The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-19
No Excuse Given For His Leav-
ing His Wife and House.
DIDN'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED.
Picked up by a Friendly Policeman
and Taken HOme-Refused TO See
the Attorney Generals Probably
Overworked by Oficial Duties, Etc.

/ Captain Robert Parker and number
Of police officers were kept busy up
until yesterday afternoon searching for
John Kea, clerk in the Attorney Gen
erals department, who disappeared
from his home on Kinau street Monday
morning, taking with him his revolver
and rifle. He was found in the after
noon near the corner of Hotel and
Smith streets, and people were immedi-
ately relieved, for, remembering two
ranks of Company G, N. G. H, they
anticipated that a third might not be
impossible.
At about 1880 a. M. on Monday John
Kea left his home and came down town.
Of course his wife thought he was go
ing to work, but she found out little
later that he had been nowhere near
the Office. This set her to thinking
about the queer remark he made upon
leaving home, about shooting any one
who might seek his whereabouts or in
any way dodge his movements. She
waited for him throughout the day and
became more and more alarmed as
night came on However, she refraineL
from seeking the aid of the police.
thinking he might turn up.
Early yesterday morning several
friends, together with police officers,
started out in search of Kea, but were
unsuccessful up to noon, when some
gave up the quest. The officers and
few of his friends continued to follow
up every cIew that could be found.
Sam Ku said he saw Kea outside the
King street entrance of the Executive
building Tuesday morning, but having
heard nothing of the mysterious disap-
pearance and supposing he was on his
way to work, he did not even stop.
Other people were reported to have
seen Kea, but some of these were look
ing for him and might have seen some
one with similar appearance.
d. Nahoolewa, special police officer,
was among the people out searching
for Kea. At about q o'clock in the af-
ternoon he happened to be walking
along on Hotel street when he was
more than surprised to see Kea stand
ing on the corner of Smith street, beck
oning to a Chinese hackman to come to
him. He ran up Immediately and shook
hands. Kea acted very queerly and
said that he did not want any one to
follow him around, and that he wanted
to be let alone to follow his own die
tates. Notwithstanding this fact, Ma
hoolewa jumped into the hack with him
and drove to Kea's home on Kinau
street, where the two went into the
house. Kea refused to go to see the
Attorney General, but kept insisting
that he be let alone.
All sorts of stories are af1oat regard
ing the motive underlying Kea' s strange
about as wild and unreliable as these
often turn out to be in occasions of
the kind.
As near as can be learned, Kea is
of his wife. Mrs. Kea returned home
on the Claudine Sunday and Kaimi dis
appeared. This seems to have had a
rather depressing effect upon Kea, and
it is thought that his object in leaving
home on Monday morning was to find
the missing woman. This is CLEANED
from the fact that he is reported to have
gone to the same places where she is
reported to have been seen.
Kea has been in the employ of the
as clerk in the Attorney
Generals department for a long time,
and is a most efficient man, attending
to the duties of three men and doing
all with precision and care.
1t is thought by many that constant
application to the work has tired him