The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-01-29
DECLARE He
IS INSANE
Carl LundahI Must BE
Confined.
SAYS He is A MURDERER
Was Afraid That the Police Would
Hang Him so Intended to
Hang Himself.
/-ARL LUNDAHL was examined

~ARL LUNDAHL was examined
~ before Judge Wilcox yesterday af-
ternoon by DR.. c. b. Emerson
and was found to be of unsound mind.
He was committed to the Insane Hos
pital at once, where close watch will
De maintained over him.
Lundahl came to this city from Swe-
den about eighteen months ago. ard
went to work for the Hawaiian Car
riage Company. He has been constant
ly employed until recently, when his
fellow workmen noticed that he was
becoming eccentric in his actions, and
seemed to be laboring under the i'm
preston that the police were looking
Tor hin.
his mind evidently turned upon two
subjects. for at times he would claim
that the court had declared him insane,
ana h" would then tell his friends that
he was about to commit suicide.
At other periods he would Imagine
that he had murdered some one, and
tLat the police were going to hang him
Tor the crime.
ON January 18th Lundahl had pur-
chased draft No. S7l35 from Bishop II
Co., of this city, for 81, 600 The draft
was drawn on the Bank of California
at san Francisco, in favor of Miss Au-
gusta Johnson. This was to have been
forwarded by her to some friend of
LuAdahl in Sweden.
Oeputy Sheriff Chillingworth says
that about o'clock Wednesday even
ing, he was seated in his office, when
a man rushed eXcitedly up the steps
and bursting into the room declared
that the court had sentenced him to
be hanged for murder. and that he
wanted a fair trial
tie claimed that mob was pursuing
him, and We're threatening to take his
life.
The perspiration was streaming from
his face, and before he would be seated
he looked carefully about the ROOM
and under his chair. Chillingworth
thought the man was suffering from
deIirium tremens. Lundahl stated that
he had been here about a year and
a half, and that before he left Sweden,
he had suffered considerable from a
hard blow on the left side of the head
occasioned by a fall incurred while
skating.
After he left the office he jumped on
his bicycle and went up Punchbowl
street into the lantana, where he dis
appeared, and was not seen until the
tonowing night.
p. Seander claimed that he had
KNOW IL lDl Htdlly ii yedI, anu
that lately he had noticed that his &C
lions We're queer He was inclined to
be distrustful, and Thursday night told
his landlady that he was going to COM
NIT suicide. Taking a box of pills from
his pocket he pointed to the label of
poison and SAID, Guess what these
are. Well, they are poison and l am
going to kill myself" and followed up
his remark by swallowing the contents
of the box.
A letter from Lundahl was shown
the witness, who translated the Swed-
ish words as follows: Mother
Sweden. This is my last. They have
declared me crazy, and l am going to
kill myself Divide my money. Do not
cry" The letter was unsigned, and as
Selander read it he was visibly affected
by its contents. Selander will endeavor
to secure his release as soon as posi-
bic from the hospital and take him to
California.
]. f. Clyne, who employed LundahI,
spoke of his general good character,
and also stated that of late his actions
had been peculiar.
After listening to the testimony
Judge Wilcox said that in his opinion,
from the evidence before him, that
Lundahl was of unsound mind, and or
dered his detention in the insane hos
pital