The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-14
DEATH BY
STABB|NG
Murder in HiIo Last
Monday.
GUS SCHWARz IS. KILLED
Arthur Meyners Yields a Knife With
Fatal Effect During
Fight.


not proud of the distinction. Gus
| Schwarz, a well known young man.
| fills an untimely grave, and Arthur
Meyners, youth of 10 years. is in
| Jail charged with murder.
1t seems that ill feeling has existed
between the two men for some time
past and the elimination was the fatal
stabbing of Schwarz on Monday even
ing after he returned from a ride. The
| story may be best told by the state
| ments of witnesses at the coroners
| inquest on Tuesday.
Schwarz had been riding Antidote
| and was returning to the stable to put
| him up and take out his own black
pony. When he reached the stable he
| removed the saddle but on reaching
| Antidoteis stall found IL occupied. A
hand was called and the stall cleared.
| Then SchwarZ got his pony and led
| him to the space in the stable direct
| ~ behind the Office. Just then young
| Meyners appeared and entered into
conversation with Sci1warz during
which hard words were overheard and.
the witnesses said, Meyners cursed
/ SchwarZ The latter retaliated by
striking Meyners in the face with his
| fist.
| Meyners put his left hand in his
/ trousers pocket and when he drew II
| out The was noticed to have an open
knife in ii. Some one called to Schwarz
| to look out as the boy had a knife.
Schwarz grabbed Meyners' right hand
| with both of his own remarking At
the same time, Aha you have a knife,
have your" A moment later Meyners'
left arm swung in curve and
struck Schwarz on the right side of
the neck. He Immediately released
his hold on Meyners arm and put his
hand on his neck uttering, MY God.
and sank to the ground. Meyners i'm
mediately fed and few minutes after
| ward surrendered himself at the sher-
ifs Office. In less than five minutes
Schwarz died without speaking again
From the testimony adduced Mey-
ners had been drinking during the
day and was inclined to be petulant-
The superstition is that SchwarZ, who
was a great joker, said something
which displeased him and the fight
followed. When Schwarz hit Meyners
the blow was not of sufficient force to
more than knock him back and he
soon came forward toward Schwarz
DR.. Philip Rice gave evidence as to
having examined the wound. He found
cut about two inches long severine
the jugular vein, muscles of the mech
and a portion of the wind pipe. The
point of the knife touc.Ied the spinal
column.
The deceased has been in the islands
for several years and before coming
to Hilo worked as a carriage trimmer
for w. w. Wright in Honolulu. UT
to fifteen months ago he was a har.
ness maker for ]. r. Wilson, and or
leaving his employ engaged with
| Richards & Schoen. He was sobel
and Industrious and saved his money
He owned a piece of land in Olas
which he sold to the Olaa Sugar Co.
and with the proceeds bought othel
land outside of and some lots in The
town of Hilo. He has a Widowed
mother and one sisler in San Fran
cisco and hoped within a year or two
to accumulate sufficient funds to re
turn to the Coast and provide a home
for them. He was a member of Hill,
Lodge X. of p. and Of the Hilo band
He was buried under ne aus
pices of the lodge from the For
eign Church on Tuesday afternoon
Rev. J. A. Cruzan preached the fun
eTial sermon to a large number of peo
pie who were present to pay their las
respects to a man who had been wei
liked in the community.
Young Arthur Meyners seems n mer
smooth face lad. He came here from
san Francisco with J. X. Wilson an
was given a place in the Volcan'
Stables. In San Francisco he works
for Mr.. Rocker. also Day and Sulli
van, and was well liked there wher
he was considered a quiet, inoffensiv
lad. He was raised in Chicago but
few years ago came west with his par
ents. His father died and his mother
who is a widow. and other relatives
reside in Alameda. He had expresse
a desire recently to return to tn
Coast and IL was believed by hi
! friends that he would soon leave HilC
Since his arrival here he has give
satisfaction to his employers and the
speak well of him. He will probabl
be tried in the July term of court.
When the inquest adjourned at moo
the prisoner was sent back to the ia
in charge OF an officer and SCENE
rather Indifferent, he rolled a cigar
cite and walked out the street 70
lowed by the officer riding a bicycl'
In a moment later a hack came alon
and Meyners swung himself on to
and rode as far as the Jail where h
jumped off and waited for the Office
to arrive. This apparent carelessneS
was severely commented upon by se'
eral gentlemen who witnessed the a
fair.
Funeral of the Victim.
The funeral services over the r.
mains OF Meyner's victim on Tuesda
were very impressive. The Knights (
Pythias had charge of the funeral an
fha caelrat WAS first taken to the LODI