The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-12-03
~HE death of Herman Lubbock is
still clouded in mystery. and
apparently the unraveling OF

apparently the unraVellng OF
the threads of the problem is
vet far away. 1t transpired yesterday
that in one of the dead mans pockets
was found a knife with the blade open.
Ii looks from this as II deceased mad
been expecting trouble and was III
readiness to meet it If 1t should come.
Oscar Lewis had couple of inter
views with Deputy Sheriff Chilling
worth yesterday. He denied having
ever had any trouble with Lubbock. He
also said that as far as he could re-
member he had never come across Luz
beck in his business operations on the
waterfront He was very indignant at
the suspicion which had been cast up
on him, and limited that 1t was the
work of parties who loved him not
Lewis told High Sheriff Brown yes
terday that Lubbock got drunk with
Rooney last Monday night. He said
that he was seen that n'ght in the
Aloha saloon in Kakaako.
Yesterday morning a man visited the
police station and told a story which
interested the heads of the department
greatly. He said that Lubbock belong
ed to Company A of the National
Guard of Hawaii, Captain klemme s
company, in which company were two
men named Crazy" Peterson and
Leighmann. They and Lubbock and
two or three others always used to
hang together. The mans statement
is as follows:
"On Saturday morning I was at the
police station on business and happen
ed to meet Leighmann. who had two
very bad black eyes, as well as other
marks of a scrap on his face. l asked
Leghmann what he had run against,
and he replied that Il good friend had
done 1t. He seemed to be very nervous.
He had at other times. to my knowl-
edge, declared that he had no use for
Lubbock
That same day both Peterson and
Leighman camped on the trail Of
Lewis and besought him to get ship
for them, as they wanted to get away
as quickly as possible. Leighmann,
Kiemme. Peterson and Lubbock used all
to be in the same gang"
This mans opinion is that the muir
der was committed by a clique of four
or FIVE men. He does not think that
murder was originally intended. but is
of the opinion that Lubbock met the
others on Friday night and started to
call them down about some grievance
he had against them. They then start
ed in on him with the intention of
putting head on him. and. as they
thought killed him. To get away with
the body 1t was dumped in the har-
Dor.
Both Leighmann and Peterson were
summoned to tell what they knew at
the inquest, and during the day a most
careful investigation was made con-
corning their goings on of late. They
were able to satisfactorily account for
the way they spent the time on Fri
day. and were allowed to remain at
liberty.
The inquest developed a number Of
contradictory stories The statements
of Mrs. Lubbock. and Oscar Lewis and
II. Rooney were Numerically opposed
to each other. and then Longrin cook
at the Star oyster House, testified in
line with the story which Mrs. Lubbock
told the jury.
The autopsy showed that deceased
had been drowned. but had probably
-, been rendered unconscious by a ter
rifle blow in the abdomen with some
hard surface.
Shortly after p. m. the inquest was
commenced. and 1t dragged on until
midnight. Captain Dalton was the
first witness called.
THE EVIDENCE.
Captain Dalton testified that on Sat
urday morning man named Dillon
told him that there was "A body float
ing near the pilot house. Some one
had told Dillon. Witness went and
looked at the body and put rope
of the coat, and the mans shirt were
badly torn. A couple of men drew the
body up to the sea wall. Witness
could give no Information concerning
Lubeck's death. He said that 1t was
perfectly still water where the body
was found, and that the action of the
water could not have torn the shirt.
DIR. MCDONALD.
DR.. Mcdonald stated that he per-
formed an autopsy on Lubeck's body
on Saturday. He found that there Were
three trifliug abrasions not skin deep
on the head, and no external marks
of violence on the body. The abdomi-
nal cavity revealed bruise which
must have been caused by "a blow of
some hard substance on the exterior of
the abdomen. The blow must have
been a terrible one. Otherwise the
abdomen was i'm a perfectly healthy
condition The cause Of death was
drowning There was no fracture of
the skull. The blow in the abdomen
must have been hard enough to render
the man unconscious. A blow from a
fist could not have produced the in
jury, but the application of mans
knee, with the victim in a reclining
position might have done so. 1t was
impossible to say if the wounds on the
head were ante or post morton. The
for five hours, The man might have
been thrown in the water unconscious.
MRS. LUBBOCK.
Mrs. Lubbock, the wife of Herman
Lubbock. testified that she last saw her
husband alive at 7 o'clock on Friday
evening. He said that he was going
to the postoffice. He was perfectly So
Der when he left. The letter he went
for was from his mother. Mrs. George
Eberine was present at the time. He
said he would be back shortly. There
was no i'll feeling between Mr.. and
Mrs. Lubbock. He had previously told
his wife that he had had trouble with
Oscar Lewis. On Monday or Tuesday
night Lewis and Hackman Rooney
came to the house in a two-horse rig
and told Mr.. Lubbock that there was
n job for him down at Brewers wharf