The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-11-02

AT A TRAMWAY TERMINUS


wet ground at the Nuuanu Valley ter
minus of the Tramway line. She was
German woman 81 years of age. She
and her husband lived on Kauai before
coming Honolulu The woman had
been nurse. The husband is a bar
Der. They had been in the Islands
since 1884. There is one child, a mar
ried daughter. Mrs. Ludecke had been
living at the White House apart from
her husband, for some time
DR.. N. B. Emerson made an examina-
ton of the body at the police station
last night. Today there will be a post
mortem and an inquest. The depart
ment physician would only say: ''The
woman died in great pain. 1t may have
been in the heart, the stomach or the
lungs. | cannot say tonight There
came froth from the mouth while the
body was yet losing it's natural heat
There were no marks of violence"
The suspicious of the police depart
ment have been. aroused. Attorney
General Smith wants the affair closely
investigated.
The woman had her evening meal at
the home of her sOn-in-law, Otto
Graef, on Merchant street, near Ala
kea. She said she was going to her
room. At Nuuanu she was to take a
car. She did not ride but was seen
walking mauka with a man. Next
seen she was was seated on a bench
at the end of the Tram line Rev.
Alex. Macintosh and Ed. Stiles. wait
ing for car, saw her. A man was
seated beside her. She complained of
severe illness and her companion, re-
marking on her condition, started
down town afoot for hack. He did
not return, but on the way met a
mounted patrolman and told his er-
rand. Mrs. Ludecke became much
worse rapidly. Mr.. Macintosh went
to his home near by to summon his
wife. w. O. Smith, from the lanai of
his home, heard the woman groaning
and crying. When Mr. Macintosh
came back the Attorney-Genera was
called and joined him. Mrs. Ludecke
was then dying and expired in a very
few minutes. This was at 9so'clock.
At the police station the suggestion
was at once made that the man who
went for the cab be found. 1t was
learned that he was Frank Franks, a
wheelwright we'll know about town.
Officers were dispatched in search of
him, but he seemed to have either hid
den or placed himself in quarters un-
known to acquafntanceS.
Relatives of the woman could offer
no information that would indicate the
cause of death All of them said she
had never complained of illness of any
sort They could scarcely believe,
however, that there had been a murder.
They did not believe the woman had
poisoned herself and were certain that
she had eaten nothing that would
cause death. All had partaken of the
same food at the supper table
Franks was arrested at the corner OF
Fort and Beretania at 11:30. He was
walking towards the waterfront. The
man for whom the entire force had
been hunting readily travelled with the
officer and willingly told his story al
the station.
The prisoner said he met Mrs. Lu
Qecko on NuudHu street ABOUT &. 81
They walked and talked till the bridge
over Waikahalulu stream was reached
! The woman declared she was deathl.
sick and could proceed no further. Sh,
complained of difficulty in breathing
and cried with pain. Franks recite
that he conducted the ailing woman OF
to the bench, believing that a res
would restore her. The remainder 0
/ his account agrees with the reports o
Rev. Mr.. Macintosh and the obserya
| tion Of the Attorney-General. Frank
was placed in cell at midnight. H
was sober and was not at ali nervous
He smiled at the possibility Of tn
charge that he had harmed the WON
an. He said he had no money to pa.
a hackman and thought the woman
would be cared for by Mr. Mackintosl
or would be able to take car and re
| turn home.
w. o. Smith and Deputy Marsha
Hitchcock examined all persons con
cerned. Mr.. Smith said there did no
appear to be any motive such as
crime would certainly require. He con
sidered it regular and prudent as tn
| death had occurred under mvsteriOu