Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-03-14
ACCUSED Of MURDER

Shortly before noon yesterday.
Joseph Perry was shot and instantly
killed at the ranch of Senator McCand-
less at Makua. Whether the killing
was a deliberate murder or accidental
shooting is not yet known but Pat Muir
| ply. manager Of the ranch is now
under arrest, all indications pointing
TO him as the man who did the shoot.
ing
AS soon as word was received here OF
the tragedy Deputy Sheriff Chilling
worth with DR.. Mcdonald and others
, went to the scene of the trouble in a
special train, leaving here about .
O'Clock last evening. Arrived at Ma.
kua, an investigation was held and the
following information was secured
Kaio. Hawaiian, stated that in the
morning he and Perry had gone to Ke-
au to pump water for the cattle. Re
! turning TO Makrta the headquarters
FOR the ranch, KaiO had gone to his
house and Perry continued on short
way to his house. When Kaio was
! about to enter his house. he heard a
| Sunshot anS went in the direction OF
the sound He found Perry's body
! lying on the ground by the side OF a
mule which had been saddled. Blood
| was running from a wound in the
head. He called out 10 Murphy. who
was in his dwelling and told him Perry
was dead. Murphy said: Il believe
the mule kicked him. don't know. 10
Murphy told Kaio TO call Perry's wife.
| kaio did not see the shooting because
he was going to his house.
kaeo, the wife of the dead man. stat
ed that she, in company with three
others, were in Kamaka's house when
they heard the sound of shot. They
did not think anything of II until they
were called to and told that Perry was
dead. He states that she was crying
when she saw the dead body of her hus-
band and that Murphy told her not to
! cry. She did not notice that Murphy
was drunk at the time.
Deputy Sheriff Fernandez, who went
to the scene of the crime as soon as he
heard the news of the shooting. made
an investigation. He stated that he
found Murphy had been drinking
sake with some OF the japanese
working on the railroad He found a
gun In Murphy's house which was the
only weapon on the place. The barrel
OF the gun was clean and in the cham
Der there was an unexploded cartridge
while in the magazine there were nine
uneXploded shells. Murphy had stated
to him that Perry had been killed by
being thrown from his mule and
| kicked
Kane, captain of police at Waianac,
where Murphy went soon after the
shooting and who arrested the accused
man, states that he hear, the news OF
| the shooting few minutes before MUIR
! ply arrived there and placed him under
arrest as soon as he saw HIM. Murphy
stated to him That mule had kiCkc
Perry and killed him.
Doctor Mcdonald who performed the
autopsy, found that Perry came to his
death from gunshot wound. The bull
let had penetrated the shoulder. en-
tered the neck and gone through 1t.
coming out on the other side from tho
cheek. The bullet was not found.
Death had been instantaneous
Deputy Sheriff Chilllngworth Is con-
WINGED that Murphy shot Perry but
whether accidentally or with premedi-
tatlon, he will not say. Murphy's rife
was the only weapon on the ranch and
while Murphy was nearer to the scene
of the killing than any Of the others.
he denies that he heard a shot while
the evidence of five others is plain that
y shot was fired
A coroner's jury composed of S. w.
and David Kailieha. Ed Boyd, Kumulc.
keawe and John Manini was empanel.
led to further investigate the shooting
and will be assisted by Sherin Fernau-
DEE. II is thought that a verdict will
be arrived at on Monday.
Murphy was brought to town by Dep
uty Sheriff Chillngworth and is now
in custody awaiting the result of ths
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