The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-21
WAS KILLED
INSTANT
Kupanihi Meets Death
On Railway.
ACCIDENT NEAR KAL|H|
Deceased Was Arguing With Another
Native When Engine Struck
iim...H Horribly Mansled.
(From Thursdays Daily.)


Kupanihi, a native living at the old
Kalihi detention camp, was instantly
killed upon the tracks of the Oahu
Railway and Land Company yesterday
afternoon shortly after S o'clock. The
$3.50 train from Pearl City, coming to
Honolulu station, struck him, threw
him to the mauka side Of the track,
mangling him in a horrible manner.
When the body of the deceased was
brought to the police station 1t pre-
scented a terrible sight. On the fore
head were two deep wounds, the scalp
having been torn away, and the frontal
bone fractured. At the base of the skull
the bones had been crushed in and
the brains were slowly oozing out. The
left arm was wrenched, twisted and
broken in several places, while the left
leg bore no semblance to Its former pro-
portions. 1t was fractured and torn in
six places. The forefinger of the left
hand was cut off, and the chest was
Icrushed in. The clothes, strange to say,
were but little damaged, except by
their contact with the earth alongside
the tracks.
The accident is said to have been due
to the mans own fault in neglecting to
get off the track in the face of the
approaching train, which could be
plainly seen several hundred yards
away. DR.. Macdonald was telephoned
for by the railroad officials, but his
services were not necessary. The man
was dead the moment the train struck
him. Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth,
when notified of the accident, summon
ed the following jurors. who accom-
panied him to the scene in the patrol
wagon: James McKeague. NJ. Schoen-
field, Moore, G. Edmunds, S. Kuhey
and +. Dortch. Upon their arrival they
found a number of people surrounding
the body, among them being Kupanihi' S
wife. From the evidence of eye wit
nesseS the following facts. were elected:
kupanihi was seen on the track in
company with native named Pekuela.
They were walking toward the camp,
and when within 400 yards of 1t they
stopped and seemed to be arguing over
The track at that point was
thanked by marshes, but there were
footpaths on either side, sufficient for
a man to step aside while train went
by, Some of the witnesses stated that
Pekuela was endeavoring to get Ku-
panihi off the track. Others think the
argument was dispute over some
matter, and that neither saw the ap-
preaching train. Pekuela was at the
time under the influence of liquor. The
next act of the tragedy as observed by
the witnesses was that OF the train
Kupanihi and throwing him
ike n stone from catapult to one
side. Pekuela leaped in time to avoid
he same fate.
The train was brought to a stop and
he conductor went back to investigate
The engineer had seen the men, but as
many people make, use of the tracks
as footway, he thought the people
In front would step aside before the
train was upon them.
The body and the coronor's jury were
brought up town by the patrol wagon
and the former was turned over to H.
Williams undertaking establishment
The jury will convene at / O'clock today
10 find a verdict.
When the body of the deceased was
brought to the station house the dead
mans brother, Waiwaiole was under
lock and key for participating in n
game of I'll" for which he had been |
arrested. Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth
forthwith released the man non his own
recognizance to appear in court this |
morning The man viewed the remains !
VI his brother and then went sadly !
away.
kaluna, the burglar. is Il brother OF |
the deceased, and is now in Oahu prison
serving sentence, Kupanihi leaves a
wire and several children. He was a
painter and was employed by McKech-
me- next door TO the police station.