The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-16
LIFE LEADING TO
MURDEROUS DEEDS
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Take tine case of naiIve Of these
Islands, about A years of age. When
hos En lived with his parents upon
another Island of this group. and while
there, VIXEN about q or years of age
Dee Ueg1ma very Ill., AZ the com
menyemant % this Illness he was mt
place whore expert medical attention
could not easily be had, and where the
only treatment available was that af-
tordcd 10y such remedies as happened
20 be iD the house. At this place. he
was i'll for or months; during por-
ton of this time he was confined to
his bed; he suffered very greatly from
meningitis or brain fever; he became
weak and emaciated mere skin ana
bones: his nina wandered; he was out
of his head. he mumbled to himself
like one I'm a dream-mumbled i'm suy
way about all sorts Of things; and this
condition OF his was particularly mark
ed during the latter portion of this
period of 4 or 5 months. During this
attack Jumps appeared upon his head;
they began to appear when the attack
commenced. ana they gradually en-
larged. there were four of these
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on the top of his head, and the others
were close by; and although poltices
were applied to them, yet the policies
did no good. Finally. he was re-
moved to an adjacent town for fur
ther treatment. Here he was at
tended by physician, now deceased
his high fever continued; the Jumps
still remained upon his head; he was
often in a stupor; and only repeated
oil OF
After a time, he apparently recover
ed so far as to come to Honolulu to
school. His school life was q failure;
he was stupid, forgetful and solitary
| not like the other boys. He could not
! study: he was always behind; he al
ways failed to learn or remember his
! lessons; and he made no progress in
| his studies. His failure of memory
! brought him many whippings. He was
usually alone; he did not usually play
with the other boys; he would often
disappear, and on being searched for
would be found alone in a box that
| cOntainined sand intended for chickens
and upon being questioned would not
answer, but would humble to himself
This mumbling to himself was of fire.
| quent recurrence in situations other
| than the sand box; he often sat down
alone and muttered and talked to him
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night as well as by day.
During this school life he was af
! ficted by a twitching in the face eye,
| cheek and mouth, accompanied by
| twisting of the neck, sort of pull in
the face and neck; and this popularity
! was frequently observable. When adj
! dressed by the school master, he would
stare. Physically, he was weak, but
although many games We're played by
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of no great physical strength. still he
did not toin in those games and the
only other boy in the school who, like
| himself did not usually join in the
/ play, was an idiIt Some times, he
would be whipped and yet while the
other boys usually cried during the
/ whipping, ret he did not cry at the
whipping, but did afterwards, when it
was all over Sometimes, his school
mates would tease him; and when they
| did so, he would get excited and wild,
! and would pursue them. and when his
pursuit did not result in his catching
/ them, would burst into tears and go
/ into a mad fit and would remain mad
! all day and sometimes the next day.
! AS a student, he was surpassed by his
! younger brOther-two years younger,
he never was able to recite his Sunday
! school lessons; and whippings for for
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Notwithstanding his punishment, yet
! he continued in the same Offense-he
| paid no attention to the punishment.
| He never obtained any prize; he never
obtained amy promotion; and when
| spoken to was slow to answer.
This school life continued for about
| 3 years; and when he left the school
he went to work on ranch upon an
other island: and there he remained,
! II a
was about 10 years old During this
period, for about a year, he got some
instructions from a lady who happened
to be there: but he never got beyond
the second or third reader He had
no other instruction.; his mental train
ing never get beyond that; he follow
ed no intellectual pursuit or independ-
ent study; he made no attempt TO de-
velop his intellectual faculties; and so
far as we are advised, the sum total
of such instruction as he ever did get,
was limited to the above mentioned
years in Honolulu, and the year OF IN
struction upon the ranch
When he was about 10 years of age,
he married. his married life with his
first wife was a happy one; they hau
four children; they got along all right
and lived happily without any trouble.
A portion of his first married life was
spent upon another Island ana POI
ton here in Honolulu; his occupation
was largely that of ranch hand as 1t
had been before, except that he ana
some work for the railroad, and pos
sibly on other roads; but he made no
attempt of which we are advised to
develop his mind or exercise his IA
cultes
Ever since he was a boy, he was
afflicted with pains in his head; ana
although these pains were not per-
manent or steady, yet they REQUIRED
from time to time and in verying
situations and under varying circum-
stances During TINS pehou OF ms
first marriage, these pains continued to
affict him; and while he was staying
at Kona for a period of six months, be-
tween the years 1890 and 1892, his wire
and children being there, he complain
ed several times of the recurrnce of
these pains in the head, When he
complained of these pains, he did pecu-
! liar things Thus when at the sea,
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