The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-05
POLICE Will.
HOLD STUART
Drowning Case Not
Yet Cleared
Up.

-Four newspaper reporters. Camarinos
very TouchlnF"-and one native
made up jury last night for Deputy
Sheriff Chillingworth, the coroner, to
mold an inquest over the death OF Mate
II. G. Nuorhies Of the schooner Rosa
mond, whose body was found floating
iH the water alongside Railway wharf
yesterday morning.
VOORHEES, Is the man who went on a
wild spree with Mate Stuart OF the
baril"at.ne Addenda. Both ended their
spree ly an unwilling bath. Stuart was
rescued by sailors from the water on
Monday night, but VOORHEES, BODY was
rot found until Wednesday morning.
Tno Inquest was a sort of go-as-you-
please affair one reporter-juror smok-
ed pipe during the proceedings Cam
arinos was busy during most of the
evening trying to light a cigar which
got slightly wet during the Campbell
block fire, and two other reporters
smoked cigarettes. while the fourth re-
porter ya"ned and had hard work to
keep awake
Captain Andrew johnson Of the
schooner Rosamond was the first wit
ness called. He said that the dead man
had left his vessel on Monday at l
o'clock in the afternoon. He had only
been on the Rosamond for one trip but
he considered him a good fellow, al
X.
DR.. Mcdonald explained that a post
mortem examination of the body had
been made and that no marks of vio-
lence or of any foul play had been
found on the dead body, although the
ears had been trimmed off a little by
fishes while it had been in the water.
IN his opinion death resulted simply
from drowning.
Robert Levy, a cab driver. told how
he had taken the two officers to Hack
field wharf on the evening of the drown
ing. When they got out ne naturally
expected his money. IT turned out that
the officers only had five cents between
them. He drove away in disgust. The
two men seemed to be friendly and
Stuart mentioned that he would be paid
off the next day and would come
around and pay off his debt
Hans johnson, sailor from the bark
entine W. II. Dimond, told how he had
assisted native watchman in getting
Stuart out of the water. He saw or
heard nothing of Noorhies.
Alfred Alstrom, second mate of the
Rosamond, had a very mixed story He
had heard spashes and all sorts of
cries and had recognized a faint voice
which cried help" as that of his su-
perior, Mate Voorhies, but did not make
any effort to find out what the matter
was. Juror Camarinos gave Alstrom a
lecture on the ethics of saving fellow
mems lives when they were in danger.
This did not make any great impress
sion on Alstrom. He said that the
Rosamond had no watchman at night. |
The jurors were aStounded, but Cap
tain Johnson admitted that he did not
keep a watchman for his big schooner.
John Nadine. a sailor from the Rosa
mond. also told mixed story-at least
one that did not quite agree with others
that had been told.
CamarnoS dropped into q dream |
about beer licenses.
Captain Perry of the Addenda was !
called. He said that when Stuart came
aboard he. Stuart, was very undecided
whether he wanted to go to the hos
pital or call a policeman or do nothing
at all, but was finally taken to the hos
pital the following morning. He had
not heard that the sailors of the Ad-
denda intended to do for the mate"
The jury took a few puffs at their
cigars, cigarettes and pipes and finally
brought in IA verdict that VOORHEES, met
his death by drowning" They did
not say whether it was accidental or
otherwise.
AS Camarinos, and the reporters, had
become very dry, the inquest adjourn
ed.
Mate Stuart Is still under arrest, and
will he held by the police for further in
vest '"., ton They seem to have some
idCa chat he was concerned in the case
in more ways than the evidence given
last night Indicated The case is now
as much mixed up as before the inquest
was held. Captain Flint of the water
front police has some clues i'm hand
which he thinks will result in clearing
up the movements Of the two officers
on the night of the tragedy.