Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-14
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED
POLICE BELIEVE ROSA
A MURDERS VICTIM
Body Of Man Exhumod by Police Last
Night Autopsy Shows Suspicious
Wound on the
Head,

At about O'Clock yesterday after.
noon keawo, Hawaiian lad, gave
the police authorities Information
which led ,ncm to suspect that one
Joseph Rosa mad come to his death
through some tout means. lnvestiga.
lions were made and It was soon set.
tied on that the body OF the man, bur.
led that very afternoon in the Catholic
Cemetery, should be eXnumed. Per.
mission to do this was obtained from
President Sloggctt vi the Board OF
Health, and High Sheriff Brown and
Deputy Sheriff ChillingwOrth, with
trustics, went to the cemetery.
| The body was eXhumed with diff.
Guilty and taken to the mOrgue, where
an autopsy, performed by Or. MaCdou
aid, disclosed an ugly, peculiarly shap
ed wound over the lett temple, which
penetrated through the skull and into
thC brain. The flesh wound was not
large but the break in the skull looked
as If some iron instrument had been
inserted and then twisted around sew.
eral times. There were bad cuts and
bruises all over the body, indicating a
fight
The evidence of Keawc. coupled
with the appearance OF the body, was
enough for the police, and a CorOner's
jury vas summoned. The body was
viewed and the inquest was set for
1880 o'clock this evening.
In the meantime. suspicious having
rested on George Rosa, brother OF the
deceased, who lived with the latter at
the corner Of Vineyard and Punchbowl
streets. an dthe wife of the deceased.
these two people were apprehcnded by
the police, and are now at the station.
house. The truth of the whole revolt
ing occurrence will come out at the
inquest this evening.
However, certain facts are admitted
by all. George Rosa had a quarrel
With his brother last Saturday
night and early Sunday morning. Al
about a. m. Sunday, Mrs. Rosa, who
had departed Saturday night when the
| trouble between the two brothers be.
gan, returned to the house. Her hus.
band was lying on the floor OF his room
with pillow saturated with blood un.
der his head. She went away again
and at II o'clock the same morning Il
doctor was sent for. BY this time the
man was fruthing at the mouth
DR.. Alvarez arrived and gave the
deceased an injection of strychninc.
He fingered along until $3.50 u'clocl,
yesterday morning and died. The doc.
tor gave alcoholism as the cause OF
death. burial permit was secured
and between 3 and $50 o'clock in
the afternoon the remains were inter.
red in the Catholic cemetery.
Captain Parker made search OF
the premises because the son had said
he saw George Rosa strike his father
In the room was found putty knife.
The pillow case upon which the de.
ceased had lain had been washed, but
the stains were still there.
This morning further search was
made and large carpenters compass
was found concealed in a crack in a
nearby fence. On this appear marks
that. upon examination, will very prob.
ably show blood.stains. Tne police arc
inclined TO believe that this is the in.
strument that made the peculiar
wound in the head.
The two Rosa brothers have had
frequent trouble for years past. 10.
seph's wife is alleged to have been the
cause Of the bad feelings.