The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-18

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soda water. His host fastened to get
it for him, but CHANGING to glance
a PARTON which divided them.
saw Bennett take a paper packet from
his pocket. unfold it and shake some
white powder into a glass.
When he returned Bennett asked |
him to pour scme soda water into the
glass. which he did. Then Bennett, !
after pause. said We'll. I've got to |
say good-by, I'm going on "a long i
trail" Then, says the other man
Bennett took the glass in his hand
and raised it to his lips, and as he I;
did so | noticed that his hand trem-
bled, which / had never seen before,
for he was a man of iron nerve
Just as he was about to drink the
contents, | struck his elbow with force
and the glass flew upwards and the
contents were spilled. l asked him
what on earth he intended to do, and
he said, You think. 1 suppose, that
you've done me a favor, but you
haven't, for it takes a deal of screw
ing up to get ones nerve in state to-
say good-by."
Then the friend talked to Bennett
as friend should, and told him that
If he wanted to kill himself he should
go into the woods and do the thing
decenuy, and not make trouble for
him, his friend, and perhaps bring his
name into disrepute
After which a GOODNESS sprang up
between the men and they never met
again.
This man probably knew Bennett
better than anyone else in Honolulu,
and had frequently advanced him
money, which with the exception of a
final loan of So, had always been re-
paid. Once deceased offered to show
him the deeds of his property in the
| States. saying that someday it would
all be his.
To this same friend Bennett once
related that he had a sweetheart who
lived IN the park, and to whom he
had been exceedingly liberal. adding
that up to the time of speaking he
had furnished the lady with money
amounting to 1920.
MISS SCHNEIDER'S DEATH.
| 1t is believed that Miss Schneider
| ate supper with Bennett on the night
before she died. and that she remained
in his company untf early next morn
ing, returning to her room in the
house of Paul Neumann to lie down
and die Ii seems likely that the pois-
on that killed her was taken by heI
when with Bennett. Nothing has de-
veloped yet to show that Bennett ad-
ministered the poison. That he owet
the woman money is certain, and tht
fact that he was in debt and apparent
ly without ready cash is considered
by nrapzs as pointing to the desirable
ity of her death ON his part.
, Clara Schneider was found dyins
! last Wednesday morning, and expired
| at l O'CLOCK that afternoon. Th'
. evening before, after dinner, she wa
seen by a servant of the Neumann'
? leaving the house at about O'Clock
: Miss Schneider said to the servant
[ 'Good-by, | hope | will see yol
e again" At o'clock the next mornin
the japanese yard boy being i'll, got u
! and happened to look in the directio
of Miss Schneider's room. He saw n
light there. but an hour later, at
o O'Clock, the room was illuminated
\ Miss Schneider probably came HON
from a tryst with Bennett between
o and 3 O'Clock in the morning. Tn
examination of her stomach made
4 Chemist Shorey showed that the foo
with which the morphine was mike
n had been taken about eighteen houl
r before Shorey analyzed it. AS tt
, woman ate no food after or o'cloc
y on Tuesday evening at the Neuman
Il home, it seems conclusive that 81
= supped elsewhere BENEFITS NOV,
q ments on Tuesday night cannot
. traced, as he was a man who can
! and went from his quarters at Can
), Mckinley when he pleased and witt
|, out word to anyone
= Miss Schneider is said to have bee
in love with Bennett She had know
- him a long time. She told a numb
n OF people that she had loaned som
- thing like S400 to him at per ce
= month, and a memoranda found
is her purse by Deputy Sheriff Chillin
! worth was to that effect As Z p
,s cent a month is a rate of interest il
~ possible to obtain from any Honolu
,e investment, Bennett doubtless, W
~ promising her more than he cou
: give. Miss Schneider told one of d
ar Neumann's servants on Tuesday tn
os she was going to see about getti1
her money back that evening so tn
she might go to Seattle and spel
Christmas at home
Perhaps one might guess that S
met Bennett that night, that they a
| and drank together, and that she as
Y ed him for her money One of mu
imagination might go further a
picture their quarrel, might guess th
Bennett, pinned down, told her th
\. her money was gone, and that tn
=, she took morphine. Morphine, say
u, doctors, might be swallowed by ar
~ one without knowing it. 1t can
~ put in a glass of wine or il might
Nv mixed with some appetizing dish.
these points are surmises, and may
NJ only the dead scout and the won
,h now buried. could say what truth
1y in them.
, CORONER'S INQUEST.
he The coroner's jury, looking into t
MI death OF Bennett, met at o'clock y
a terday afternoon at the police state
r. The jurymen were as follows: E.
hit KUN, II. S. Bailey. ]. Brown, F.
Of Loucks, E. Edmunds and F. O'Bri
-. Alfred T. HanSan a nrivatp sold