Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-10
BODY NOT IDENTIFIED
MAY BE A CASE OF
SHANGHAI ACCIDENT
Sailor Whose Description Follows
That Of Dead Man Has Not
Been Heard OF
Recently,

warren AT lne Navy WHAT dDOul mum
yesterday. A native, Moekane, discov
cred the dead man and. securing q
boat, attached rope to the body and
towed II to Brewers wharf.
The police having been notified and
the dead man taken from the water,
the remains were removed to the
morgue and the following coroner's
Jury empanelled: Sam Chillingworth,
p. Flynn, William Smith. d. Renear,
II. NJ. Ayres and II. Gumpfer.
After viewing the remains the jury
was excused until this evening NJ 3
o'clock, when the inquest will be held
The dead man was a white man oil
ordinary height and inclined to be
stout. His hair was brown with q
tendency to auburn and he wore a
stubby red mustache. He was clothed
I'm a dark suit with small check, wore
shoes that had done much duty. a
strap for belt, a black tie and wool.
en- shirt. The coat was tightly but.
toned over the chest. A star, tatooed
in black and red. was on the back OF
the right hand. A cheap gold ring,
with an amethyst seeing. was on the
tnIrd finger of the left hand.
On the finger bearing the ring was
an incised wound. The wound. which
evidently caused death was near the
left temple. II was large wound and
was apparently made WIN a blunt but
heavy instrument. The dead man
seems to have been a sailor and indi.
cations were that the body had been
In the water for two or three days, the
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ton having advanced to a consider.
able extent.
There are numerous points of SINH
larity between the present case and
that of the Lubbock mystery. The
scene is practically the same In both
instances; both bodies showed signs
Of some severe struggle: both bodies
bore wounds that pointed to murder.
The coat worn by Lubbock and the
coat worn by the dead man found yes.
terday were both tightly bottoned. In
the case of LuDeck, his shirt was very
much torn.
The police are at work on yester--
days mystery, but have not as yet dis.
covered anything.
The mystery is the talk of the water.
lhl lOudl II 10 W 6t SNANhb
the general feeling that the dead man
was the victim OF Shanghai acct.
dent A Shanghai accident" may be
briefly explained by the following ex.
ample: A man Is wanted to ship
aboard certain vessel. either because
some crimp wants blood money for
supplying the captain with a sailor, or
because the man is not wanted ashore
by his enemies. He is not willing to
ship on the vessel: therefore he must
be compelled to. He Is made drunk
or is drugged and taken aboard. The
drink or the drug. by an oversight,
fail to have the desired effect and the
man comes to himself and discover
what is going on. He struggles. fights
and attempts to yell. He must be kept
quiet and so Is tapped on the head
with what happens to be handy be.
laying pin. the butt of revolver. The
man continues to fight, perhaps, and is
knocked again and falls senseless.
| Perhaps the blow was harder than in
tended and the man is killed. The
| body is dropped into the water. "Peo.
pie will think he fell overheard and
was drowned while he was drunk,
says his slayers, and get away as quick
Gs they can.
Both Lubbock and the unknown had
their coats tightly buttoned. A MUIR
| derer, throwing the body of his victim
in the water, might very naturally but
ton up the coat of the dead man, know.
Ing that the garment might otherwise
| come off and float into the hands of the
curious, thus increasing the possibili'
ties of discovery.
The police asked various shippers OF
sailors to view the remains of the un.
known. thinking that perhaps the face
OF the dead man might be recognized
by some OF them, The dead man,
however. has not yet been identified
A Bulletin reporter this morning
made inquiries aboard various ships In
the harbor concerning members OF
their crews which might be missing.
II was learned that two men had
recently deserted the British ship Pc
ter Iredale. Descriptions OF these men
were furnished by the second mate lnd
members of the crew.
The deserters are John Falcon, q
Scotcnman. and Arthur Bloomfield, an
EnglIshman. Both possess stubby red
mustaches.
The description Of Arthur Bloom
field tallies to some extent with that
of the dead man. Bloomfield Is de,
scribed as having brown hair with az
auburn tinge and a stubby red mus
tache. He is of medium height and in
clined to be stout. He left the lredalC
two weeks ago. His former mates
cannot remember whether he was n
tooed on the right hand or whether
the ring he wore on his left hand hat
an amethyst setting, They have no
seen him since he deserted.
On inquiry at the sailors boarding
houses 1t was found that no such nam,
as that OF Arthur BLOOMFIELD was 81
the registers.
Shipping masters were next inter
viewed and finally Messrs. Lewis a
Turk, who supply vessels with crews
said they knew Arthur Bloomfield.
But II can't be him." said Mr.. Lew
is; he got job ashore ten days ago
used to know him on the Coast. HI
was a goou fellow. No; 1t can't b.
him; he never gets drunk; besides,
he had quit his job in the country h
would have come to see us. No;
haven't seen Arthur Bloomfield sine
he got job ashore, but it cant be hin
No; | haven't been to see the dea
man and have no idea who he Is"
Perry, waiter aboard the transpor