The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
MR. KING WANTS. ms GUN.
HE Hhs sHor rIvo 1rEN WTrH IT
AND NOW WEEDS IT

lulu ara Ap,hory y. Dwell In This City.
District Attorney olcott received this iettor
about q month ago:
HEADQUARTERS ron THE YUKON TnAyE-(
CALVARY. Alberta, Sept. so. 1897.
To the Honorable DtstTfot Attorney OF "e WV o""
County Of Neto York.
HONORABLE SIR. VIII You kindly send me oy express
the revolver with which 1 shot Anthony F'oNeh IN
1873? Having been pardoned, I believe l am emitted
to II. The Hawaiian Government returned the one
shot Capt. stott with, and in both these anairs time
has justined my action. 1 am living alone on my
ranch and am bothered with petty thieves ana our
glars. 1 want something to protect my IRE ana
property with, therefore make this request. assuring
you that only a proper use will DO made OF ~ we"'
pom. Yours respectfully. ~ JAMES u hiNo'
Mr.. olcott replied that revolvers used in
shooting cases in New York wero very seldom
returned to the persons who used them, ana
any way he didn't know where Kings revolver
was. Later an employee Of the District At
torney's office learned that King revolver had
been sent up to Police Headquarters ana taken
away from there by a police official now re-
tired. who placed 1t In his private collection Of
curios. 1t was also learned that the pistol was
the same weapon which was returned to King
by the Hawaiian Government. In other words,
there were not two revolvers, as might
DO inferred from Kings letter, but only one.
which he had used in shooting two men.
While he said In his letter that he needed. n
weapon to protect his life and property tho
officials in the District Attorneys office believe
that he Is anxious to put the revolver back into
the old service. In other words, that he has a
new enemy whom he is anxious to get rid of,
and that he considers the revolver {. lucky one.
The first shooting case which King refers TO in
his letter occurred in Honolulu in 1858. King
went to Honolulu about 1857 and got employ
| mont ma a bnnkkenper for "a man named Abel
Harris, who was engaged in tho pulu trade.
Pulu is a vegetable substance very much like
cotton, but shorter and weaker in fibre, which
grows in the Hawaiin Islands. 1t is gathered
from a shrub which grows to tho height of
fifteen feet, and is used for stuffing mat
%erehsndiss; Il and Mr.. II Rf' Tris made i a
gather It and bring it to Honolulu and then
shipped it to San Francisco. Mr., Harris died in
later later fell lin into II the hand hands 70 OF King who had be.
come its manager. after Mr.. Harris's dcnth.
King was thoroughly familiar with the pnlu
Francisco in his own NAME, securing a lease of
the lands where the pull was grown from the
There was living in Honolulu at that time
Capt. Stott, a retired skipper. who had made
had a daughter, a pretty girl, NAMED Annie.
King became acquainted with the girl and mar
schooner and induced his father.in.iaw Capt.
Stott. TO join him in the purchase of another
boat; He made considerS able money sney, qnv OF INF
one night no and his father.in.law had a quarrel
shoIt shipping = b boiler hE ron on c ons Of the nna oq 3Sars c Was
a tussle for n few minutes. King broke away
finally, ran down toward the. beach a few rods.
bullet entered tho old mans breast and per-
forated one of his lungs. He was carried to
tai. King was arrested, but he possessed con-
siderable infiu nee with the Government Off
Capt. Stott fingered between life and death.
King was put on trial for assault, convicted.
n ment Sf In Hono1u To Prison. 1dS %"' @ Il sOi he Fot e out the
Government officials gave him back tho revolver.
G Ext his T,S saat died %a q t hear res saIeF cft fnd sh it whs said
King sold out his interests In his Honolulu
boats and went to San Francisco, his wife ac-
ship with an Englishman under the firm name
of James c. King & Co; The ostensible business
"a seG qu iI% wss of oa grain. When hpd Il Il ] aRnippoa 70
Europe. In this business king prospered; The
city, with warehouses on Front street. In 1867,
a profit Of 100000 BY loading ships with Wheat.
which he sold to arrive in Liverpool at an ad-
'W6iie he resided in San Francisco he pur-
chased q fine house. AT this time his family
finally tired Of San Francisco life. and with a
dozen servants took his family to Europe. After
Then King purchase a house in West Forty
i hSt h s%'r wss Of few e ro SGSss d frS% Fi51n f Hs Fet
tired Of living in the city and moved down to
Long osE Branch Ro %a2; The The f onS fnnk s s. bnpss l he E fa9c
In the fall Of 1870 he built a handsome resi-
denco at Turner's Station, in Orange county.
While making arrangements to move his turni.
ture up to Orange county he became acquainted
Erie Hallway Company The 'o'Seils finally
went to live in a house at Turner's near the King
much of his time in this city, The fact that o'Neil
frequently called Mt the King residence while
until his servants began to come to him with ali
sorts of stories, connecting Mrs. Kings name
With With d shs5 of odH is.oua AfiSr d tnat d EiaS sn Sis his
and the two men. who had been stanch friends.
became bitter enemies. King finally brought
suit against his wife for n divorce, and she also
Instituted divorce proceedings against him.
BY this time the couple had separated. Mrs.
side boarding house, while her husband kept
the children and remained at the Orange county
business. his wife visited the house at Turner's
Station. She was aSScomp"nied BY 0Neii: a
s seped' ali ip' the f turn in tho house on the
ground that Mrs; King had given q chattel
% nSm1s Ssr TO 9,Nei took .S sf iSe cS e !Esn; do%n Se to
Kings office in this city, and after that King
spirited the children away,
testimony in Mrs. Kings suit for divorce. The
MIL vi IL Notibioh y ~ . =, -
in his office. Five young women who had been
employed as servants by the Kings testified tina,
King was In the habit of ill-treating his wife
They said that at various hotels they stopped al
in Europe King threw champagne glasses a,
/ Mrs. King. slapped her face, hit her with n jcwe
/. casket, and swore at her. ONeil and his wife
told similar stories.
l given some of this sort OF testimony in the ref
eree's office, King WAS noticed to act very
!, queerly. He appeared pale and nervous while
. 0'Neil was tcstifying. Then, when the time
: came for adjournment, ONeil. Mrs: O'Neil and
"a Mrs. Folk started to 40 down tho stairs to
. gether. The women had got halfway down and
8 O'Neil was following them close behind wher
| landing at the head OF the stairs he drew q
six.barrelled revolver, and taking deliberate
D aim at O'Neil' head fired. The bullet cut
D hole through O'Neil's hat without doing further
5 damage. O'Neil stoppei on the stairs and
turned around. facing King. Just at that mo
mont King fired "a second shot and then a third
| The last bullet penetrated ONcils lungs
4 O'Neil was dead when assistance reached him.
Immediately after the shooting King rushed
back into Judge Sutherland's office. Hesteppet
. nm IN tIr Indigo and Minced tho muZZle Df TN,