The record-union., 1899-06-18
A kANAKA'S DOUBLE CRIME.
BEN KAHULU MURDERS A wo-
MAN AND SUICIDES.
Tries to Shoot His Sister-in-Iaw
and to Dash Out Child's
Brains.

Ben Kahulu, a Hawaiian diver, EN-
ployed for fourteen years on the Gov
ernments snag boat Seizer, murdered
Johanna Canales with whom he had
lived, yesterday morning. He was
drinking and crazed with jealousy. The
place of the murder was the back
porch of Geo. Winners house, in the
alley between Fourth and Fifth and L
and M streets Kahulu shot twice at
Mrs. WINNER, his sister-in-law, who
stood on the front porch, one shot TAX
ing effect in her left thigh He then
seized Mrs Canales' two-year-o babe,
pretty little girl, and dashed it
against fence, wounding it's head and
badly, though not fatally, hurting it.
The wretch then fired shot into his
own mouth, dying within half an hour
at the Receiving Hospital
The murderer and suicide was brutal
ly deliberate in his work After shoot
ing several times he reloaded his re-
volver with deliberation. trying hard
to shoot Mrs. WINNER before killing
himself.
II was standing on my front porch,
said Mrs. Canales to Record Union"
reporter, as she lay on a cot at the
hospital, when Ben shot at me. I ran
away and heard other shooting, and
that's all 1 know. He was always vi
cious and mean when drinking
WINNER was at the hospital with his
wife, and he said: Ben Kahulu, or Joe
Ben, as the boys knew him. had been
living in Verona, with his family. but
be often visited my family. When my
sister-in-law and her children came
down a few days ago I feared there
had been family quarreling, as the hus-
band generally came, too. The next
thing / knew Ben came down. He got
paid yesterday, was drinking some, but
did not seem in a bad humor.
Chief Dwyer, Officers Naghel and Ash
Gand Officer Bailey later) went to the
scene of the murder forthwith. At first
it seemed that the woman had been
shot, but later evidence showed that
hatchet or some like instrument had
been used in numbering her, the re-
volver on the murderer and. his sister
| in-law only.
THE CORONER'S INQUEST.
The inquest over both bodies was held
by Coroner McMullen last night. and
the evidence showed that the woman
was not shot, but was killed by blows
from a sharp instrument, though no
one could say whether that instrument
was hatchet, a pair of shears, or
knife.
Mateo Camucci was the first witness
He saw Kahula dash the child to the
ground saw him go inside and load his
revolver. and saw him pursue Mrs.
WINNER. He did not see the murder
of Mrs. Canales
c. H. Rott of Fifteenth and L streets
was near the place of the tragedy. He
heard three shots, and saw the child
thrown to the ground I'VE called to
the murderer to cease, or we'd do him
up" said witness, but he paid no at
tention to us-he simply shot him
self"
Mrs. Baker of 412 L street corrob-
GRATED the evidence of Rott, but she
thought a shot was also taken at the
child.
G. w. Ladd of 1915 Eighth street
was at the southeast corner of Fifth
street during the murder. He helped
to revive the child. He said the mur-
derer uttered no exclamation whatever
but pursued his dark work in silence
George WINNER, husband of the dead
woman's sister, swore that the dead
couple had lived together for eight
years, having one "split up in that
time, during which she married a man
now dead. She was also married once
before, many years ago. and had a
son II years old. WINNER swore that
the dead woman once complained that
Kahula beat her, and she had probably
deserted her paramour this time on
account of bad treatment. WINNER said
he loaned the murderer 81 on Friday
evening.
Officer J. w. Bailey swore that he
found "a hatchet about six feet from
the kitchen door. 1t was partly hidden
under a board, and had been generally
overlooked until the officers arrival
1t was also partly hidden in the sand
and looked as if there might have been
blood on it.
DIR. w. W. McFarlane swore that the
woman's wounds We're such as might
have been made by hatchet or knife
They were not gunshot wounds.
George WINNER was recalled and
swore that he himself left the hatchet
where Officer Bailey found it. and. it
was his belief that the murder was
done with scissors or some sharp in
strument. My wife heard them quar-
reling in the Kitchen he said, "and
saw the very last of the struggle. She
| tried to go into the kitchen, and it
was then that she was shot,
| The jury rendered verdict that the
woman died from wounds inflicted by
Kahula, and that he shot himself un-
| der the jaw.
PRISON DIRECTORS.