The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-17
Geo. Groves Shot
by Honolulu
Boy.
ACCIDENTS ON
A ROUGH SEA
Murderous Assault OF Porto
Rican Laborer Upon His Wife
and Child.

| MAUI, February 10, 1902.-Sunday al
ternoon, the 9Th, George Groves, who
has charge of Awana's store at Huelo,
was accidentally shot in the jaw by
Robert Plunkett, a student of Kane
hameha College, now at his Huelo
home on a vacation The two were
| ''skylarking" in vicinity of the
store, when Plunkett picked up a shot
gun, which he believed to be unloaded
and aimed at Groves, saying, Now
I'll take your picture with a kodak"
The gun was loaded, however, and
went off, striking Groves on one side
of the mouth, tearing, SCATTERING and
decorating his jaw in a most fright
full manner, pieces of the jaw bone be-
ing driven deep into the flesh. AT the
time of the accident the two men were
standing about nine feet apart.
Before DR.. Dinegar reached the scene
of the shooting, Groves had lost
much blood that his life was despaired
of for a time. He is now doing well.
AS soon as he recovered conscious
be attached to Plunkett, and later
signed a written statement to that eff
feet In spite of this, for the sake of
example, the sheriff ordered Plunkett
arrested and afterward released him
upon a $500 bond. In explanation it
should be stated that Plunkett had
used the gun but a short time before
the accident and had left the two bar
rels free of cartridges. His younger
brother, in the meantime, had used the
gun and carelessly forgot to remove
the shells. Plunkett has suffered ter
ribly, both physically and mentally,
for his part in the affair. When he
saw what he had done, he was taken
with violent fit, foamed at the mouth,
and became unconscious, requiring the.
efforts of DR.. Dinegar ID over
come his paroxysms. II
ACCIDENT TO STEAMER
Owing to an accident to the steamer
Maui at Misunderstanding a rock
she went on Immediately to Honolulu, :
taking no mail. The mail of central
Maui was forwarded to Lahaina, to {
catch the Kinau. I
JAPANESE LOST.
During Wednesday, the 18th inst,
japanese fishing boat containing three &
men left Kahului on a fishing trip. While
It sea, the kona wind became so strong s
hat they couldn't make a landing till e
friday on account of the high surf roll b
ng upon the shores. On Friday they at s.
empted to land at Honapo. Huelo, and -
mashed their boat on the rocks in do I
ng so. One of the five japanese is miss W
ng, only four of the fishermen crawl
d safely upon the rocky shore. Deputy
heriff Kalama is looking into the mat
er.
The Maui Soda and Ice Works of Wal n
Iku have recently become a corporation a
nth capital stock of $4,000, with the
rivilege OF increasing it to 100000 As K
MS was one of Mauis gilt edged" in
the $4,000 worth of stock was fe
uickly taken, for subscribers were at ny
and to take up $4,000 of additional stock Ia
it had been issued. Mr.. r. A. Wads- W
orth, the originator of the enterprise, tn
etained $4,000 worth of stock and the -
ontrol of the Incorporated company. II tt
ase that water power can be obtained ar
ON lao valley or elsewhere it is the ou
tention of the company to extend its on
Isiness lines as TO include the fur NJ
shing of electric lights to the COM RE
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