Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-10
ENDED HIS OWN life
WIDOW AND SEVEN
CHILDREN DESTITUTE
COrOner's Jury Decides That A. N.
Hewitt Shot Himself to Death
While Temporarily
Insane.

Kalihi. an old timer here VINO was re-.
Gently engaged on the waterfront as 4
sugar checker Or tally clerk, returned
hone from school yesterday anerr, On
to find ii.eiT father d"-i killed BY lis
own hand. and their mother weeping
for the loss Of her husband bemoaning
the ma lnesE that had driven him to
leave he: To- face the difficulties Of life
alone with seven young children tc
care for and support.
/ Hewitt shot and kill, himself about
o'clock yesterday afternoon at his
home. lie stood before the bureau in
the front bedroom. placed revolvGr
In his mouth and blew hole through
the back OF his head.
For a couple Of weeks past Hewitt
/ has been acting in a very strange man
ner. lie had been respondent and had
been drinking very heavily. He was not
working regularly and found il diff
cult to make as much money as was
needed for the support Of Lis large ia
mily.
He went down town yesterday MORN
ing. returning TO his home early In the
afternoon with some meat for supper.
His wife told him that she had saved
some lunch for him. He paid little 81
no attention to what she had to say.
He was angry abont something and be.
haved queerly. His wife was frighten-
ed. He went into the bedroom and
when his wife followed him there she
found that he held a revolver in mis-
hand. He had spoken several days be-
fore of intending to kill himself and,
fearing that he might attempt to carry
out his threat. Mrs. Hewitt hid the re.
vOlver. Hewitt managed to find the
weapon. however, and was lingering the
gun nervously when Mrs. Hewitt fol-
lowed him into the bedroom. The
frightened wife made a grab for the
gun, at the same time praying her hus-
band to remember the children and
for their sake as well as her own to
put away the weapon.
For answer the temporarily crazed
man struck his wife on the mouth and
threatened TO shoot her II she inter.
fered with him. Thereupon Mrs. Hew.
II rushed out upon the veranda, calling
to the neighbors, hoping to summon
help before her husband could use the
revolver. II was while she was on tn,
veranda that Mrs. Hewitt heard tn,
report OF the discharged revolver ant
heard the body OF her husband fal
heavily to the floor. When she reach
ed his side he was dead.
An examination OF the gun by tn,
police showed that Hewitt had pulled
the trigger twice, The first cartridge
, plainly showed the mark OF the ham
mer. For some reason It had failed
TO explode. Hewitt then deliberately
pulled the trigger the second time
having made up his mind to end hi
life.
A Coroner's jury went to the scene o.
the tragedy shortly after the occur,
renee. The body was found stretched
upon the floor where 1t had fallen. The
wife had placed a pillow beneath the
head.
The seven fatherless children were In
the house, the youngest being scarcely
a month old.
Coroner Chillingworth asked Mrs
Hewitt to tell the story OF the suicide
to the jury. She did so, brayely at
tempting to control her emotions. Sh,
said that they had been married abou,
seventeen years. Her name was Mrs
Pauline Hewitt. Her husband had beer
out of his head for the last two weeks
and had some trouble down town abou
money matters. He had worked for,
merly with Brewer & Co. but had moi
been regularly employed of late. Sh,
then went on to tell of the shooting, al
above related.
The body was removed to II. II. vii.
liams' undertaking establishment and
the funeral takes place today. The
Jury returned verdict to the effec,
that Hewitt had come to his death by
his own hand while temporarily insane
The widow and seven children are In
the most straitened circumstances as
result Of the suicide Of the husband
and father.
J. Il. Holt called at the Hewitt house
yesterday afternoon Just before the
shooting with some accounts which he
and Hewitt we're to go over. Holt left
before the shooting.
A. NJ. Hewitt was about So years OF
age, an Englishman by birth and a
! resident OF Honolulu for over TWENTY