Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-11
SOLDIER IS MISSING
PERHAPS DEAD MAN IS
GORDON OF The WARREN
Mysterious Board Of Inquiry May be
Investigating Case Of Murder
or Accident on the
Transport,

Was the mysterious board OF inquiry,
or court of inquiry, called aboard the
transport Warren for the purpose OF
discussing broken propeller blades and
defective boilers or-murder.
This is the question being asked by
thoughtful folks on the waterfront this
morning
The Warren has been in hot water
since her arrival in this port with q
propeller blade missing. After repairs
had been made to the propeller and
she was said to be all right and in good
condition to proceed to Manila, mys-
FERROUS board of inquiry is called, the
members of which absolutely refuse to
divulge to the press or any one aboard
the transport, outside the few who OF
! necessity are acquainted with the
facts. any OF the proceedings OF the
board.
II the dead man found In the water
near the stern of the Warren was a
member of the crew Of that vessel or II
his death was in some way connected
with man aboard the transport, the
affair would in all probability detain
the ship in port. while officers and
men were subpoenaed as witnesses in a
/ preliminary police investigation. The
transport people, not wanting to be
! longer held in Honolulu harbor, and,
at the same time, anxious to get at
the bottom of a mystery perhaps con-
nected with the Warren, call a board
of inquiry to look into the matter and
keep all proceedings secret, determin-
ing, of course, II the murderer or muir
derers are found aboard III murder was
indeed committed and II II happened
aboard the vessel or was taken part in
; by anyone on the transporD to hold
the alleged guilty party until Manila
Is reached or until the boat returns Ia
San Francisco.
: A handkerchief found in the right
hip pocket Of the trousers of the dead
man, bearing the mark OF the Sanitary
Laundry, "2O,OOS" and the letter CO
: in one corner, is in the possession oil
the police and promises to throw much
: light on the case.
The laundry people said yesterday
that the handkerchief had come from
the transport Warren. Inquiry at the
! laundry this morning elected the in
formation that a bundle of laundry
J marked "20,00S" had Just been sent
down to the Warren. The clerk salt
he did not remember the name on thu
, package, but II was directed in the car,
J of the second steward OF the transport
/ One of the laundry employees, who haC
! handled the laundry, thought the nam,
was Pettinger. or something like 1t.
The Coroner's jury assembled at tn,
police station last night hut Corone
Chilllngworth. after Or. Pratt, wht
performed the autopsy, had made hi,
report and answered questions. sal,
that he wished the jury to wait before
, returning a verdict. as several clew'
!, were being followed and some ligh
, might be thrown on the case.
. DR.. Pratt, in answer to questions
; said that the dead mans skull was un
usually thick and that he did not :hinl
the wounds on the head were saiil
cient TO have caused death. although
they were enough to have produce
. Inconsistencies. In his opinion tn
, man had been drowned, the drowning
, very likely occurring while he was un
conscious. There were no vIslbl,
wounds on the head, he said, the mark
appearing under the scalp and show
ing on the brain when the cap of TAI
skull was removed. Dr. Pratt though
. the wounds had been inflicted b.
sandbag or some similar instrument
He said also that the wounds nigh
possibly have been received by a fall
/. although this was not likely. He Ia,
: observed about an ounce of food
5 chiefly meat in the stomach v hich hn'
. been there about two hours wbej
death occurred. Beef stew, he though