The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-07
Puueo, a Native, Kills
Wife and Self.
PISTOL AND KNIFE USED
Driven Mad by Jealousy a Steve
dore Commits a Fearful
Deed Last Night,

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residing there, killed his wife and
attempted suicide The murderer was
removed to the Queens hospital and Is
expected to die. Puueo's weapon was n
cheap revolver. He fired two bullets
into his wife's body and cut his throat
supposedly with a razor.
Shortly before midnight the police
were hastily summoned to Robello
Lane near King street by telephone
that murder had been done. Deputy
Sheriff Chillingworth with force of
policemen Immediately responded in
the patrol wagon and on arriving at
the scene of the crime found the body
of the murdered woman lying face
downwards in the front yard of cot
tage situated on the Waikiki SIDE Of
the lane, with the apparently lifeless
body of her husband lying close by.
1t was quickly ascertained that life
was not extinct in the man and he was
hurried to the Queens hospital in the
patrol wagon, the corpse OF the woman
being left where it lay In charge of
police officer.
AS Puueo was lifted to the stretcher
he made a conclusive movement to his
left breast as If searching for weap-
on. He moved his head from side to
side revealing a horrible cash in his
throat but was unable to utter word.
From the people in the house and
neighborhood the details of the crime
were learned. Mrs. Paiko lives in the
house in which the murder took place
and gave the following account of the
tragedy.
Naomi came to stay with me about
fortnight ago." she said, ito help me
with some sewing. She never spoke to
me of her husband, Pueo. Naomi was
a middle-aged woman and had son
and an adopted daughter about seven
years of age.
About g o'clock this afternoon Puueo
called at the house looking for Naomi.
He saw her in the back yard. I was in
the house at the time and did not see
them together but for half hour
heard them quarreling in the yard in
the rear of the cottage
"Then Puueo went away, Naomi came
into the house and resumed her task
of sewing, saying nothing to me of the
trouble with Puueo. Shortly before mid
night when we We're all asleep in the
house-myself, Naomi and her adopted
child was awakened by a vigorous
shaking of the back door, I slipped on
a holoku and going to the door where
the noise was, called out to know who
the late visitor was, without opening
the door.
'The answer came, 1t is l, Puueo,
want to see Naomi.
"'Why don't you come in the day
time and not so late said I.
Hurry and open the door. I must
see Naomi
I'm the meantime Naomi, in hearing
the noise at the door and believing it to
be her husband, had dressed and come
out into the hallway.
"As Naomi neared the door I 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 a loud report-and that's all I
know, for l Immediately turned and
ran screaming for help to the neigh
bors. 1 awoke j. a. Noble who lives
almost opposite our house, and he
rushed to the Chinese Hospital 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 II was a cheap, 80.
callbre, -chambered new young
America" weapon with two chambers
discharged Hair from Naomrs head
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ploded cartridge, and showed the prox-
unity Of the gun 10 the woman's head
when the second shot was flred,
The yeranda bore evidence OF the
struggle An aluminium hairpln was
picked up IN the farther end. while :
blood stains eolorod the hoor the stairs
and The erayel walk,
Puueo had evidently fired The second
shot on the feranda. Naomi with some :
strength len IAN down The stairs ana
around lhe Nalk 20 lhe front yard,
where she fell partly on She grass. lylns
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