The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-25
BULLET
PiERCES
BREAST

George DC. Bonbright, formerly a
night clerk at the Hawaiian hotel, and
recently special on duty with the
Rapid Transit Company. attempted to
commit suicide, by shooting, yesterday
afternoon about o'clock In the rear
OF the Mint saloon on Nuuanu street.
The effort failed, and the wounded man
is now in the Queens hospital for the
treatment of a 22-caliber bullet wound
, in the left breast.
When Manager Lake severed his con-
nectfon with the Hawaiian hotel about
two months ago, Bonbright held the
position of night clerk. Owing to
pending changes which Manager Smith
had in mind, Mr. Bonbright was re-
leased from duty. 1t is understood that
he was to have position with the
new Young Building hotel as night
clerk under Manager Lake, but in the
meantime he was Obliged to seek 9TH
er employment. Recently he was rec
commended for position on the Rapid
Transit Road, by Mr. Desky and 9TH
ers, and was placed on trial as motor
man, and until short time since he
was being trained to the duties About
three days ago he failed to put in an
appearance, and has not since taken
a trick at the brakes.
/ Yesterday afternoon he went to the
Mint saloon and sat around the estab-
nshment for several hours, doing at
times. Bonnie Lemon, the bartender,
noticed him, but as Bonbright seemed
to be using the saloon merely as a rest
ing place, little attention was paid to
him. He had been there quite often
on other occasions About 6 o'clock
Lemon heard the report of pistol
proceeding from the rear of the saloon,
, or the roof garden, as it is called.
He, with others, ran to the place, and
found Bonbright there, evidently in
pain. A pistol lay near him, and he
was holding his hand to his breast.
He was not unconscious.
The police were called, and Bon
bright was taken to the Queens hos
pital, where it was ascertained that the
bullet wound was not dangerous, as
the revolver used was only 22-caliber
The wound was in the left breast, but
not near enough to the heart to cause
any apprehension that it would result
fatally Bonbright would make 10
statement except "Oh, God! What have
I done.'
Bonbright was well-liked while he
was at the Hawaiian hotel, and was
affable and cheerful as a general
thing. The only reason the police can
assign for the attempt at suicide is
that On Thursday Bonbright was ar
rested on a warrant sworn to by
Chinese boy who sells papers, the al
legation being that when the boy asked
Bonbright to buy a paper the latter
slapped his face. The case was dis
missed yesterday morning in the po-
lice court, owing to the non-appear-
ance of the youngster. The matter is
supposed to have caused Bonbright
some embarrassment, and led to ex-
treme measures on his part.
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ommend on the matter remains mat
ter of speculation. 1t is very certain
that If the Junior Senator from Kansas
concludes that ''Lil' should have few
million dollars as pay, he will not be
slow to say so.
Senator, what is your opinion of
the tariff and trust utterances of Pres
ident Roosevelt?'
'T have none, for the good and suf-
ficient reason that during the two
months the committee put in on the
islands we attended strictly to the bus
mess in hand, and did not read much
or hear much from the states"
"You will enter actively into the
campaign in Kansas"
81 am going into the campaign next
week, and will stay with 1t until the
close of the polls
Where viii you make your opening
speech?"
81 believe the place has not yet been,
fully determined, but when l do speak
1 will make reference to the tariff and
call attention to the fact that we must
have pretty good platform when the
Democrats are willing to stand on half
of it,