The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-08-01
REMAINS SURELY
THOSE OF HORNET

Piled up in the center of Deputy
Sheriff Chlllingworths office yesterday
afternoon was a gruesome mass of evil
dence, consisting of bones. skull
worn and tattered clothing and various
trinkets all thrown together in a con-
fused heap almost as they had been
gathered by police officers in the crater
of Diamond Head. They were the re
mains OF Ernest Hornet, the missing
Jewellcr and during the coroner's In
quest they We're positively identified by
his friends. All the witnesses had
known Hornet well during his lifetime
mains by some sign or other which
they remembered distinctively as hav-
ing some relation to him. one idenu
fled the clothing, another the skull on
account of its large size, another the
filling of the tceth and another by q
small round tin box in which watch
makers materials are forwarded.
There was little doubt when the in
quest was over but that the skeleton
and the almost .unrecognizable articles
of wear were those OF Hornet but just
mined. The jury believe that he took
his life and that poison was used.
That he should have gone to such an
out of the way place as the crater OF
Diamond Head was only in keeping
with the mans peculiar habits and his
penchant for roaming about in that
part of the island.
The cOroner's jury which was com
posed of j. $. Walker, clifford Kimball,
Frank Kruger, W. ii. Coney, r. b.
Kidd and A. l.. Taylor, met with the
coroner, Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth.
at $3.50.
J. w. Redhouse, with whom Hornet
had lived, said that the latter was
often in "A Respondent mood owing to
the burning Of his house. and loss Of
money In stocks. He had three bot
ties in his room. one OF which contain
ed carbolic acid, and another found
with the remains Cnce held whiskey.
He told me once" continued Mr..
Redhouse, that if he had much trou-
BILE and could not get out Of 1t he would
blow his head on
Mr.. Redhouse was inclined to doubt
to the last that the remains were those
of Hornet but finally admitted that the
weight of evidence proved almost con-
clusively that they were those Of his
missing friend
. DR.. Hubby examined the teeth and
identified some filing he had done. He
knew his own work and the alloy used
I was only used by himself and Dr. An
derson Merle Johnson said Hornet
Z was respondent over the loss of his
house ana about $500 he had sunk in
( Maunalel Sugar plantation. He felt
| that the remains were those of Hornet
because of the watchmaker's material
box found in one Of the pockets.
! T.. j. Dutra gave the only real evil
dence that pointed to Hornets desire
to shuttle off the mortal coil. Hornet
, had told him that if he disappeared
some day II would be a long time be
, fore they discovered his remains. From
! this II is believed that Hornet delib
erately sought out the secluded crater
and ended his life there hoping that NJ
one would think OF looking there tol
him.
The Jury rendered the following yer
dict:
That the said +. G. Hornet, WHOSE
remains were by tits jury received II
4 the Office OF the coroner, came to hi
death at Honolulu. Oahu, on or abou
July %, 1901. from causes unknown q
this jury, but presumably suicide.
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