The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-20
WAS KILLED
INST TANTLy
Kupanihi Meets Death
On Railway.
ACCIDENT NEAR KALIR|
Deceased Was Arguing With Another
Native When Engine Struck
Him. Horribly Mangled.

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 o'clock. The /
500 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 ii pre-
sented 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
crushed 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
lplainIy seen several hundred yards
away. DIR. Macdonald was telephoned
for by the railroad officials but his
lservices were not necessary. The man
was dead the moment the train struck
him. Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth,
when notice 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, c. Edmunds, 5. Kuhey
and F. Dortch! Upon their arrival they
found a number of people surrounding
the body. among them being Kupanihis
wife. From the evidence of eye wit
lnesses the following facts were elicited:
Kupanihi was seen on the track in
lcompany with a native named Pekuela.
They were walking toward the camp,
and when within 400 yards of it they
stopped and seemed to be arguing over
something The track at that point was
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footpaths on either side, sufficient for
a man TO step aside while a train went
by. Some of the witnesses stated that
Pekuela was endeavoring to get Ku-
panihi off the track. Others think the
argument was a 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 trair
striking Kupanihi and throwing him
like a stone from a catapult to one
side. Pekuela leaped in time to avoiC
the same fate.
The train was brought to stop ant
the conductor went back to investigate
The engineer had seen the men, but a.
many people make use of the tracks
as footway. he thought the peopl'
in front would step aside before Tn
train was upon them.
The body and the coroner's jury wer
, brought up town by the patrol wagol
and the former was turned over to II
Williams undertaking establishment
The jury will convene at ! o'clock toda
10 find a verdict.
When the body of the deceased wa
brought TO the station house the dea
mans brother, Waiwaiole was unde
: lock and key for participating in
J.. game Of I'll" for which he had bee
. arrested. Deputy Sheriff Chillingwort
: forthwith released the man non his ow
IS lrecOgnizance to appear in court thi
y lmorning. The man viewed the remain
: Of his brother and then went sadl
away.
Kaluna. the burglar. is a brother c
the deceased, and is now in Oahu priso
serving sentence. Kupanihi leaves
wife and several children. He was
20 painter. and was employed by McKech
ME, next door to the police station.