The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-13
HE SHOOTS AND
KILLS A MAN

master Lorbeer had asked Superinten-
dent Dennison for an extra car for the
men, and this car was being shunted
into position. 1t is said that Barney
and q Portuguese fireman named Ca
bral, who had just come in on the
Waialua train, had some trouble, and
that Barney applied vile epithet to
him. Cabral reported the matter to
Lorbeer, and Lorbeer at once hunted
up Barney and berated him for the
statements he had made to the fireman,
Barney replied, 1T was none of his
Gorbeer's) business"
Later, as the car was being run down
the track, and near the turntabie, Lor-
! beer, who was on the car, saw Barney
standing on the track directly in the
path of the car. He jumped off, ran
/ ahead, and pushed Barney out of the
way, and then ran back a few feet.
| As he passed by Barney the bystand-
ers saw Lorbeer return toward Barney
again as If in response to something
! said by Barney. At this juncture the
stories as to the commencement of the
tragedy are conflicting. According to
those standing about-prfncipally Her
bert Hughes, engineer of the train
which had just come in from Kahuku,
and who had just stalled his locomotive
in the roundhouse, Lorbeer approached
Barney.
The latter. as Lorbeer came up to him.
drew revolver and placing 1t directly
against Lorbeer's left side, fired. Lor-
beer Immediately struck Barney on the
left temple with his fist, staggering
Barney. AS Lorbeer fell toward the
ground Barney fell with him, the yard
master gripping Barney's hand In
which the revolver was held, endeavor-
ing to prevent him from pulling the
trigger the second time. AS they fell,
with Lorbeer on top of his assailant.
the second shot was fired, entering Lor-
beers left side about three inches above
the first wound, striking the ribs. He
said: Now you've got me. Run and
get a doctor, I'm shot, Lorbeer fell
back limp and Barney struggled to
his feet only to fall into the hands Of
several of the train men. among them
l.. Petrie, who raised the bleeding body
of Lorbeer from the ground. Barney
was held by the train men and a tele-
phone message sent for medical aid
and the patrol wagon. Captain Holi
took the wagon to the depot and the
inert form of the wounded and dying
imam was lifted upon the stretcher and
, placed in the wagon. DR.. Charles B.
/. cooper arrivedson the scene just as the
man was ready to be taken to the
hospital
, DR.. c. B. Wood was waiting at the
, hospital when the wounded man was
brought in. He Immediately probed
through the wound by the first bullet
and knew that internal hemorrhages
). made counter opening in the back
9 and inserted a catheter to drain off the
blood which was filling the abdominal
cavity. BY probing he felt that one Of
S the kidneys had been perforated. An
examination of the wounds showed
that the first bullet had entered the
: left side and the second one had entered
o just above it. Both were blackened by
: powder, showing that the pistol had
s been pressed against the clothing OF
t the wounded man. In fact, the barrel
n of the revolver was choked by powder
d stains.
DR.. Wood made an incision over the
mans stomach just below the navel.
and examined the intestines. He found
them perforated in nearly a dozen
places. These perforations were stitch
led, and those partially perforated were
also strengthened by few stitches
THE opening was then stitched up. But
all medical aid was of no avail, and
ten minutes after the operation was
finished he died, without regainfng
consciousness. His only words spoken
at the hospital, besides those given by
DR.. Cooper, were to give his fathers
address in California, and to complain
of pain in the stomach.
The Deputy Sheriff at once subpoe
naed coroner's jury. which was com
posed of the following men: ]. OSWALD
Lutted, w. G. King. j, Gillis, H. J
Mossman, M. S. Levi and B. Lemon
They were driven to the Queens Hos
pital, and at the morgue in the grounds
found DR.. Wood ready to commence
the post-mortem examination.
The injuries were found to be NOR,
severe than was at first surmised. TIL
lintestines We're perforated through ant
, through; one of the kidneys had beef
torn open by bullet. The second sho
had broken two ribs, which were ais
blackened with powder stains. Instea,
Of entering the breast and nerfOrafin
: the lungs, 1t was found the ball ha
. ranged downward, cutting the dia
: phram, and made two holes in tn
stomach. One bullet was found in tn
abdominal cavity. 1t was a 3S-calibr
ball. and despite the fact that 1t ha
almost passed through his body, wa
uninjured, only a slight nick bein
; found in the fiat end.
: 1t was probably owing to Lorbeer'
magnificent physique that he continue
! to live for over three hours after re
{ ceiving two such terrible wound.
n either Of which would have prove
: fatal. Lorbeer was man whose phys
= ical makeup indicated that he was
d good habits. His muscles were we
rounded and he was fine specimen
:: manhood.
# DR.. Cooper who was present at. th
o autopsy said with reference to his cor
: nection with the case: Il went dow
o about 9 o'clock this morning to tt
roundhouSe or the Oaru halfway.
the time I arrived there the patrol wal
e on was ready to convey the wounde
It man 70 the hospital. He lived unit
1t after we had sewed up the incision Y
le had made.
= I'VE se8ed up about ten differel
is intestinal wounds. The wound w;
l. also packed. Most OF the hemorrhaI
r. was from the kidneys. Despite our e
forts he collapsed. He suffered a gre
Or deal of agony. When we commerce
Dr. Operating upon him his pulse cou
barely be felt
81 Lorbeer's body was taken from &
lu hospital shortly after noon yesterd;
to Williams undertaking rooms.
N will be embalmed, and will not be bu
s. led until word has been received fro
his family in Pomona, California. It
Iquite likely that the local Odd Fello'
be will hold funeral ceremonies over t