The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-11
MURDER
MAY Be
TRACED
A Handkerchief
Used for a
Clue.


Identified white man found floating In
the harbor on Sunday was held last
night at the police station. The cor
oners jury was composed of sam thu-
lingworth, william Smith. 4. Flynn, II.
Renear, II. Gumpfer ana II. NJ. Ayres
The only witness called was DR. j.
:. H. Pratt who read his report in part
as follows:
General AppearanCes-Bodyo of "A wen
developed and muscular white man, .
feet 10 inches in height, dressed in
check suit. black negligee shirt, heavy
grey wooden shirt and lace shoes, heavy
grey wooden socks. Entire clothing sat
urated with water. Faces eNudlhs
from arms. Right arm tattooed with
six flags and "A mans face; star on
back of left hand, and around the lell
wrist tattooing about one-elShth men
wide. Decomposition set in over entire
head, and blood oozing from nose one
decent piece and two nickles in right
hip pocket; also, piece of plug toDac-
CO. Left hip pocket handkercllleI
with letter CO. embroidered, and two
laundry marks. 200S3 and 2OOS. fltty-
cent piece in right pants pocket. PIPE
and box OF matches in right pocket OF
coat. Skin torn and loose ON right
ring finger. Ring with blue stone on
left ring finger. Hair thickly matted
With blood; color brown and SUBJECT
partially bald on forehead. Three-Dlad-
ed knife in left pants pocket. Eplder-
mis- peels on pressure all over the podE.
Sore on right first finger nearly healeu
and wrapped with rag. Hands ana leet
sbriyeled from contact with water.
Lungs-Left, slight pleuretic adhe-
sions. Some congestion, but owing to
post-mortem changes hard to say just
how much. Lung very heavy, weigh
ing about three times what II should
on section water and bloody serum
exudes from all parts.
Right lung in about the same condi-
ton, with the exception that 1t was
lightly adherent to the thoracic walls
and diaphragm. Thoracic cavity filled
with blood-stained fluid to the amount
of about two quarts.
Heart-No excess of pericardial MUD.
Heart soft and fabby; right aurlcle
and yentricle free from clots, ana lett
the same. All valves healthy.
Brain-Upon removal of scalp there
was seen a hemorrhage had occurred
on the right side, over the paretal
hone. and another at the junction OF
the two parietal bones with the occlpi-
tai. After the skull cap had been re-
moved the evidence that there had been
q hemorrhage of the brain ana rupture
of some vessels in the brain was more
more circumscribed, one being about
two inches in diameter and the other
about one inch and half.
General Remarks-From the torego-
ing history of the findings, ! have
reached the following conclusion: That
the man died of drowning; that he dled
in a very few minutes; that in all
probability the wounds on the head
were received before death.
j. S. Il. PRATT, NJ. ID.
Examined by the coroner, DR.. Pratt
said that in his opinion the injuries on
the head had been inflicted by some
thing like sandbag. He thought that
the wounds had probably rendered the
man unconscious and that the pody
had been in the water three or four
days. The dead man had the thickest
skull Dr. Pratt had ever seen, and IN
his opinion this alone prevented trac-
ture of the skull being sustained.
The inquest was then adjourned un-
til the call of the coroner.
O. II. Berrey notified the police that
he had travelled from Laupahoehoe by
the Kinau on February II with a man
who answerud the description of de-
ceased.
livery boat in the harbor was visited
and inquiry made for missing men. The
only man in this class who at all re-
sembled deceased was one Arthur
Bloomfield, late OF British ship Peter
Iredale. During the day, however, his
whereabouts were satisfactorily deter
mined.
Perry, the waiter on the transport
Warren, was interviewed by the police
and related precisely the same story
as appeared in yesterdays Advertiser.
Perhaps the most important stroke of
work done by the police throughout the
day was the tracing of handkerchief
marked "G." in one corner from the
Sanitary Steam Laundry to the trans
pert Warren, from where it had been
sent last week with lot of other
washing and whittier it was returned.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth endeav-
ored to ascertain whether any member
of the Warren's crew was missing. AS
far as he could find out, however, all
were accounted for.
1t was the tracing of this handker-
chief, together with DR.. Pratts opinion
given at the inquest, that the dead man
had been rendered unconscious by a
blow on the head, received prior to en-
tering the water, which prompted the
coroner to adjourn the inquest.
Coroner Chillingworth is giving the
case his entire attention. and expects
sensational developments. He will not
discuss the case.
AS the detectives work they approach
nearer and nearer to the transport
Warren. Today a vigorous investiga-
ton will be made on board the War
rem, and the crew mustered, so that it
may be seen beyond possibility of doubt
whether or not there is a man missing,