The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-13
DEATH IN
THE BOTTLE
Three Killed by Drink
On Hawaii.
lRAEL ENDS A CAROUSE
Natives at kailua Attend Prince
Dayid's luau and Continue
lmbibing.

As result OF a drinking bout pro-
longed through several days. three
people are dead at Kaiiua, Hawaii and
TWO others are lying in a precarious
state. The deaths have aroused the
entire leeward coast of the big island,
and whether they were the result OF
tGul play or not will b. a matter for
'he police department to investigate.
me news OF the fatalities was
brought To this city yesterday by the
Mauna Loa, which came In la tne
morning from Maui and Hawaii ports.
On board was a policeman from Kailua
VINO had In charge the stomach OF one
on the victims OF the tragedy preserved
IN alcohol, as well as several bottles OF
liquor procured from the store wnere
the victims are supposed to have pur-
chased the liquor which caused tne.r
deaths. He likewise brought to Iti yn
Sherin Brown a letter from Sheriff An
drews of Hawaii. giving comp etc de-
tails OF the whole sorry story. 1t was
as follows:
Three deaths occurred here in Kai-
lua suddenly on Tuesday, October eth.
l was at kohala and took the s. s.
Upolu for kailua on the morning Of the
/ 10Th. had DIR. Lindley make post
mortem examination of two of the dead
bodies and i am sending you herewith
by hand OF William Nahale. police OIL
Ger, the stomach of one Of the victims,
kaeo by name. The other victims were
Alexander Burgers and his wife, a Ha-
waiian woman.
These people Vent to a Iuau or feast
given by Prince David on Saturday the
l6th: i understand that liquor was free
and Burgess and his people, who are
all given TO excuses In this line PROB
lably took more than was good for them
ON Sunday the 7th the drunk or spree
was continued at the house of Kaeo,
father OF Mrs. Burgers. where also lived
one Z. Ako, who Is a notorious liquor
seller, and who supplied them with all
they required of gin. brandy and whis-
ky. he having Just laid in a stock Zone
case) OF each.
| "On Monday. the Sth, Kaeo went into
sort OF comatose condition and so re-
lmained until Tuesday evening. when he
died. Mr.. and Mrs. Burgers. their
grown up son and another young man,
Makaku. continued at Kaeo's house all
day Monday drinking and in the even
ing young Burgers went home. The
next morning Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs
Brugers went home about 4 a. m Mrs
Burgers went home about a. m. Mrs
went into the same comatose condition.
dying about IL, before the arriva, cf a
doctor. MIR. Burgers appeared sort oil
dazed when the doctor arrived, but
l
p. m. ne sent for the doctor (who hac
been performing an autopsy on his
wife) and said he thought he was go
ing TO die, also; that he was blind oil
nearly so. Soon after he went into tn,
same comatose condition and dice
about two hours later, and then Kael
died last OF all, the two boys, younl
Burgers and Makaku came down sicl
the next morning Tuesday and wer,
nearly blind and comatose, but they re
lowered in the afternoon sufficient Y u
sit up and talk intelligently. Youni
Burgers told me that the gin they g
from Ako was in a bottle that had tn
lcork drawn. That IL tasted queer-hat
"A little fluid locking like whisky wa
found In a gin bottle in the house o
kaeo. 1t has a peculiar smell. I an
sending II down, although there is S
little OF IL that I am afraid there Is no
enough for analysis. / also send yo
I one bottle each OF the gin. brandy an
/ whisky, which G. Ako had still unsoiC
[ "Dr. Lindley thinks the liquor the
r drank must have been drugged afte
r opening the bottle, possibly that can
discovered on analysis of the stomach
Mr.. Cathcart has inquired carefully in
to the case and can give you informa
ton that / have left out.
II expect to return to Hilo. startin
tomorrow. by the way OF Waimea."
Deputy Attorney General J. w. Cath
cart. who returned from Hawaii on tn
Mauna Loa, stated last evening that h
Invent down to Kailua from Kohala cal
lily in the week to investigate the detail
of the tragedy. "Dr. Lindley." said h
was nonplussed. He was not alb
ascertain positively what the cause
death was. At first he thought the
were due to alcoholism, but after e1
amining the bodies of some of tho.
who died. he could not state positive
whether this was so or not, so he sci
the stomach of one OF the men WI
. died to Honolulu for examination. TT
police department will give the who
: matter n careful examination"