The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-06-05
EDWIN R0OMAN NEWMAN
TAKES HIS own LIFE
A Young Business Man Grows Des.
pondent Over New Enterprise
and Ends it All With a Bullet in
the Brain.

son who had screamed, according t,
Culman.
DR.. Herberts statement was as fol
lows: II was called at n. m. this At
day of June at the old McCully resi-
dence, King street, and found the de-
ceased, Mr.. Newman, lying on the floor
in the bath room, his feet towards the
window and head near the door
breathing with difficulty, and blood
flowing from wound in right temple
also through nose and down throat.
ION examination found bullet
wound In right temple, passing through
and fracturing the base of skull and
decorating the brain. The bullet pene-
trated through temporal bone into OPP
posite QefD side of head.
He was quite unconscious. The
wound must have been caused by the
impact of pistol pressed close against
the head. He died at 7:i5 n. m. Death
was due to fracture of the base of the
skull, with laceration of brain and
hemorrhage, caused by bullet wound
through head as described above"
The coroners jury which was COM
Wakefield, c. Fl. Brown, II. w. Kinney
and j. Il. Fullerton found THAT the
said Edwin r. Newman came to his
death from injuries to the brain caused
by bullet discharged from a revolver
held in the hands of the said Edwin r.
Newman. said discharging of said re-
volver being with suicidal intent"
ABOUT THE PHARMACY LAW.
Concerning the report that Newman's
suicide was caused by his belief that
the pharmacy law debarred him from
business, an intimate friend of Mr..
Newman said yesterday: II don't think
that was it. Mr.. Newman did mention
that yesterday but appeared to have
arranged matters so there would be no
trouble"
THE pharmacy law Is the same as
that introduced in the Legislature five
years ago, excepting the one change in
the size of the board" said Mr.. Geo.
w. Smith when questioned regarding
the report that Mr., Newman's act was
due to his failure to qualify under the
new pharmacy law, and that it had
been charged that ii was aimed directly
at him. Personally Mr.. Newman was
on friendly terms with me. The law is
the same as that in New York and did
not pass previously because of lack OF
understanding of it's provisions. This
year the other houses asked me to
again have the bill prepared, and 1t
was aimed principally at the Japanese.
People who had suffered also by the
errors of these same careless Japanese
made the same request, and the bill
was presented to the legislature. Mr.. |
Newman told me on Sunday that he |
had made arrangements to qualify I'M |
der the act |
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Edwin Rodney Newman was born in
Ithica, New York, thirty-nine years
ago. He first came to Honolulu as a
naval apothecary ON the Vandala,
which was afterwards lost at Samoa.
In 1889 he returned here and entered
the drug store of Benson & Smith. Two
years later he organized the Hebron &
Newman Co., with II. w. Hebron, and
for many years carried on the drug
business at the corner of Fort and King
streets. Nine years ago he sold out and
went to New York where he was en-
gagged in the drug business for long
time. meeting with financial reverses, it
IS said He returned to Honolulu in
December with the intention of start
ng in the drug business. At that time
also there was vacancy in the office
If shipping commissioner which New
nan hoped to get, having the support
If several New York congressman and
'ther influential men. His failure to
get the appointment also preyed upon
his mind, as he had expected that office
o support him, at least partially, while
le was starting his business.
In 1893 Mr.. Newman was an active
member of the Annexation Club.
The funeral services will be held to-
lay at the residence of w. w. Hall on
iuuanu street, to whose residence the
ody was removed yesterday.