The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-18
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INQUEST INTO DEATH OF SCOUT
BENNETT.
His Associates Positive That He Did
Not Kill Miss schneider-Inquest in
Her Case Today.

That Pandora's box, that store-house
of tragedies, the steamship City of
Columbia brought Clara Schneider to
these shores where she met her death
in such a tragic way
She was one of tn" sixty or more pas
sengers who arrived here September TO-
! 1898 by that ill fated vessel, everyone
of whom seems to have had a tragedy
in his life. After landing here, Miss
Schneider was employed for a time by
Miss DAILY at the rooming house then
maintained on Fort street where the
Orpheum now stands. In the following
March she went to Waikiki Inn as
housekeeper and in charge of the bath
house, and remained there until the
place changed hands a few months ago
For a long time, Bennett took his
meals at the Inn and doubtless through
this fact may have begun the acquain-
tance that so strangely linked his death
with hers.
Her arrival on the City of Columbia,
however, was not Miss Schneider's first
visit to the Islands. She came here
with her brother about five years ago,
but neither of them remained long at
at that time.
A Strange fatality seems to pursue
the family of Miss Schneider she being
the last victim. According to her friends
the family comes from the lower part
of Germany on the Rhine. They have
beenisome years from the Old Country.
| Several years ago one of Miss Schnei-
| ders brothers was caught under a
| freight train on which he was en-
| ploved and both legs were cut off.
Shortly after this, second brother
| met death in a railroad accident and
the third brother who is now at Fair
J fax. is also reported to have been in
j in roll l.;
right leg. But the fatality was not linn
| tied to the men for sister of Miss
Schneider met with a painful accident
| in Germany, resulting in serious injury.
! And now after four violent occurrences
resulting in the death of one and maim-
/ ing of three more, Miss Schneider falls
within the pale of the shadow of death.
Miss Schneider was evidently not tied
! down by any affections to the
! scout for ON a week ago Sunday she
! told Mrs OVerton of the White House
/ lodging house to save a rooom there for
| her as she intended coming after the
10th OF this month. 1t was Miss Sch
neider's intention to remain here until
after the holidays when she proposed
TO return to Keep house for her brother
at Fairfax, Washington.
This afternoon the inquest into the
| death of Miss Clara Schneider will be
held. 1t is expected that the facts
ELECTED at this inquiry will thrown
light upon the causes which led to the
suicide of Frank p Bennett, the gov
ernment scout. Inquiry this morning
failed to discover any direct informa-
tion concerning the movements of eth
er of the two parties to the double ira
gedy on the evening preceding the
death of the woman.
At the inquest upon Bennett yester-
day it was shown that the man had
hnPr TnA 81,
morning preceding his meeting with
Miss Schneider. Whether the man in
tended to take the life of the woman
that night will never be known. Those
who knew him best are positive that
such could not have been his inten-
ton.
Since his death, many rumors have
been current regarding his private life
and instead of being the sobed taciturn
individual which the majority of peo-
pie thought him, Bennett appears to
have been decidedly given to the use
of liquor at times for on a number
of occasions he was very much under
the influence of liquor. His acquain-
tance with women is also thought to
have been extensive and instead of
combining his affections to Miss Schnei-
der he seems to have Showered them
quite literally elsewhere.
Those who are inclined to the MUIR
der theory, and they are very numer-
Gus, say that the desire of Bennett tc
be rid of his srinster love and heI
reproaches over the evident loss of heI
money cause him in moment OF
anger to put her out of the way. Real.
izing that his intimate acquaintance
with the woman was known, the feal
of impending disgrace and possible
punishment drove him to suicide. Or
the other hand his friends assert thai
Bennett did not kill the wSman but
she must have committed suicide OF
her own Volition. The thought that he
had been the cause for her act so pray
ed upon Benefits mind that remorse
drove him to suicide. Such is the char
acter which those at the army posi-
give him.
Miss Schneider came here in Septem.
ber, 1898, Bennett in October of the
same year. Both We're from Seattle
She claimed to some that she knew
him there, while to others she saiC
their acquaintance had begun in Ho-
nolulu. If they were acquainted witt
each other before coming here Ii is pos
sibe that there may yet prove to bt
some thing back of the tragedy, which
is not now known.
The funeral of Bennett was held this
morning at 10 o'clock from the funera
parlors of Mrs. Ed. A. Williams. Th'
services were attended by Major En-
mis-, Captain Shaker, the quartermaster
and various officers and men. The re
mains were escorted to Nuuanu GENE
terry and there inferred. In addition
to many of his fellow soldiers, a larg
crowd of private citizens followed tn
; body to the grave.
A number of floral offerings wer,
sent by friends. Rev. II. II. Parke
officiated.
An inquest into the death of Franl
, p. Bennett the government scout VIII
shot himself in the head at Camp Nc
, Kinley some time last week was begul
, yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sherii
Chillingworth. No evidence throwing
light upon the cause for the man
death was educed. 1t was proved tina
Bennett had borrowed the revolver o
Tuesday claiming that he wanted I
kill some rats. Sergeant George Wes
to whom Bennett applied for the loa
of the weapon said that small cali
! ber rifle would be preferable for sue
Z use but Bennett replied that the pistC
o was all right, The fact that the ScOu