The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-05-30
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about 1870 and he got home about
O'Clock He came in and mixed ~
something in glass and drank H.
This morning he tried TO take IT. but
would not give him a chance. took
1t away from him. This evening after
he took the first dose he asked for
some water. and Rev. s. T.. Bishop
being there at the time handed him a
glass Of water When he got the water
he put some more OF the stun in the
water and tried to drink IT, but DR..
Bishop knocked 1t out OF his hand.
Then he walked from the house and
while going out of the yard told DR..
Bishop that he was going down town to
get some more stun which could not
be knocked out of his hand. ! then
tried to follow him but could not catch
sight OF him. ! notified the police and
they told me that they would send up
some officers. When | came back to
ask at the station house II he had been
arrested they told me he was dead. He
had been arrested and Portuguese
hackman had brought him home. did
not see this bottle with the carbolic
acid at all. 1t was something else al
together that he took ! did not see
ficers were up there. because was
down town. That is his handwriting
in that letter marked Exhibit b.
NJ. 5. Perry am a hackman. ]
drove A. Schneider about 4: 30 this az
ternoon from the corner of King and
Nuuanu streets to the premises of Rev
5. f. Bishop on School street He had
been drinking. but was not drunk. We
af n ha
treated. He asked Harry Juen how
much he owed him and .Juen said that
1t was dollar. Schneider then told
him that If he did not die that night
ne would pay him tomorrow. He want
ed 10 stop at the Commercial saloon TO
get bottle of whisky, but | told him
he had too much already. Then we
went on and when We got near the
gate he gave me note written in Ger
man which he wished me to keep and
give TO him tomorrow. He asked me
TO keep 1t to myself and not show 1t to
anyone. When he came to get into my
hack could not say whether he came
up Nuuanu or King street. That note
written in German and marked Exhibit
is the note Schneider gave to me and
which | gave to the coroner.
Mrs l.. NJ. Cole-I live in School
street and know Mr. and Mrs. Schme-
den. saw Mr.. Schneider this after
noon at my place. 1t was about 10
minutes to o'clock. was in the
kitchen when Mrs. Schneider called to
me and said that Mr.. Schneider had
taken poison. She had a glass in her
hand and she said This is what he has
taken She then handed me the glass.
I IL
II aside and told her to call "A doctor.
The glass contained some red liquid. |
saw Mr.. Schneider running around and
crying and moaning and some stun
was running out of his mouth asked
him what was the matter and he said
that he had taken poison. I asked him
why he wanted TO do such a thing and
he said that Mrs. Schneider wanted
him to do 1t and so he did il. He then
threw himself on the grass moaning
and saying that by IL o'clock all would
be over. Just them Rev. 5. T.. Bishop
came and began talking to him and |
went away and did not see him again
ill he came into che kitchen and
handed me the key. ! thanked him.
Just then the police cane and he asked
me for the key again. | gave it TO
him, as he said he wanted to change
his clothing. While going towards the
door he took a bottle out of his
pocket and drank about half of the
contents, when the police officer
knocked 1t out of his hand. had
called out that Schneider was taking
poison, and the officer grappled with
him and knocked the bottle out of his
hand and made him spit out some of
/ m m ~
warm water. but he would not take It.
He fell on the kitchen veranda and
little while later was dead. He and his
wife had been quarreling for about a
week.
Rev. 5. Z. Bishop Between and ;
o'clock, nearly 8, was summoned to
go over into Mrs. Coles yard in re-
gard to this man having taken poison
and making an cutlery. FASTENED
over and found him lying on his back
outdoors, presumably unconscious. Nis
mouth was discolored with purple
stains. examined him and found
nothing unusual in his condition.
told my daughter, Mrs. Shaw, TO tele-
phone for a doctor. Schneider asked
me to help him up. He got on his feet
and Immediately fell over backwards
again. ] helped him TO his feet again,
when he commenced to violently re-
proach his wife. After this he asked
me to get him glass of water His
wife went for the water and handed
the glass to me, | handed ii 10
Schneider, who was then standing on
the veranda. He rushed hastily into
the house with the glass in his hand
and rushed after him. He was in the
act of drinking dark purpllsh mix
ture. knocked It out of his hand
splashing some on my own clothing
He changed his trousers and started
out of the place, and he walked SC
steadily that ! was In doubt whether
he was as drunk as | had thought him
to be, Just as Schneider went ont DR.
Alvarez, who had been summoned, ar
rived, The doctor examined the glass
from which Schneider had bceh drink
Ing and pronounced the liquid 10 bD
p.rmanganatc OF potash, with no odO
ui rarhulic acid, DR.. Alvarez then lrf
and went 90 dinner al $3.50 Thu
alarm was shortly given again that h
mad come back My son-n-law, Mt
shaw, had loo the meantime telephones
90 ihe police station. After whN