Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-06-19
SOAKED IN KEROSENE
DASTARDLY ATTEMPT TO
BURN CARRIERS HOUSE
FORMER MOUNTED PATRoLMAN's
PREMISES HAVE NARROW ES.
cAPE-MATcH WENT
OUT.

David Carter. formerly on the mount
ed patrol and at present linesman for
the telephone company, was last night
the object of most infamous attempt
of incendiarism. He came to the pc.
lice station this morning and told the
story as follows:
He lives in house in Puunui, on the
corner of Liliha and Wyllio streets.
He has been staying there for only
three days.
During the night Carter noticed
nothing unusual. This morning when
he got up he noticed that the back ver-
anda was very wet. He first thought
that II was caused by rain. but by a
more careful examination he found
that the supposed water was kerosene.
II stood about half an inch deep on
the veranda floor. The walls of the
veranda were also soaked with this
inilammable fluid, showing that the
wOuld.be incendiary had slushed them
well with a bucket or tin. The way
the kerosene had been applied showed
plainly that the kerosene had not been
Spilled by accident, but had been pur.
posely applied. Furthermore, Carter
had a tin of kerosene in his house.
This was untouched. The unknown In.
cendiary had evidently taken his own
kerosene along. Carter Is OF the opin.
ion that about tin had been used.
In one end of the veranda was a
large pile OF rags, lying very near the
edge. Their position indicated that
they had been thrown up on the veran.
da by person standing on the ground
a distance Of about six feet. Carter
found three matches. of the kind which
come In punches. They still stuck to.
gether and were partly charred. The
matches were found near the edge OF
the pool of kerosene on a place where
the fluid had soaked into the floor.
For this reason they had not set fire
t. the kerosene. The matches had evil
IDENTIFY also been thrown on the yer.
anda by person standing on the
ground. This person probably feared
that should he stand on the veranda
when he ignited the kerosene he might
b' enyeloped in the flames. The pile
OF rags had also been set afire. but
as they We're not soaked In kerosene
they only smouldered.
The closet belonging to the Carter
house had also been the object of an
attempt on the part of the incendiary.
II is a small wooden building standing
some distance from the main house.
The floor of this place had been soak.
ed with kerosene. The walls had also
been soaked inside and out. In a tin
pan on the floor was big pile Of rags.
These had been set afire. The walls
and floor of the building were consid.
eTably charred by the flames.
David Carter is naturally very indig.
nant over this dastardly attempt. He
lives in the house together with his
wife and two small children. Had the
incendiary's attempt been successful
the lives OF all these people might have
been in great danger
Regarding the identity of the incen-
diary Carter has no idea. He states
that he has no enemies. He went to
his landlord, Portuguese, this morn
ing and asked him II he had any enc.
mics whom he thought might be the
culprits.b This man was also at loss
tc account for the reason OF the at.
tempt The matter is at present in the
hands OF the police.