The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-30
DELIBERATE SUICIDE.
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dispatched To- tae CoruweI residence
where "a sight met the young mans
gan such a. lie never wants GuplI-
Gated. sitting on a chair on me front
Verauda of EIs g ttage wa- Andersen
with dJu,le shotgun between ms
knees ami a string fastened 10 the
trigger OF the gun and hi- right foot
through "a up. What was LETT II hi-
head hung backward ami his iac- was
turned toward the ceiling. he had
placed the muZzle of the gun in hIs
mouth and pulled the trigger WITH
his toe 10y means OF the string attach
meut. The gun was loaded with
buck-hot and Auder-eu'- fourth at
tempt al suicide was success
An ADVERTIS ER reporter visited the
place a couple Of hours later and found
the bOdy in the same position. The
entire top and back Of the mans head
was blown OF and parts of his brains
and l. ecrs of hi- skull We're
scattered over the front Of the house
and ceiling of the verauda. y hall
dozen -uOt- on the ceiling which, In
the Pickering light. re-embl.d wasp
ne-t-, proved 10 b. patches f his skull
and hair which had stuck there Wneu
the gun was discharged. On little
shelf AT the corner Of the house where
the water cooler j. kept, Il dOub e
handful of brain matter had lodged.
His work was complete. Anderson
had done 10 well. As the head was
blown backward there Wa compare
lively little blood on the front part Ot
his clothing little stream had
trickled from mis- chin down the shirt
front, but that was all what there
was ON the veTania made up for It.
Before committing the act, Ander-
son had evidently changed his cloth
ing. He was lad in new white
shirt, dark trousers and nrN black
stockings \ search Of his apartments
disclosed few medicine bottles AMI
a glass partly filled with Nv ct wine.
There were no letters or memoranda
OF any kind perhaps he did not think
No necessary, a. he had told nearly
everyone he knew that he would kill
himself at 4 o'clock, aud he kept
his word In the bureau drawers h!-
washing, which hal evidently Just
been brought III from the laundry,
had been put away without being uu-
tied. There was no evidence of pre-
paTatiOn, no Indication that he had
gone about it other than ne would
have attended To any Of his daily
work
From a Japaiese Y ard man il was
learned that after Anderson came
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dulged in frequent doses of wine, but
was not drunk. He had visited him
several times during the day in rela-
ton To- "a little matter of SIS wages due
which Anderson was TO pay him. In
stead of doing IL ne told him to- go /
milk the cows and come back AT I
O'Clock; II he was there IL would let /.
him have s., but if he should happen /
to kill himself before that time the .
japanese should have his watch and \
all ms belongings. From all that can F.
be learned ne had fully maze up MS f.
mind To do the job before dark. He /
had IL ia his mind to- do il when he .
left Detective Hammer.
Thomas Anderson, the suicide, came
here in the ship Quintah known "a
the smallpox ship IN 1881. He vas
one OF the crew OF that vessel and de-
serted her herr and secured employ
ment in the Pantheon Livery Stables.
Six years ago he gave up there be
cause the work did not agree with
him and was given place with Mrs.
COrnwell. He was we'll liked by the
family, and even when ne caused
in the house 10y at
suicide three different
times he was retained in the ser
vice. He WAS always of de
spOndeut mood and occasionally
drank little too much wine. Judge
DaytOn's son visited him regularly
three times a week On Monday they
met down town and came home to-
getheT aud before separating Davie
Dayton told Anderson tnat he was
going away yesterday morning. He ,
began to- get low spirited then and IL
j. presumed his mind was affected. y ,
'ew minutes before yesterday after
noon PttrOlmHn BOTtfeld and passed
he Cornwall residence and Anderson
with the shotgun in his hand hailed I
lim. In response To- the question "a
o what I've intended doing with the
suu y udeT-uu replied that I've Was
going to- shoot some BIRDS the
,flicer then rode Off Ten minutes
alter the Japanese heard the repOrt of ;
he gun aud running TO the spot found
anderson dead.
An Inquest was held last evening
.nd the bOty turned over 20 Under
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