The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-12-18

teamster of the United States
Army at Camp Mckinley, a
noted Indian scout, and for over
two years past one of the most strik-
ing figures on the streets of Honolulu
was found dead yesterday afternoon in
his room at the camp.
A bullet hole in his head and big
revolver clasped in his decomposing
hand showed how he had driven the
spirit from his body, and letter on
his table written in the firm, bold
fashion of the man who had feared lit
tie in life, told his composure a few
moments before he pulled the trigger.
If Bennett had lived a few hours
longer he would have been asked by
the police of Honolulu to explain his
who was discovered in dying condi-
tion on last Wednesday at the home
of Paul Neumann, and who passed
away at l o'clock that day without
giving utterance to a word
About the death of the woman and
that of Bennett is wrapped mystery
which has been penetrated only far
enough to show that the pair were
close intmates, and that Bennett chose
rather to plunge into the unknown
than to live on.
What this man who had laughed at
death a thousand times was afraid Of
can only be guessed
Put down in sequence the meagre
facts OF the story that could be gath
cred last evening are as follows:
Miss Clara Schneider, Il comely
woman of thirty-three, died on We'd
nesday afternoon at the Neumann resi-"
dence on the c. l.. Carter premises at
Waikiki near Sans Souci. She was the
cook in the household, and when she
failed to appear on Wednesday morn
ing and repeated knockings did not
bring her to the door of her room, the
door was forced and Miss Schneider
found on the bed, fully dressed and un-
conscious. Doctor Walters was called
Ind used every means to bring her to,
but failed.
At five minutes past one o'clock she
was corpse. All the indications were
of morphine poisoning, and Chemist
Shorey took her stomach for eXamina-
ton. Morphine was found in it with
food showing that she had taken the
drug with something eatabe.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth made
a thorough search of Miss Schneider's
room for the receptacle in which the
poison had come but without success
He picked up only this note:
night after the others was asleep and
l looked for you until three o'clock in
the morning and you don't know how
l missed you-went to sleep thinking of
you.
This note was in mans hand and
its reading sent Chillingworth on al
hunt for the writer.
He talked to the servants and the
Neumann family. 1t was intimated to
the deputy sheriff that the dead wom-
an had been friendly with Scout Ben
nett, the Oriental servants being very
firm in the assertions that the man
with the big hat and boots" had been
the cooks sweetheart.
Chillingworth put the note in his |
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Benefits writing.
He was able to do this secretly, and
on Saturday made up his mind that he
would ask Bennett where Miss Schnei-
der got the morphine which killed her.
No more of the drug, nor any box
or bottle in which it had come hav-
ing been found in the woman's room
Chillingworth concluded that she had
not bought it here, but had obtained il
from someone not a druggist. 1t might
have been administered to her without
her knowledge.
There was more than hint of foul
play in all the circumstances sur
rounding the case. Other police mat
ters pressed the deputy sheriff hard Oh
Friday and Saturday, and he was kept |
in court prosecuting minor offenders
until late. The Schneider mystery was
on his mind however, but Saturday
night opium and gambling raids de-
tanned him until the small hours.
He set Sunday afternoon to see Ben
nett. At 4:30 o'clock came a telephone
message from Camp Mckinley that a
man was dead there and that IL was a
coroner's case.
The deputy sheriff got six men after
a half hours skirmishing and hasten
ed with them to the camp
Lieutenant Hancock. the officer of