The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-10
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LIFE To
DEATH.
Coroner Called to
Investigate
Suicides.
TWO MEN KILL
THEMSELVES
One Strikes His Wife and Then
Shoots Himself Anothers
Body Found in Manoa.

YESTERDAY was a day of suicide
| Il sensations. one man killing him
self at Kalihi and the body of an.
other unfortunate being found in the
Manoa Valley
Despondent and worried over money
matters and unequal to the task of
providing for the wants of his large
family, a. NJ. Hewitt, n kamaaina well
known as a sugar checker or tally clerk
on the water front, shot himself IA
tally yesterday afternoon about
O'Clock at his home in Kalihi. Mr..
Hewitt was a man about Sc years of
age, an Englishman by birth, and a
resident Of Honolulu for more than
quarter of a century. He was at one
time employed on the Ookala planta-
ton, later with the Hawaiian News
COMPANY, but of recent years he has
attended to. the checking of sugar on
the wharves.
News of the suicide reached the po-
lice station about 2:30, and shortly af-
ter a coroner's jury went to the home
of the deceased, in charge of Deputy
Sheriff Chillingworth. The body was
found stretched out upon the floor of
the front bedroom. where it had fallen.
Pools of blood lay here and there
around the remains. The head was
propped up with pillow, the wife hav-
ing placed it there when she endeav-
ored to succor the wounded man. In
the house were the seven young chill
dren Of the couple. the youngest only
a month old. who were being comforted
by neighbors From the stories told
by Mrs Hewitt and others, Hewitt had
been drinking recently and orooded
over his lack of money. He came home
yesterday about noon with a package
OF meat and asked his wife to cook the
same While doing so ]. r. Holt came
to the house with some books OF ae-
which he and Mr.. Hewitt went
over. Mr.. Holt remained about an hour
and then took his departure. A few
minutes after he had gone, Mr.. Hewitt
said he was going to kill himself. Hi.
wife told him to eat his lunch, as il
was getting cold. He, however, took
a revolver from the bureau. Mrs.
Hewitt begged him not to do anything
rash. and asked him for his children'-
sake to desist. He answered roughly
that he didn't care what became of the
children. She attempted to wrest the
weapon from his hands but he struck
her vicious blow with his free fst
upon her upper jaw She fell back,
ran TO the window and called for help.
" hile doing this she heard a shot and
turned about just in time to see her
husband fall, blood gushing from his
mouth and from a wound in the back
Of the head where the bullet had
emerged. He did not speak and it wa.
evident he had been instantly killed.
In her testimony before the jury Mrs
Hewitt tearfully told the sad story.
she said she was Mrs. Pauline Hewitt.
She thought her husband was out OF
lis head during the past few weeks,
md he seemed 20 have had some trOu-
lie down town about money He was
ften drunk. he formerly worked with
Brewer & Co, but had no steady work
I late. He complained of having trou-
lie with everybody. He seemed to be
ngry but would not tell her why.
Il tried TO get the revolver away from
im.'' said Mrs. Hewitt, "but he hit
ne in the face with his fist. He said
e would Kill me, too. il I didn't let
i'm alone. I rushed TO the window
nd then I heard the shot. He was
tanding in front OF the bureau whea
e did il. 1 prayed TO him to think
bout his children. but he said he did
OF care anything about them"
The body was removed to II. H VII
ans undertaking establishment and
be funeral win take place today. The
Iry returned a verdict in accordance
18th the facts given them, asserting
nat he came TO his death by shooting
alf-inflicted.