The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-02-22
BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS
DOMESTIC INFELICITY CULMIN-
ATES IN TRAGEDY
Well Borer Meyers Attempts to Shoot
His wife and Kills Himself-Drink
An Accessory.

A tragedy, almost a double ore the
elimination of several months Of do
nestle ENVIRONMENTS. occurred yHstCr-
day afternoon between three and iJur
o'clock i'm Aala Lane, Palama in wF.ch
a would-be murderer and suicide was
successful only in taking his own
life, shooting himself through the
mouth, possibly thinking mat he had
already achieved the murder that he
had planned.
The dead man, w. Meyer who told his
wife that he was forty-three years of
age, was employed by the well boring
firm of MCCandless Brothers. He was
a white man. probably VI German eN-
traction and was ordinarily good
workman earning good wages in his oc-
CupatiOn. Six years ago he marie his
wife Dora, a slender, attractive looking
native woman apparently about twenty
years younger than himself. Until last
summer the matrimonial oath seem TO
have been, If not planted with TOAtS,
/ beset with few obstacles, bat Tor the
last six months a crop Of thOrns that
| finally blocked the road altogether has
been fOurishng.
/ Meyer, from the testimony of neigh
| bOrs and the police was in the habit ot
coming home under the influence OF
/ liquor and maltTeating his wife not
| merely by actual blows but with insin-
uatiOn and accusations against her
fidelity. Meyer was hauled before the
court on one occasion and fined twenty
five dollars for wife beating. Recrimi-
nations on both sides were frequent and
for the past month Dora, acting on the
kindly advice of the deputy Sheriff, has
been living apart from her husband pre-
paratOry to securing a divorce.
Her home was made with her sister
| and brother-in-law A. REGARD, in Aala
Lane Dora, while anxious for her di-
vorce was also anxious to secure her
share of the furniture with which the
| Meyers house was fitted, she having
/ brought no inconsiderable amount of
| household goods as a part of her we'd
| ding portion.
on Thursday night Meyer and Dora
saw each other for little while at
| REGARDS when Meyer told her that he
would send her out of the world, and,
| says Dora, 81 knew that meant muir
| der" Yesterday afternoon Dora was
| at the Chinese store in Aala Lane when
/ Meyer came to REGARDS house. He had
| been drinking, not enough to prevent
the free use of his faculties but pal
pably drinking. Asking for Dora in
matter of fact way, he stated that he
would go and get some bottles of beer
| and left Dora, in the grocery store,
saw him pass and then FASTENED out
not wishing to interview him. He saw
/ her and wheeling overlook her as she
ing to keep my promise, Dora he said
i've bought it and I've GOT 70 go
through with it" With that he drew a
newly bought revolver from his hip
pocket as Dora, with deadly Fremont
ton, screamed and caught his arms
bendin" them CrOssWise i'm an attempt
to wrest away the pistol One shot
rang out and the frightened and ey-
hausted woman sank to the ground as
the second shot grazed her shoulde"
the close impact of the muzzle blaczen-
ing the cloth.
Perhaps thinkirg the deed accom-
Iplishcd, Meyers turned his pistol against
himself as he had threatened the night
before and fired the bullet grazing the
back of his neck. Dora rose to her feet
and saw the blood trickling. Paul!
Paul. she cried and Meyers telling her
to come home if she wanted to end the
affair STROBE on ahead to REGARDS
where he entered a room and waiting a
minute or So lay on the mattress in the
corner and, claspng the pistol with
both hands, thrust the muzzle between
his teeth and blew out his brains
There was a terrible hole in the back
of his head and his spotless white vest
showed where the powder had scorched
1T as the bullet went to its mark. Meyers
seems to have dressed himself with
scrupulous care in expectation of the
event. His linen was perfectly fresh,
his shoes new and his clothes apparent
ly his best. His hat, which he had not
taken the trouble to remove showed a
hole where the spent bullet passed
through.
Dora meanwhile, had slipped through
a space in the fence and entered the
house of William Hall who took her
down to the police station where she
asked for the arrest of her husband,
not knowing that he had already pass
ed beyond human authority.