The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-04-19
VAGARIES OF Won Known
AN INSANE MAN WHO HAS MADE
HIMSELF INTERESTING.
Has Strange Ideas OF High Art-Duc
Reverence for the Cross Will Now
BE Locked UP.

dark and mysterious gardener OF
the Hawaiian Hotel, is again in
trouble. A few days ago he was
arrested for clubbing woman, and
got eff with fine Of $I2. A charge
of insanity was also made, but was
not sustained by the examining
physician. Last night the man was
on the hotel grounds again. Ladies
OH the premises became greatly
frightened at the temperance of
the terror, and petitioned Col. Mac
farlane to have him taken away.
The station house was rung up, but
in the meantime Won Known had
gone. At the request of guests Col.
Macfarlane then addressed note
to the marshal, asking that the case
be looked into and stating that the
man was insane. Accompanying
this was a statement of DR.. Win
slow, of the U. S. i. S. Philadel-
phia, giving his opinion that Won
Known was insane and should not
be permitted to go at large
Won Known has been in the
country seven or eight years. He
was at one time employed by the
Makiki forester. This was in Ka-
lakaua's time. Since then he has
worked at odd jobs OIL small pay,
seeming to care nothing for money.
He is noted for the habit of talking
to himself. While at work on the
hotel grounds he would frequently
stop and engage in wild
harangue with some imaginary
parsonage. When through he
would turn his face to the heavens
and act as if seeking endorsement
Of his arguments from that source.
In some of these ne-sided debates
he would become greatly agitated
and remain i'll an excited frame of
mind for hours.
At the Hotel no one knew what
the mysterious man had in his
room, or anything Of his private
life. A great deal of curiosity was
sometimes aroused, however, es-
pecially when he was seen to carry
paint, putty and other queer
material into his sleeping apart
ment. The officer who served the
warrant upon him last week had
to break the door in to reach him
and then the mysteries of his
chamber were disclosed. His
paraphernalia was found to be as
queer and problematical as the
man himself. A few articles of
clothing and several works OF art,
chiefly models, constituted his
earthly belongings. In his models
the cross is very conspicuous. One,
a large cross, is thickly covered
with miniature crosses, all in
bright colors.
He has two CROWNS, one repre-
senting the German Emperor's and
the other Kalakaua's. They were
made to fit the head of Won
Known himself, and he claimed to
be an heir to both of them. The
crowns are ornamented with the
everpresent cross. Another curl
osity is large madallion in black
representing the tomb of the late
Frederick Wilhelm. A picture
of Frederick adorns the top.
Pasted on either side is a poem
written by Won Known eulogizing
his subject.
The most complicated idea, how
ever, is found in a second large
medallion. Over the center is pic
ture of Jesus Christ. Below is a
cross. Still further down is a pic
ture of the human heart, evidently
clipped from work on physiology.
To the right is the picture of an
angel, and on the left one repre-
senting Maud Muller. Between all
these are clippings from an Ameri-
can newspaper, with cuts, describ-
ing the home of the Vanderbilts in
New York. The work in all OF
these models is of high order, though
the idea are ever so vague.
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