The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-03
WHY HE DID MURDER
KEALoHAPAUOLE EXPLAINS HIS
MOTIVES.
Murderer Tells Sad Story How His Vic
tim Reneatedly Trihed with His At
fections Address to Legislature.

Kealohapauole killed Mrs. Kalama-
kee at Waialua last Saturday because
she trifled with aim. Deputy Sheriff
Andrew Cox came to Honolulu yNter-
day with the last statement written
by kealohapauole, in which the deceas-
ed explained the causes which led to
the murder of the woman.
After Kealohapauole committed sui
eide statement, evidently written by
him some time before he committed his
crime, and in contemplation Of it, was
found I'm the room. 1t was supposed
that this was merely his last will and
testament 1t was written i'm the Ha-
waiian language. a complete transla-
tion of the document however, shows
it to the ante-mortem statement of
Kealohapauole. 1t is as follows:
August %, 1901.
"To High Sheriff Brown and to my
dear Deputy Sheriff Andrew Cox,
and to the whole world.
aloha oe. You win kindly listen to
my statement to you i'm regard to my
case and also listen to my last re-
quest. 1 am certifying TO the public
in general and to the whole world that
/. Kealohapauole Makahi residing at
Kauaula, Kamananui, Waialua, Island
of Oahu, that owing to my very great
and passionate love i'm my heart and
also owing to jealousy due TO rumors
which l have heard about my dearest
love. Mrs. Maria Keiki, therefore, 1
am takin my life and also the life
of the one that love with whom have
lived together since May 20, On that
day my sweetheart begged me to marry
her and / consented on the 25th. on
that day we went to Honolulu and
there got license to marry and went
to kapalama to sleep for the night and
agreed that on the 26th that we would
finish what we had come to Honolulu
to do, but on that date she refused to
get married with me. As everything
was ready for the wedding 1t naturally
hurt my feelings and 1 decided that
perhaps it would be the best for us to
separate, and she left and went home
10 her family This was done without
any reason at all. stayed i'm Honolulu
for week until Saturday, and on that
day she came to Honolulu from Waia-
lua and we met again the Old love came
back to both of us very strong, and we
went back to Waialua together.
ION the 22nd day of June she again
asked me to go TO Honolulu and get
married with her and I consented to
her wishes. We went to Honolulu and
as I had thought that there would be
no trouble this time because our love
had grown stronger, we slept at Wal
kih that night at her brothers place
A few minutes after going to bed she
left her child with me and went to
the place where her brother and his
wife were. and from what l could hear
I came to the conclusion that they
were resorting to Kahunaism to make
my love for her grow stronger all the
more. Things that We're done there
at that time were afterwards told to
me by the one I loved. and she said
the result of the Kahunaism was that
the gods told her that it would not
be good for her to be married to me.
The following day, without signify
inc any intention that she didn't want
to marry me, we all went to the Ro-
man Catholic church and after the
services when it was time for the mar
riage ceremony to be performed, if
there was to be a wedding, she and
her relatives gathered in a ~roup to
one side, and after a short while she
came to me where l was sitting alone,
and informed me that she did not wish
to get married owing to some reason
that had come up the night before
was very much hurt at the time as
was sitting right there and there were
a number of other people in the church,
so 1 went back to Waikiki feeling very
downhearted, got my valise and went
to Kapalama, and there the one that
1 loved followed me all the way beg
ging me to make up and remain good
friends. I refused to listen to her and
on the following day 1 went back to
Waialua.
"I left Honolulu without seeing the
one that I loved, but at Waianae she
came into the car where / was sitting
and began talking to me, put did
not answer her. At Kaena, where my
place is and where 1 followed my
trade of fishing. l left the train an 5
got out. My loved one went back TO
Waialua. I lived alone at this pace
keeping all my sorrows to myself
although whether | slept or was
awake in the night or in the day, and
in the rain and in the wind, or when
the sun was shining, l was always
thinking of her and she was before
me. i loved her more than any man
ever loved any woman, but this wo-
man, after l had understood many
girls, this one humbugged me all the
time in every way.
"On Thursday of the same week
she arrived personally at Kaena Point
and she gave as her reason for COM
ing that she liked me so much that
the love in her heart would not let
her stay away. AMI that night, as she
iltih OiOuBhN relatives WITH HtI,
we all slept together in one room.
! slept with my adopted son and my
bed was separate from the others.
During the hour of midnight l was
awakened because someone was pull
ing my adopted son away, and / was
awakened by my sweetheart, who
was sorry she had treated me
the way she did. and so talk
ed ii AL over in the dark with
the one l loved so dearly We talked
about what had been done and what
had not been done, and of what would
be done by our intentions, and having
thus cleared my clouded brain, we
didn't have any trouble until the last
OF July, when she left for Honolulu
as witness in some case. When she
came back she acted queer and dis
graced me- and l was of course some
what angry. She did not stay with
me, and she acted so queer that, 1
couldn't understand her and / was
very much downhearted and hurt
About this time l began to think of
doing what now you know I have done.
AS ] had satisfied myself that she was