The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-03
HIS BODY IN
TIE GRAVE:
". Horace Wright Is
Laid To Rest.
FRIENDS At The FUNERAL
An Inquest Into the Cause of Death
Develops No New
Facts.

w. Horace Wright was buried yes
terday afternoon in the first grave dug
in the new cemetery at Pearl City. A
small party of friends of the dead man
went with the body on the funeral
train to the grave yard and witnessed
the last rites. Rev. w. d. Westervelt,
of kawaiahao Church., read the burial
service and offered a prayer. Rev. v.
III. kitcat, friend of the dead man,
was present. The pallbearerS were f.
J. Tesla, 7. A Simpson, Daniel Logan,
Robert Kidd, Franklin. Austin, Charles
Creighton, j. NJ Kaneakua and Fred
erick O'Brien. Many beautiful floral
pieces, tokens of esteem from friends,
covered the casket. The Bar Associa-
ton and the press of Honolulu had
charge of the funeral.
While the ceremonies at the grave
We're going on, an inquest into .the
death of Mr.. Wright was held at the
police station. Deputy Sheriff Chill
lingworth acted as coroner, and jury
of six men listened to the evidence
DIR. Emerson told of seeing the body
soon after it was found at the Inde-
pendent office, and described the
scene. Chemist Shorey gave expert
testimony as to the poison which killed
Mr.. Wright. He said that he had taken
Pharmacist Muller, of the Hebron
Drug Company, said that ne had sold
Mr.. Wright on December 31st, a small
bottle of this acid. Mr.. Wright said
he wanted it to use as a wash, and
Muller said that Wright signed the
poison book reluctantly.
Bartender Harry Knell, of vida,s
Nuuanu street saloon, said that
Wright was served with liquor by him
about A o'clock on the afternoon of
December 31st. Knell asked him now
he was, and Wright replied L think
l am going to die. Wright then
seemed weak, and could hardly walk.
Foreman Rosa, of the Independent,
deseribed how he found Wright early
Nes Years morning in his chair He
said that at about 1870 o'clock the
previous afternoon Wright entered the
office and gave him 81 to buy four
bottles of beer. Wright drank some of
the beer, and the printers the rest,
save for one bottle which, said Rosa,
Was left for Testa and is still I'M
touched
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth told the
jurors that some months ago when
Wright lived at the Tivoli baths at
he had threatened to kill him.
self, and that on complaint of the
owner OF the property a policeman had
been stationed at the house for several
days to prevent tragedy if possible.
Finally Wright had sobered up.
The jury gave verdict of death by
acid poisoning, and pronounc-
ed the dead man suicide.
No light was thrown on Wright's
reasons for seeking death other than
the fact that he was in bad health
Wright was suffering from locomotor
ataxis. Some weeks ago he limited to
William F. Sabin that he might not
live long, and urged the latter to take
from his (Wright's) home some works
on municipal government for which
Wright said he would have no further
use. The death of Wright has shown
how many friends he had. He is I'M
derstood to have son, an officer In
the Austrian army, whose career he
has watched with interest, and who,
the dead man said a few days ago, |
did not know his fathers identity He
also had a son in England. These
children were both by the Spanish
wife from whom Mr.. Wright was sep
arated many years ago.