The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-01
REMAINS SURELY
THOSE OF HORNET
JsweIler Said His Body Would
Not Be Found
Soon.

Piled up in the center of Deputy
Sheriff Chillingworth's Office yesterday
afternoon was a gruesome mass of evil
dence, consisting of bones, a 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
mains of Ernest Hornet, the missing
jeweller, and during the coroner's in
quest they were positively identified by
his friends. All the witnesses had
known Hornet well. during his lifetime
and each was able to identify the re-
mains by some sign or other which
they remembered distinctively as hay
ing some relation to him. One identi-
fed the clothing, another the skull on
account of it's large size, another the
filling of thei teeth and another by a
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 unacceptable articles
Of wear were those of Hornet, but just
how he came to his death was undeter-
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 conf
posed of J. S. Walker, Clifford Kimball
Frank Kruger, w. H. Coney, r. b.
Kidd and A P. 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 once 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 OFF,"
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 We're those of his
missing friend.
Dr. Hubby examined the teeth and
identified some filling he had done. He
knew his own work and the alloy used
was only used by himself and DR.. An
derson Merle Johnson said Hornet
was respondent over the loss of his
house and about $500 he had sunk in
Maunalei Sugar plantation. He felt
that the remains were those of Hornet
because of the watchmaker's material
box found in one of the pockets.
f. 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 it would be a long time be-
fore they discovered his remains. From
this it is believed that Hornet DELHI
erately sought out the secluded crater
and ended his life there hoping that no
one would think of looking there for
him.
The jury rendered the following YER
dict:
That the said e. C. Hornet, whose
remains were by this jury received in
the Office of the coroner. came to his
death at Honolulu, Oahu, on or about
July rs, 1901, from causes unknown to
this jury, but presumably suicide.