The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-10-16
DEATH IN
THE BOT TIE
Three Killed by Drink
On Hawaii.
MRAEL ENDS A CAROUSE
Natives at KaiIua Attend Prince
Dayid's Luau and Continue
/ Imbibing.

Az a result of q drinking bout pro-
longed through several days, three
people are dead at Kailua, Hawaii, and
two others are lying In precarious
state. The deaths have aroused the
entire leeward coast of the big island,
and whether they were the result of
foul play or not will be a matter for
the police department to investigate.
The news of the fatalities was
brought to this city yesterday by the
Mauna Loa. which came in In the
morning from Maui and Hawaii ports.
On board was a policeman from Kailua,
who had in charge the stomach of one
Of the victims of the tragedy preserved
in alcohol. as we'll as several bottles OF
liquor procured from the store where
the victims are supposed to have pur-
chased the liquor which caused their
deaths. He likewise brought to High
Sheriff Brown letter from Sheriff An
drews Of Hawaii, giving complete de-
tails of the whole sorry story. 1t was
Us follows:
Three deaths occurred here in Kali
lua suddenly on Tuesday, October 9Th.
I was at Kohala and took the 8. s.
UpOlu for Kailua on the morning Of the
10th. l had DR.. Lindley make post
mortem examination Of two Of the dead
bodies and am sending you herewith
by hand Of William Nahale, police off,
Ger, the stomach of one of the victims,
Kaeo by name. The other victims were
Alexander Burgers and his wife. Ha-
waiian woman.
These people went to a luau or feast
given by Prince David on Saturday the
9Th. understand that liquor was free
and Burgess and his people, who are
all given to excuses In this line prob
ably took more than was good for them.
On Sunday the 9TH the drunk or spree
was continued at the house of Kaeo.
father of Mrs. Burgers, where also lived
one C. Ako, who is q notorious liquor
seller, and who supplied them with all
they required of gin, brandy and whis-
ky. he having just laid In stock Zone
case) of each.
ION Monday, the Sth, Kaeo went into
q sort of comatose condition and SO re-
manned until Tuesday evening. when he
died. Mr.. and Mrs. Burgers, their
grown up son and another young man,
Makaku. continued at Kaeo's house all
day Monday drinking and in the even
ing young Burgers went home. The
next morning (Tuesday) Mr.. and Mrs.
Burgers went home about a. m. Mrs.
Burgers went home about a. m. Mrs.
went into the same comatose condition,
dying about H. before the arrival of a
doctor. MIR. Burgers appeared sort of
dazed when the doctor arrived, but
very little was said to him. About 3
p. m. he sent for the doctor (who had
been performing an autopsy on his
wife) and said he thought he was 60
ing to die. also; that he was blind or
nearly 30. Soon after he went into the
same comatose condition and died
about two hours later. and then Kaeo
died last of all. the two boys, young
Burgers and Makaku came down sick
the next morning tTuesday) and were
nearly blind and comatose, but they re-
covered in the afternoon sufficiently to
sit up and talk intelligently Young
Burgers told me that the gin they got
from Ako was in q bottle that had the
cork drawn. That it tasted queer-hat.
"A little fluid looking like whisky was
found in gin bottle in the house of
Kaeo. 1t has a peculiar smell. I am
sending 1t down, although there Is so
little of 1t that am afraid there is not
enough for analysis. / also send you
one bottle each of the gin, brandy and
whisky. which c. Ako had still unsold.
"Dr. Lindley thinks the liquor they
drank must have been drugged after
opening the bottle, possibly that can be
discovered on analysis of the stomach.
Mr.. Cathcart has inquired carefully in
to the case and can give you informa-
ton that L have left out.
II expect to return to Hllo starting
tomorrow. by the way of Waimea."
Deputy Attorney General j. W. Cath
cart. who returned from Hawaii on the |
Mauna Loa, stated last evening that he |
went down to Kailua from Kohala ear
ly in the week to investigate the details |
of the tragedy. Or. Lindley," said he, |
was nonplussed. He was not able to |
ascertain positively what the cause OF |
death was. At first he thought they
We're due to alcoholism, but after ex-
aiming the bodies of some of those
who died. he could not state positively
whether this was so or not. so he sent |
uFh
died to Honolulu for examination. The
police department will give the whole |
matter careful examination"