The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-05
BOMB
FOR CANAVARR0
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which had been contained in the bomb,
had been thrown in some instances a
distance OF fifty feet. One piece was
shot into the side of the next house,
just under the caves, making a hole
like that which is made by bullet.
Another scrap of iron :, was fired
through the wire netting over the win
dow of the pantry Of the next house
and several fragments were embedded
in the trelliswork in the neighboring
yard, thirty feet from where the bomb
exploded. Powder marks were very
noticeable on the side of the Canavar-
70 house, the manner in which the
boards were stained indicating that the
bomb exploded outside of the building
and had not been placed beneath the
house, as many at first supposed.
Many Theories.
People who visited the scene Of the
explosion, neighbors and friends Of
| the Portuguese Consul General, had
many theories as 20 the manner in
which the damage had been done.
| The general idea seemed to be that the
would-be assassin or assassins had
| crept up beneath the Consul's bedroom
window and placed a bomb, with fuse
attached, on the edge Of the fat stone
upon which the sillpost rested, placing
large flower pot over the deadly ma
chine and after lighting the fuse, had
decamped with all possible haste.
Another theory advanced was that
! the bomb had been placed directly un-
der the edge of the house, by the re-
moval of one or two of the laths of the
latticework.
1t Is true that fragments OF flower
pots were scattered all over the ground,
but they are supposed to have been a
casual result of the explosion.
Probable al lanauon.
The bomb was either thrown or
placed. 1t would have been a simple
matter for the bomb-thrower to walk
into the yard of the next house, light
the fuse and hurl the machine at
the Consurs window, over the hedge,
getting away as fast as he could. This
would have been dangerous work for
the anarchist unless he gave the bomb
long throw, for the flying pieces OF
metal, pottery and timber might have
reached him.
Then the fellow could have used a
machine with a dynamite cap, doing
away with the necessity Of lighting a
fuse. This would have been a simple
way, but, perhaps, throwing the bomb
would allow too little time for the an
archist's escape. Some things seemed
to indicate that the bomb was thrown
with the intention of sending it right
at the Consul's window and that it fell
short and struck on the stone right be-
meath.
If, on the other hand, the fellow
crept into Canavarro's yard, laid the
bomb just beneath the window and lit
long enough fuse, with a cigar OF
cigarette or punk, SO as to avoid the
light which would be occasioned by a
match, he would undoubtedly have had
more time in which to escape. Which
of these things he really did is almost
impossible to ascertain from the clues
furnished at the scene of the explosion
l. the ConsuPs Room.
AS stated before, the Consul was less
shocked by the explosion, perhaps, than
was anybody alse. He was asleep al
the time of the bursting of the bomb
the head of his bed against the maui
ka wall of the room. He had been read
ing up to a late hour, and small table
holding a lamp and the Consuls spec
tacles was at the side of the bed, right
in front of the window.
When the explosion occurred, the
whole house trembled and vibrated, the
flooring near the window buIged, the
little table rocked and the lamp, which
was fortunately not lit, was dashed
against the wall and shattered, while
the oil was thrown over the walls and
floor. Every pane of glass in the win.
dow was broken, and the glass was
thrown all over, on the bed, inside the
room and outside. The other two win.
dows on that side of the house were
smashed and window in the house
next door was broken
Canavarro was only momentaril!
frightened. He is brave man ant
knows little Of panic. He had hardl,
gotten out of bed and started to dres
! | when he heard his next door neighbor
calling to him, wanting to know wha
the matter was. The Consul called bacl
through the shattered easement that h.
was all right. Neither the Consul no
anyone else was injured in any way
The Consul, after dressing, went t.
J Deputy Marshal Chillingworth's Emm
street residence to report.
Second Attempt.
} This is the second attempt to assas
mate the Portuguese Consul within tn
last Two years. similar attempt wa
} made to murder him at his former resi-
dence on Beretania street. opposit
where the late DR.. Hyde lived. TIL
bomb then did but little more damag
than the present one. 1t is suppose
that powder and not dynamite wa
used in the bomb, as the smell of pow
der was very noticeable immediatel
after the explosion.
Sus picious Char acters.
A lady and gentleman, residents O
, the neighborhood. coming home from
ball the other night, noticed two Portu
guese men acting in a suspicious man
ner on the corner of PENSACOLA and XII
nau streets. The men did not belong in
that vicinity, and were enough out Of
} place to attract the attention of the
gentleman and his wife. The Consul is
generally busy with visitors and Is
sought after by people of the Portu.
guese colony on almost any excuse. II
they are sick or in trouble they go to
him for help and advice, and the gen.
eral idea among them is that ha car