The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-08-27

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eral days growth Of beard was on the
face. Altogether Jones looked like
wild animal hunted down to exhaustion
and weakly submitting TO the newt
able. For four days he had held out
against hunger, thirst and exposure
in the mountains of Oahu and the four
days had been enough to drive him to
! prefer even a Jail and prospect of
| hanging.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth was in
the station and greeted Jones. He in
formed Jones that a charge Of murder
had been placed against him and warn
ed him against saying anything that
might incriminate him, and then Jones
was asked If he desired to answer
questions. Jones told the deputy
sheriff to go ahead and ask and he
would answer what he chose to an
swer. A stenographer was called and
Jones gave complete story, admitting
both murders.
Jones said that he was riding on an
electric car at about eight o'clock on
| Saturday evening. On the same car
he noticed his divorced wife and also
a motorman who was with her. lie
rode along and soon became frantic
! with anger. He jumped off and went
to his home to get a revolver There
he got the revolver and ten cartridges
Five of the cartridges he placed in the
| chamber of the gun and the other five
he put i'm his pocket. Then he started
for the Parmenter place on Kinau
street with the intention of shooting
the motorman he had seen on the car
with Mrs. Jones, and afterwards blow
ing his own brains out. He had been
drinking and finished a bottle on
the way. He went out on Punahou
car and was not quite clear as to why
he kept on the car or what he did on
it and so passed Kinau street He
made the round trip and the conduc-
| tor finally asked him where he wished
| to be let off. He told the conductor
it was none of his business" and the
car was stopped and Jones got off
This was about four blocks from the
Parmenter residence. He wandered
along the street and got into a yard
which proved 20 be next to the Par
menter yard. Then he took off his hat
and shoes and crept over to the YER
anda of the Parmenter residence. He
|
his wife lying in her bed. He unused
over this and said to himself: That's
| all right; sleep dear" Being tired he
got into the hammock on the porch and
| went to sleep. He could not tell how
long he had slept but thought it must
have been for some time. A dog bark
ed and woke him up. He again got
up and looked into Mrs. Jones bed
room. She was no longer there. He
| wondered at this but moment later
heard voices out on the pavement. A
man and woman were talking and
he thought that this must be Mrs.
Jones and her motorman friend He
ran and jumped over the hedge and
saw man just hustling away. He
noticed that the woman was Mrs Par
menter. He said he had some talk with
her; she talked loud and he told her
to shut up" and on her keeping on
talking said he fired at her. Mrs. Par
menter cried Pau Eddie" and at the
same time he heard Mrs. Jones ask:
Mamma, mamma, what's the mat
teri He then ran into the yard with
an idea of soaring his former wife. He
said he got close up to her pulled out
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fired but did not intend to hit. He said
the gun must have been pointed the
wrong way for the bullet hit her and
she fell towards him, her body strik-
ing him and then falling to the ground.
He said he had no intention of shooting
her. Aabout that time he heard
Mrs Parmenter in the street shouting
Haul in! Haul I'M" and ran out to
her and told her to shut up but she
kept on shouting and so he shot at
her He shot several times. Did not
know how many times. He said he
then emptied the spent cartridges from
the chamber of the revolver and put
in the five good cartridges that he
had in his pocket. He said he intend
ed then to use these in blowing out
his own brains but that the whisky he
had drank must have prevented him
from doing it. At any rate he said
he returned to where Mrs. Jones was
lying in the yard. kissed her
goodbye because he said THAT woman
is my God" He said he did not know
why he did it but he then went out to
Kinau street and made his escape.
Jones walked along the street to the
Boardman lot and crossed through
this to the streets higher up Punchbowl
and then walked straight up to the
: top of Punchbowl. He walked around
to the back of the hill and went
straight up Tantalus over the trail on
top of the ridge. He kept right on
walking until morning, drenched by
the rain. 1t was his intention to go
over the mountain to Waimanalo and
| ha x1rhio ha noh
would bring him down to the other
side of the Pail but when the morning
mist cleared up he found that he was
walking down into Pauoa valley. He
put back at once to Tantalus went
to shanty or shed where an old ma
tive lived. The only thing that the