The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-07
MURDER AND SUICIDE
IN PALAMA DISTRICT.

the late visitor was. without opening
the door.
1.-THE answer came. 1t is 1, Puues.
want to see Naomi
Why don't you come in the day
time and not so late,' said 1.
Hurry and open the door. must
see Naomi
I'm the meantime Naomi, in hearing
the noise at the door and believing 1t to
be her husband, had dressed and come
out into the hallway.
LAS Naomi neared the door 1 opened
it, seeing that she wanted to talk with
him. l stepped back and no sooner was
the door opened and Naomi started to
step on the veranda than saw Puueo
make a sudden motion with his hand
Then came binding flash of flames
and loud report-and that's all I
know, for I Immediately turned and
ran screaming for help to the nsigh-
bors. I awoke J. A. Noble who nvesss
almost opposite our house, ana he {
rushed to the Chinese Hospitai and tel
ephoned for the police. did not dare
to go back into the house until the
police arrived for man who had heard
the shots told me that Puueo was
probably alive and might shoot any
one who entered the yard"
| The police found the revolver with
which Puueo had shot Naomi lying In
the back yard at the corner Of the
house on the walk. 1t was a cheap, 3D.
caiibre, --ffve-chambered new Young
America" weapon with two chambers
discharged. Hair from Naomis head
was between the trigger and the ex-
ploded cartridge. and showed the prox-
unity Of the gun to the woman's head
when the second shot was fired.
The veranda bore evidence Of the
struggle. An aluminium hairpin was
picked up in the farther end, while
blood stains colored the. floor. the stairs
and the gravel walk.
Puueo had evidently fired the second
shot on the veranda. Naomi with some
strength left ran down the stairs and
around the walk to the front yard.
where she fell partly on the grass, lying
on her right side with her face on the
gravel.
Puueo lay almost touching her with
his arms extended and when the police
came he was still making feeble efforts
to reach her.
Naomi had a bullet wound behind the
! left ear and another in the center of
, her back the spine being entered.
. Just above the right hip were three
deep gashes supposedly from the same
knife with which Puueo tried to kill
himself A casual examination Of Puu-
: eos wounds disclosed a peculiar cut In
, the neck and when lifted up 1t was
seen that his windpipe was severed.
On the way to the hospital Puueo
moved about in the patrol wagon and
4 passing the Capitol regained strength.
enough to draw his hand FROM his
0 breast and hold up letter which was
. seized by the police, and handed to
n Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth. It was
o a letter addressed to the High Sheriff
and was written in Hawaiian. It was
dated August 4, and its ten pages of
foolscap told vivid story of premedi-
tated murder.
e Translated, 1t is as follows:
X ITO the Honorable High Sheriff: Aio-
e ha oe--You will be kind enough to make
/ public this big thing have to tell you
e about. 1 am taking my own life and
also the life of Naomi this night. I am
= doing it on account of my great love for
: her-love which can never die.
When we left to come down here In
the month of September. 1899, (here the
letter was blurred with blood) we did
not live as we should, and l have been
worried because certain person by
the name of Poolani has been saying
things about me. For that reason my
l,4 hoe, ut ct 10
that reason I do this black hearted
piece of work She has been at Mrs
Kaluna's doing quilting but still
have doubts, and for that my mind is
still uneasy.
Il have gone to her with tears in my
Ieyes and cried out to her on account OF
my love for Naomi. She receives me
with laughter but finally prevailed
on her to come home with me. We
auarreled until 4.30 in the morning
wanted her to stay with me in this life
but people had told her stories Of me
We were living together all right un-
til these scandalous tales were SCI
af1oat and on this account / do this
black hearted deed--on account OF mJ
love Better that we die and better sc
for all who make trouble in families
IIf we were put out of the way it coulf
be lesson to all women to leave thu
laffairs of others alone. especially wher
lthey know that those they speak O
lhave husbands to take care of them.
Each person should look at his ow
home and attend to his own business
then there would be no trouble in fam
lilies. With the explanation I give m.
prayers to the Christian religion frof
Hawaii to Niihau and to the Christian
Endeavor societies and to the steve
dores. They all have my greeting. an
to my children who are living I Civ
my greatest aloha. Aloha to you al
wish the Christian religion to saw
my soul. My corpse must turn TO dill
and l wish then to bring my soul t
God and / hope God will forgive me fc
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