The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-11-24

officer j. w. Mahelona. A coroner's
jury yesterday afternoon held an in
quest over the body of the dead Off
Ger and the evidence told strongly
against the Chinese chicken thief.
A statement made by Nun Chung a
few minutes after he had shot and
killed Mahelona, which was given to
the police yesterday morning and to
the jury yesterday afternoon, is enough
to convict him. William Crawford,
the Chinese interpreter, met the party
which had Nun Chung in custody as
1t reached the corner of King and Lili-
ha streets. Crawford pushed his way
into the crowd and saw a man with
his face covered with mud and blood.
He took lantern and held it before
the prisoners face and then recognized
him as Nun Chung, a man whom he
had bailed out of Jail several times
for chicken stealing. He asked him in
Chinese what was wrong and the Chi
naman replied: II got caught stealing
chickens The officer shot me in nose
and / shot him back" The only
wounds Nun Chung received on his
face We're made by fists after the
shooting was all over and when he
was being overpowered by Charley
Clark, Jr., and the Parker boys.
Special officer Apana, who was first
accosted by young Clark when he went
for assistance after first discovering
the Chinaman in his yard, appears not
| to have wished to get muddled up in
| any midnight affairs owing to the fact
| that he had on pair of clean white
| trousers, "A white shirt and a new hat,
| that he did not wish to have harmed.
| He therefore turned young Clark over
| to Mahelona. He said yesterday that
| he had told young Clark to wait until
| he could get his clothes changed and
| he would then search for the prowler.
The funeral of Mahelona will take
place this afternoon at o'clock from
| the undertaking parlors of Townsend.
| AS the officer died in the performance
| of his duty the entire police force, as
| far as possible, will turn out for the
| funeral and every mark of respect will
be shown by the police department.
The revolver which was used by
Nun Chung was found at an early
| hour this morning deeply imbedded in
the mud where the struggle took place.
1t was about five feet from where the
officer fell. Two chambers were emp
ty. Nun Chung is now held at oahu
Prison.
THE INQUEST.
The coroner's inquest was held yes
terday afternoon at O'Clock in the po-
lice court ROOM and the jury returned
verdict that Officer Mahelona came
to his death from a gunshot wound in
ticted by bullet from revolver fired
by Nun Chung.
Chas Clark, Jr., his right arm BAN
daged, was the first witness. He said:
II went home on a King street car
before II o'clock and took transfer
to the Liliha street line, just as officer
Mulleitner was sending in his police
report. l jumped off at n lane. When
was about two steps inside the lane
man rushed out and l thought he was
, after me. / ran out and met Apana
but he did not pay any attention to me
So l went down further and met q
police officer. the one who got shot
: did not want TO go up with him al
first He said you and me so up to-
gether,' and so we returned. / TOLD
him somebody had chased me. w,
went through our yard, and did no
. find the Chinaman. We went bacl
. again as far as the gate and we saw
: the man in the shadow of a cocoanu
o tree. Mahelona called to him but tn,
$ Chinaman did not answer and he thei
d started out of the yard. Mahelon'
7 ran after the Chinaman and l followed
IL him.
= "Mahelona caught him and the chick
L ems in his big pockets began t
squawk. then said. oh, it's a chick
en- thief we've got He took the chick
p ems out and gave two to me. In hi
pocket he had bell which was stuffe'
with grass to prevent it from sound
ing This had been taken from tn
chicken coop. We walked down tn
street and met the two Parker boys
| had left the officer and prisoner TWEEN
ty feet ahead. We heard the China
man say 20 the officer he had bal
of chickens and some eggs back in tn
lot. The policeman came alone wit
t the Chinaman. We followed them /
T. a place in a corner of the lot near Ku
+. kui lane. one of the boys lit mattel
. and began looking for the bag. TIL
L Chinaman said no, no, farther along
Il Two minutes after the Chinaman AM
n policeman went along beyond us; W
II heard shot. | ran up and heard Ma
Il helona grooming as If he had been sho
It in the windpipe. You could hear hir
n for quite a distance. l ran up to tn
t. two and grabbed the Chinamans RICH
a hand in which he had a pistol, whic
Il he was pointing at me. They wer
ii struggling, the policeman having tn
Chinaman by his coat collar, l go
the pistol away from him with my lief
hand and grabbed his queue with tn
same hand. at the same time putin
my right arm over his neck to chok
E him. In about a second the policema
} got his own revolver out and sho
twice. one bullet striking me in tn
right arm. l dropped the revolve
II and had TO let the Chinaman go as
Y felt that was going to faint. yelle
y. to Mahelona in native that he had She
= me. He evidently did not have hi
IS senses and he kept on firing. TIL
p Chinaman tried to get away but
y wrapped his queue around my fist an
=, held on. The Parker boys finall