Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-27

thought she was fooling me. She held
the gun some way and pulled. She
hang on to me a while, then she fell
down.
"The old woman kept hollering. +
told her to shut up. | said: DO you
want more of this. pointed the gun
at her. drunken man couldn't hit
the side of the fence ! don't know
how many shots | fired. | remember
fired one shot again at Mrs. Par
menter to make her dry Up.
81 put FIVE other cartridges in my
gun, thinking that | had fired all the
cartridges. All | had was ten. |
kissed my wife goodbye. ! thought
she was fooling me. saw something
on her forehead | don't know whether
it was blood or not. She was as linn
Der as a rag. am d sorry for that
woman. She is my god.
Il got scared. made up my mind
( to shoot that afternoon, first the mo-
torman and then myself ! did not
want to- shoot my wife. thought too
much of her. went right up instead
of shooting myself as | had promised
myself TO do. ] don't know what
struck me. Maybe | was too d
drunk, or something of that kind. So
run like blazes up the hill
Il went straight up the side Of
Punchbowl to the top Of Tantalus val
ley You know where Boardman's lot
Is. ! went over that and up Punch
bowl. | went up the Tantalus road.
went straight up the foot trail to hell
and gone up there as far as the shell
hunters have been. Then IT was day
light when | got there. Then went
down the valley, thinking I was going
over on the Waimanalo side, but as
was following the valley around came
down in Pauoa."
At this point the Deputy left the Of
flee for few moments. During his alb
sence Jones said: IF your wife treats
you as she treated me she'd drive you
to be a lunatic. I've done my duty by
that woman"
A moment later he added: IL sup
pose It is as good to die one way as II
j. another"
The Deputy came in again and The
thread of the narrative was taken up
where il had been left off:
Il went up again and come to a place
where q lot Of fellows had carved their
names. | found a tin full OF water
! there. | drank that to give the fell
lows that left It good luck. followed
the stream. when the mist lifted
found that was down in Pauoa again
had thought the stream emptied on
the Koolau side. So went half mile
up TO the top again. found that | was
at the same place where | started
was all wet | went back. came as
far as the old mans hut ON Tantalus
fooled the devil and told him that |
was after land shells. could only
find black ones. ! couldn't find any
black ones.
Il stayed with him till morning. He
gave me a change of clothes and a ba-
mana. That was all he had cooked.
woke up early in the morning, you
bet. ! went halfway down the ridge.
| found cave down below. II only
went about six inches in fixed II so
that could lie in it and there stayed
until now. The cave is right below
where the bridge to Tantalus is-by
the curve. stopped there until this
morning when went to look for grub.
| investigated a Chinaman's sweet po-
tato patch to see II potatoes were in
season. only found two potatoes and
then | stole some peanuts Then
I went back again. | took off all my
, clothes except my undershirt and
malo. ! lost all my clothes. couldn't
find them when I came back. ! must
have missed the landmarks. So had
/ to steal these clothes from a Chinaman
to come down with"
At this point Attorney General Lor-
rim Andrews came, In response to his
question to Jones as to how he was
Jones answered that he felt that he
would like a glass of beer and good
steak.
The Attorney General warned Jones
that any statement he might make
would be used against him at his trial.
The Deputy Sheriff then continued
his examination.
Il don't know when left Pauoa. Il
was not dark. | came down the road.
think some of your spies must not be
sharp enough. They were within ten
feet of me. was lying in the Hilo
grass. | intended TO come down here
but couldn't come because was bare
legged, | took off my clothes when ]
went down TO the Chinaman's place
because you can't sleep in wet clothes
! searched for them but | must have
missed the landmarks so | had to git
IL up. If could have got away in any
other way you'd never have seen me
here. came down the government
road. Your guards must have been
d poor. | came past some China
mems cabbage field The two China
men saw me. ! had cup Of rice there.
] went on the road until | came to my
house. My boy told me Mr. Chilling
worth had bepn there IN look for mo