIVA King Tries to Murder
Her COlOrei Lover.
EFT WITH 4 PIuKAxE WHILE ASLEEP.
Ike bn-Steuardess OF the .. y. Castle
Attempts 70 Rm George Washington.
special Polisenap-A Miraculous
SsapS from Death

tAC AOIAACA esSN SAACSc VI NAS I~-A n
entine s. y. Castle, and George
Washington, $ special policeman
and the paramour Of the King
woman. For absolutely no reason,
other than thst he had slapped her
in the face, she struck him on the
temple with picka1e. If the man
does not die it viii be only because
his head is harder than the sverage
humans.
Both parties to the affair are ne
groes. The man with the historic
name is q special policeman. On
Sunday night ne was supposed to
60 on duty at y o'clock, and re-
main at his post at Manos until 6
in the morning. Instead Of attend
ing TO his duty, however. he went on
q spree, the consequences of which
may yet result in his death.
During Sunday afternoon Wash
ington aud the King woman were
out driving in 4 buggy, and were
apparently sober. Washington, who
is known TO be a drinking man, was
warned that if he did not go on
duty at midnight, he would be dis
charged, and he promised faithful
" TO do so.
The King woman has been liv-
ing at a house on Queen street,
kept by g man called Russian
Frank ever since leaving her po-
sition on the Castle. Yesterday
mSrning about 8 o'clock, Washing
ton came to the house, supposedly
in e state Of iutoIication, and found
8 man named Powell, colored ex-
pressman, in the room occupied by
the woman. He drove Powell out of
the house st the point Of pistol,
and then started in to abuse the
King woman. She says that he
slapped her, and beat her and drove
her out Of the house. He then
went TO sleep in her room.
About s o'clock, according to the
wOman's story, she came back into
the room, and seeing her Bhilom
lover asleep, was seized with a
desire for revenge on him, for beat
ing her. She went out into the
yard, and procured q sharp pointed
pick-axe. Coming back into the
room, she struck Washington,
while he was sleeping, the piek-axe
striking his left temple. The force
Of the blow must have been terrific,
as fully five inches of the pick-axe
were covered with the blood and
hair Of the unfortunate negro.
The woman than ran out into the
yard, and calling the owner Of the
house asked him to telephone for q
doctor. This he did, at the same
time telephoning the police station.
An officer was Immediately sent to
the place, and the woman placed
under arrest, charged with assault
with z deadly weapon.
Dr.. Wood, the physician sum
moned, found Washington very |
dangerously wounded. The sharp |
pointed axe had struck just below |
the left temple, and glanced of, /
striking the nose, and shattering |
several OF the bones in the front |
part Of his face. It was only by a |
that he escaped instant /
death. If the wound had been 4
anywhere else in the same vicinity. |
death would have resulted instant
y. AS It l., the man has q slight 1
chance Of recovery. 1t was impos-
:ible to tell yesterday whether or
not the skull was fractured. If |
hat should be found to be the
,aEe. there is probably no doubt
hat W aShIngton VIII Ole.
The story, as told by the man. diff
,erS in minor details only from that
old by the King woman. He says
hat he found her with Pow
IL and was enraged at the right
hat be struck the woman but once,
md then not hard that he did not
,eat her at all, but did drive her
,ut of the house. He lay down to
.leep, and the next thing he knew
he had tried to murder him. He
: now at the Queens Hospital in
precarious condition.
The attempted murder il one Of
he most cold-blooded IN the police
.nnaIE Of Honolulu. Tie woman
no contrition for her act,
nd does rot seem at all cory for
81 deed. She says that she was
ired Of living with Washington
nd had wanted to get nd OF him
oY come time. This seemed q
IL ~Earoz and IN hsr ra1e st his