The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-02-25
PALAMA'S
SHOOTING
Terrible Domestic
Tragedy inAala
Lane.
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H and tried % kn me- and I want
~ 90 have him arrested"
Such were thc words uttered by ma
live woman who drove up 90 the police
station IN hack about O'Clock yes
tcrday afternoon.
The woman did not seem 20 be- at an
aEitated, IN fact. so calmly did she tell
her story that those whom she address
ed az the police station were inclined
90 think that she was suffering from
n demsion Nevertheless officer Robert
Parker Jr was dispatched to the wo-
mans home I'm Aala lanc to investigate.
Meanwhile the woman sat I'm the Dep
uty Snerms Office and waited. immo-
bile and fearless.
About forty minutes later the officer
returned and calling Clerk Mossman
aside spoke a few words To him. after
which Mossman told the woman that
her husband had shot himself and was
dead. Then her pent-up feelings got
the best Of her and she wept bitterly.
The story of the tragedy Is the old ia
miliar one Of domestic infellclty. drink
and one rash act to end 1t all. and 1t
was only the superb nerve OF the lit
tie woman that saved her from lying
stiff and cold beside her husband to-
day.
| Mr. and Mrs. w. Meyer resided in
Aala lane. Palama. She is a slim Ha-
waiian girl and her husband, william
Meyer, was "A haole and "A well-borcr
by trade. Their married life has been
an unhappy one. for the husband
drank inlmoderately and when under
the influence Of liquor beat his wife,
who has frequently complained about
her ill-treatment at the police station.
Some time ago he was fined S25 for as
sault and battery on his wife
on Thursday night Meyer and his
wife had trouble and he said that he
was going to shoot her. Yesterday af-
ternoon about $3.50 o'clock he met his
wife walking IN Aala lane with another
woman. He walked up to her and
drawing a revolver from his hip peck
ct, said, II am going to do what | told
you last night"
Then he raised his gun to take aim,
but Mrs. Meyer. quick as flash, seized
his arm and the bullet went wide of
its mark. As he fired the woman drop
ped to the ground and chung to her
husbands knees. After the first shot
TIE woman arose aud Meyer again took
aim and again the woman, almost mir
aculously, diverted the course of the
leaden messenger by forcing the weap-
| on upward with her arm in the nick
OF time. 1t was n close call, however.
and the powder burned a great hole in
the sleeve of her holoku. The second
| shot dazed Mrs. Meyer and she again
fell to the ground, whereupon her hus-
band. thinking that he had effected his
purpose. raised the gun to his head and
fired. His hand shook, however and
the ball pierced his neck
When Mrs. Meyer opened her eyes she
looked up and seeing her husband
standing over her with blood running
down his shirt front, said, Pau, pau"
| To which Meyer made answer "All
right, If you'll come home with me-"
Mrs. Meyer consented to this and
they started toward their house togeth-
e., but as soon as the woman saw a
chance she ran away and jumping in
. hack, drove to the police station.
/ Meyer then proceeded to the house
and on arrival blew out his brains.
a coroner's jury was Immediately
empaneled and after viewing the re-
mains an inquest was held Mt which the
witnesses were Mrs. William Meyer
William A. Hall and A. REGARD
Mrs, Meyer testified that she had had
frequent trouble with her husband, and
that she had had him arrested for as
slult some time last year. She stated