The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-29
is A REAL
! CLANMY TALE
Yet the Police Are
Working on
MURDER TOLD
IN A DREAM
All the Same Bloodstained Club
Was Found Undera Jap's
House.

A woman's alleged vision in dream
may bring to light a foul and hitherto
unsupported murder.
The friends of an old native man
who was supposed to have died natu-
raj death on the windward side of this
Island in December last, have gathered
enough evidence that he was killed to
warrant their putting the case into the
hands of the police.
In the Advertiser of December TO-
1900, appeared the following:
Joseph N Keliiolono, one Of the best
known natives of windward Oahu,
went to his rest last Saturday at Ma
kao Koolauloa, as the result of pull
monary hemorrhage. He was fifty-six
years of age.
g old Joe,' as his many friends used
to call him, had been an old retainer
in the Lane family for many years and
was considered invaluable both for his
honesty and kindly and affectionate
disposition.
when DR.. A. B. Carter and Mrs
Carter, formerly Miss Lane, went East
few years ago they took Old joe
with them, and the wide-awake Ke-
lliolono, who had something of the
reputation of a kahuna while he was
alive, fells deeply in love with New
York and eastern ideas.
When DIR. Garter and his family re-
turned fronf<New York, Keliiolono ac-
companied them. He lived nearly all
his life on the Lane lands, and has
watched over the children of two gem
erations.
Now Makao is lone without him, for
u -,
never-ending source of interesting in
formation in regard to the ancient
manners and customs Of the Hawaii
ans.
THE mortal remains of Old Joe will
be laid to rest today at Makao, DR..
Carriers farm"
1t is now suspected that "Old Joe"
was put to death by certain Japanese
| in the neighborhood, gold being the
object of the crime.
When the body of the old native was
found it was lying face downwards di-
rectly in front of the house of a num-
| Der of Japanese. Blood had flowed
| from the mouth and nose and ears. and
these, signs very likely had much to
do with the supposiion that the man
had died as the result of a hemorrhage.
"Old joe was rather eccentric in his
manner, and was in the habit of bury
| ing all the money that he could save.
He had been saving for years, spend
| ing very little and living on the small
est allowance Whenever he secured a
certain amount Of money he would in
variably convert 1t into gold and then,
at stated intervals, he would hide his
wealth away in the earth.
A Honolulu lady, who is well ac-
quainted with the history of the man.
and who knew him as most inter
esting character, and also as a man
who was supposed to have something
of the powers of a kahuna, says she
recently had a dream in which "O1d
Joe" appeared to her in vision. The
woman was at first very much fright
ened. However, according to her sto-
ry, the vision assured her that she
need not be frightened, and proceeded
to tell her that he, "Old joe" had not
come to his death naturally, but that
he had been murdered by certain Jap
anese laborers who were anxious to
get his treasure. The vision stated
further that he, "Old joe had been
hit in the back of the head by one OF
the japanese. 1t went on to describe
the club which had been used. saying
that if the woman would go to the
house where the Japanese lived she
would find the Identical weapon which
had been used.
The dreamer. upon awaking, decided
to follow out the Instructions She
went to the place on the windward side
of this Island, made a search under
the house where the Japanese had liv-
ed (they have since moved, it is said)
and, sure enough, found the club which
answered tho dissertation Oi hor in,
the dream.
Believing that "Old Joe" had in real
ity been murdered, she made others
acquainted with the facts as she had
them, and the result is that now the
matter is in the hands of the police.
and Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth has
a couple of men working on the case.
The Japanese who were living in the
neighborhood of the Carter farm at the
time of the death of 'Old Joe" have
since moved away. If any of them
were guilty of the murder of the old
native, if he was murdered, it is inn
possible to tell whether they secured
the buried gold.
1t will not be possible to determine
this until the murderers are run to
earth, or until some clue is found az
to the whereabouts (of the treasure.
amounting to few hundred dollars.
Now comes one of the most interest
ing parts of the whole story-sOld
joe" always methodical in his man
ner, was in the habit of keeping a
diary. 1t is known that in this diary
he had written the whereabouts of his
gold. His writings. however. were In
cipher, cipher known only to a very
few Hawaiians. This book is at pres
ent in the possession of a lady in Ho-
nolulu. She understands very little of
the cipher, and is unable to read 1T.
She is. however, taking steps to have
1T read, and when the location of "Old
Joe's gold is determined 1t can read
lily be found out If it is as he left it.
or if it has been stolen by those who
are supposed to have murdered the
old man.