The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-03
ARTES|AN FLOW DECLINES A SUICIDE At THE VkA
BOHEMIAN SHOT HIMSELF last
FRIDAY.
His Room Locked at the Time and
Body Just Found at Noon Todaz-A
Mysterious Case.

At noon today the body OF Bohe-
mian, n stranger here, who, had been
dead since last Friday morning, was
found in room 10, at The Villa, a lodg
ing house on Fort street, alomst in
front of the Orpheum theater, run by
F. G. Betters.
This morning dodgers in the other
rooms complained of foul smell in
the neighborhood. Mrs. BettersN was
found, and it was suggested that room
10, which seemed to be the center of
the odor be broken open. This was
done.
Lying on the floor was the body of
the man who had been occupying
the room since March I. BY his side
and partially clasped in his right hand,
was a revolver The bail had entered
the mouth and passed through the head,
causing death in a short time.
The skin was blackened and the body
in an advanced state of putrefaction.
The police were at once notified, and
Deputy Marshal Chillingworth prompt
ly summoned a coroner's jury. DR..
Wood soon arrived and made an eXami-
nation for the Board of Health. 1t was
plainly evident that the shot in the
head had caused death.
Mr.. Betters makes the following
statement:
"The man came to my house on
March 1 and engaged the room. He
had just arrived in the country. We
assigned him room 10. He never gave
his name, and neglected to ask him
for it. AS far as I can learn no one
| about the premises knows anything
about him or ever heard his name. He
was for all know, very quiet man.
1 know of no cause for the suicide"
Mrs. Betters says:
Last Friday my Japanese boy who
I attends to the rooms told me that room
| 10 was locked and he could not get
/ into It, I had no other key to fit the
| door. My opinion was that the man in
| there had gone out for a few days, per-
| haps to the other Islands, and did not
worry specially about it, His rent was
| paid in advance, and he was at liberty
J to leave for a few days if he chose,
without notifying me. The next thing
knew was what we saw when we
broke open the door this morning"
The Japanese boy says:
"I saw the German in room 10 at
about $3.50 last Friday morning. When
! 1 went back there about o'clock the
door was locked ard could not get in.
! About this time or a little later I
heard a pistol shot. but did not know
where 1t was 1t NAV have been in that
room. tried the door several morn
/ ings but It was always locked. The
| next / saw of the man was when the
door was broken this morning"
Who is this man? Where did he come
| from? Why did he commit suicide
These are questions to whichthe police
want answers.
The crowd gathered at The Villa this
afternoon FREQUENTLY asked where the
body could lie in one of the rooms of the
house for four days without being
| found.
The coroner's jury summoned to view
the body and make inquest of the cause
of death, consists of s. Kubey, Fred
Goodie, c.. Hyde, ]. Schnack, Charles
Clement and w. f. Bivens. The jury
viewed the remains and will hear wit
nesses at o'clock tomorrow.
Later information indicates that the
suicide was Frank Peroutka, Rohem-
ian who came to the Islands by the
Mariposa, January A. He lived at the
Queen Hotel for time, and later AZ
the California. He was about 40 or 81
years of age, short. thickSet, light com
plexioned and wore a moustache anC
spectacles. 1t is known that when hi
came here he brought at least $4,0OO
with him, and that he has dealt more
or less in sugar stocks since he came
here.
He had the air of man accustomed
to live well. His clothes were good
and he had plenty of them. In his room
are a large trunk and several valise!
and travelling bags.
His suicide seems TO have been care
fully planned and deliberate. Tnde
his head when his body was found wa
a towel carefully spread out on the foo
as though to keen his blood from stain
ing the floor The bed shows that !
had been occupied shortly before hi
death. No examination has yet beei
made to see if the bullet entered th
floor as from the position Of the bod!
it would seem likely that it did # tn
indications from the placing of the tow
el are correct that he lay down on tn
, floor before shooting himself.
NEW LIVERY