The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-01-24

A FTER waiting in vain for a letter
~ from his wife or his daughter
- Edna. who are now in San Fran
cisco, Thomas Krouse. the well-known
boniface, ended his life yesterday
morning by shooting himself twice. He
died about 1880 at the Queens Hos
pital. Dependency over family and
financial troubles drove poor Tom to
the desperate deed which has deprived
Honolulu of one Of Its most genial cit-
zens.
Failure to receive letter on the
steamship Ventura prompted the faith
err to make good the promise that he
had put down in writing on December
90 when he babe his friends good bye.
That letter he kept until yesterday
morning, when he added as postscript
in a handwriting which was heavy and
uncertain, II have been waiting for a
letter from my wife. Goodbye. T. l..
krouse." All morning long he had
paced the three blocks between the Ar
lington hotel on Hotel street and the
postofice in vain hope that he might
receive word, but none came. AS early
as 6 o'clock Mr.. Krouse went to the
Postohice, again at 8. later at 0 and
the last time he sent the Japanese girl.
KIM, who looks after the rooms, and
upon her return with no news or let
ter, he exclaimed. IAN right! All right!
All pau! All paul" Shortly afterward,
when the girl had left the room, two
shots rang out. and the respondent
man fell mortally wounded by his own
hand.
Mr.. Krouse made no verbal statement
to the physicians who attended him, or
to High Sheriff Brown, although prom
Using to do so by and by" but death
interviewed before Mr.. Krouse did so,
and only a letter to Mrs. Frank l..
Hogs, and several scraps of paper on
which he had scrubbed a few lines. in
dicated the reason for his act.
At about II o'clock yesterday fore
noon inmates of the Arlington hotel.
which Is located In the second story of
the building fronting on Hotel street
were startled by hearing two pistol re-
ports in quick succession. Kimi. the
japanese servant, OWNED the cause at
once and went posthaste to room l, the
door of which led to Mr.. Krouse's
apartments. The door was locked and
she opened 1t with her passkey. She
| found the parlor and dining room full
of smoke and saw the PROSTATE figure
of Mr.. Krouse lying partially In the
dining room, his head and shoulders in
the little kitchen. She gave the alarm
and a telephone message was sent to
DIR. Meyers.
DR.. Boyle and Mr.. Page, who have
rooms in the hotel, went to the appar-
emily lifeless body of the suicide. Mr..
Krouse was lying partially on his right
side. a pistol close by his right hand
| Blood issued from his mouth and col
lected In clots upon the linoleum floor.
He was breathing and shortly after
ward recovered consciousness. He at
tempted to speak. but owing to blood
yelling up In his throat he was una
BILE to do so. The patrol wagon was
called for and attended by Dr. Meyers
and the High Sheriff the wounded man
was taken to the Queens Hospital.
When DIR. c. Il. Wood arrived Mr..
Krouse had again become unconscious
and was apparently about to die. The
doctor examined the body and found
wound just below the left nipple. The
bullet evidently had passed close to the
heart, piercing the left lung and lodg
ing in the back. No other wound was
| complete collapse and was quite
blanched. There seemed little hope for
him owing to the loss of blood.
He rallied, however. under the min
| istratlon of morphia. DIR. Wood then
, made ready to make an operation and
was about to proceed when a relapse
took place. and. 1t was decided then
that nothing could be done. AIr.
Krouse became insensble and died
about 1890. DR.. Wood asked him
whether he wanted to make state
ment. but beyond admitting that he
had shot himself, he would say moth
ing. Under stress Of excitement and