The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-28
ASLEEP At
The swift CH
Man Dying While the
| Z Central" Snored.
THE MURDER OF KUKUMA
Police Handicapped and Robber is
Aided by Miserable Tele-
phone Service.

| To the miserable telephone service
may in part be laid the blame for the
death of Kukuma, a South Sea Island
lihi poi factory of Judge WILCOX, who
was brutally stabbed and beaten early
Friday morning by persons yet I'M
known to the police. The unfortunate
victim died at the Queens Hospital
Saturday afternoon.
The motive of the terrible assault is
supposed to have been robbery, for the
man was known to have a small sum
about his body. Kukuma was SO bad
ly cut and beaten that ne was unable
to speak word to the police or hos
pitaI attendants concerning those con-
nected with the dastardiy affair. Some
time between o'clock and 8 o'clock
Saturday morning, some person or per-
sons went to his room at the factory. q.
| He was set upon, and from the ap-
pearance of the room desperate
| struggle must have taken place. Blood
was spattered in every direction. The
furniture was overturned, and it was
! evident that the old man sold his life
dearly.
| HIS money was carried in small
bag which he usually kept on his per-
| son, 1t is believed that in the attempt
to get control of this bag, that knives
were used, for the old mans hands
were terribly hacked and cut.
| From the appearance of his hands
! face A thrust of the knife was made
drawn through them. almost severins
| the thumb and fingers. Above the
wrists deep gasheS were inflicted. One
/ of the most terrible wounds was In his
face. A thrust of the knife was made
| into his cheek from the right side,
| completely penetrating it and lacerat-
| ing the flesh in a terrible manner.
| cut on the head five inches long and
very deep, was either made by a. knife
| or some blunt intrument. The attack
| was one of the most fiendish in the an
| nails of crime in Honolulu.
| The wounded man was found by an
employee named E. Montgomery. He
rang up the central telephone Office,
but could get no answer. Time and
again he made the effort to communi-
cate with the police station, but in nc
case could he even obtain an answer
from the central.
! After the midnight hour, those who
are compelled to use the telephone fine
that the greatest difficulty is met II
making their signals heard in the cen,
trail Office Montgomery finally de.
SPARED of communicating over thu
wires, and saddled horse on which
he galloped at breakneck speed int
town. The patrol wagon was sent t.
the scene and removed him to the hos
pital.
Upon arrival the doctors were of thu
. opinion that most of the blood in thu
mans body had left his veins. TIL
cash on his head was stitched up AM
the hands and arms bandaged. TIL
hole in the right cheek was sbandage'
, and packed, and it was then foun'
that the old mans jaw was broken.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth impan
ed jury composed of G. c. Griffiths
w. e. Burnette, A. p. Taylor, Charlie
Spencer A. G. Nicholas and Mr.. Jeffs
which viewed the body at the hospital
The jury was adjourned to meet wnel
called by the deputy sheriff, who hope
to find some clue which will result Il
bringing the assassins to justice. Dur
ing the last hours of the old mans lif
the surgeons were compelled to almos
stand him on his head in order to kee
up the action of the heart, which wa
well nigh drained of blood The de
ceased had been in Honolulu but
5 short time, and was a reliable EN-
{ ployee of Judge Wilcox.