The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-11-16
DEATH LURKED
IN THE BOTTLE


: reached nay WORK ni tHo wharf j H8a
i1fi that silva ALSO uBe dead Then !
know Tint o. ai pam0 from thr poison
which they had drunk boz ola man Sill
VAS house.
That oIl man could uUt have had
designs ou amy one lie o. man sup
posed Go have had lots 81 money. but
thpy haven't boon abl. 60 nnd b. ale
though q search has been made every
where. lie was OF kindly disposi-
ltiou.'
The discovery Of the dead body or
Joseph silva was made Tuesday morn
ing II was at first reported that
nothing had been seen OF him Mon
day afternoon or early Tuesday morn
INK, and his friends proceeded 20 in
yostigatc. silva was seen sitting In a
chair with his face turned toward the
door. II took but an instant To dis
cover that he was dead.
Or. Pratt executive officer ~ the
Board Of Health. however says that
silva was attended by another man all
Monday This is partially borne out
by the statement of Wilhelm who was
in Silva's house Monday afternoon and
drank with him. Or. Pratt said, There
is no doubt whatever in my mind that
the man died of a disease of long
standing which was perfectly appa-
rent when ! called at the house and
made an examination in the presence
Of the Portuguese consul. The door
Of his room was not kicked in as has
been reported to you. on the contrary
there was a man in attendance on Silva
all day Monday, and this same man
was with him when he died. The
symptoms at the time Of death We're
not at all the same as those Of the
three victims of yesterday and to-
day"
\ certificate Of burial was issued by
DR.. Pratt. Consul Canavarro and John
NJ. OsOrio were called to take an in
ventory Of the dead mans effects, as
ii was rumored that Silva was pos
sessed of considerable means.
The news of the death spread and
a number of persons came to the
house Among them August Me-
deiros, Joaquin Silva and Joseph Ca
bral came to the house. The latter
was an undertaken in the employ of
II. II. Williams, and brought the coffin.
j. j. Silva, of Kauai; j. l.. +. Silva, the
latter a police officer, and Board of
Health inspector dropped in. Medeiros
end j. j. Silva were slightly under the
influence of liquor at the time. While
following Consul Canavarro and Mr..
Osorio about the house looking for the
hidden wealth, Medeiros spied several
bottles of what appeared to be liquor.
He took down from shelf a gin bot
tie containing a brownish fluid. and
invited the others to have a drink
Mr.. Osorio protested, saying, He is
dead" pointing to the body, but he
can see" meaning that it would be
sacrilegious to drink of his liquor while
he was yet in the house. Medeiros re-
piled, Never mind, that's what it's for
to drink" and he took a draught.
The others followed except the police
ha ing apf1 r pAfI
smelled the liquor and said they did
not want any of it. They were scared
men yesterday when they heard the
news of the terrible tragedy in which
they had barely escaped participating.
Medeiros complained of being i'll
Tuesday night He said he was una
bic to catch his breath, erd his vision
was impaired. Yesterday he became
worse and at l o'clock sent for his
children and a priest. When they
gathered about his bedside he was
unable to identify them except by their
voices. His eyeSight was so much i'm
paired that nothing in the room was
distnguishable to MIN. 1t was then
that he realized he was not to live
long, and he told of his suspicious and
said it was the liquor he had drank,
and that it was his own fault
Consul Canavarro and Attorney Cor
rea were notified, and both FASTENED
10 lht ntuSt ana learned the Facts
connected with his demise.
The same afternoon Joaquin Silva
came in from the insane asylum. All
day he kept reporting to the officials
that the insane persons had high
fevers, as they had red spots on their
cheeks At the same time it was noted
that Silvas vision was greatly impair
ed. Dl. Herbert prescribed for him and
told him to go home. After going to
Medeiros' cottage, he and Captain Cos
Ia Went to old man Silva's house on
Punchbowl street, and Silva pointed
out bottle from which he said he
had drank the day before. This bot
tie was taken to the police station yes
terday morning and later sent to Food
commissioner Shorey for analysis.
The news of the three deaths was
first reported to the police station yes
terday morning. DIR. Herbert reported
10 Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth at his
house, and the two went direct to the
police station, where they found High
sheriff Brown i'm conversation with
Consul CanaVarro and Attorney Cor
rea.
The High Sheriff immediaI-TV ------
menced a personal investigation. Ac-
companied by the consul he went To
the house of old man silva and pro-
cured the two bottles containing the
suspicious dirty looking uuid The
statements or persons who were CON
neo,"d i'm some manner or other with
the events Of the last three days We're
taken, and armed with these the OIL
cials took their departure. The bot
ties We're sent TO the Board OF Health
ana put In charge of Food Commits
soner Shorey,
Joseph Cabral the driver for II. II.
Nllllams undertaking establishment.
Was laken quite ND Wednesday night.
Mt Williams went 10 his house on
hulkini street and sent for In Way
SON, Who administered 90 him until he
A past-mortam was held yesterday
same asylum guard Tho autopsy Mas
performed by pr Emerson splsral
physicians Witnessed iI A pla.t N I'M
liver AND pam uI tHa brain Sore also
removed and placed m huuIrs. Nhlph
hrIr AHriai No lr sbar} uI aualy
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