The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-13
MYSTERY ON
THE v, c, HALL
MAN WHO WAS WORKING PAS
SAGE FROM KOLOA DISPPEARS
LEAVING CLOTHES ON DECK.

The steamer w. G. Hall arrived last
night from a special run from Koloa
with the story of a probable suicide
aboard the vessel Certainly a white
man who boarded the vessel at Koloa
and whose name is thought to have
| been John Collins has disappeared in a
very strange manner All of the cir
cumstances connected with the case
go to indicate that some man des-
pondent from too much indulgence in
| liquor, committed suicide by jumping
overheard from the steamer.
While the vessel was lying al Koloa
yesterday a white man went to purser
j. Friel and asked his aid in getting
aboard the steamer and working pas
sage to Honolulu. The white man
asked Friel to request Captain Thomp-
sons permission to work passage. The
matter was reported to the captain who
sent for the man. The latter appeared
| to be a very respectable fellow and in
| answer to the captains query replied
that he had been out of a job at Koloa
and wanted to work his way back to
Honolulu.
II have got only half a dollar with
me-" exclaimed the man but if ever L
get to work in Honolulu will pay you
the balance of the money"
"Oh that's all right" replied the cap
tain go forward and I will tell the
mate to put you to work.
The stranger was put to work clean
| ing woodwork. About twelve o'clock
| he went to Captain Thompson and COM
planned of feeling badly. II don't
| know what l have done in this world
| captain" he said but l think am go
ing insane. l think that some body
! is following me around to kill me. I
want you to lock me up-put the hand
| cuffs on me-
N,i,, -
| man had evidently been drinking and
! was suffering from a case of the jim
! jams, to which the stranger assented.
| Captain Thompson advised him to lie
down, get some water and put on his
| head and he would feel better. This
| advice was taken by the stranger who
soon began to improve. Captain
| Thompson had some ice put in a towel
! and put on the sick mans head This
| treatment helped the despondent man
! and the result was that he ate dinner
7 and seemed to be in much better spirits.
| At II o'clock last night, the stranger
! was out on deck chewing tobacco and
| apparently in excellent spirits.
This was the last that captain
| Thompson saw of him alive. Around
! about 1 O'Clock this morning the coat,
hat, trousers and shoes of the stranger
We're found close to the smokestack of
| the Hall. No trace whatever could be
| found of the owner. None of the men
| aboard the Hall appeared to have seen
! anything of the stranger much after IL
| o'clock. No passengers of any char
| acter returned on the Hall last night
! from Kauai so the stranger would have
had every opportunity of disrobng on
that part of the deck without Observa-
ton. The deck passengers are always
| Quartered about the smoke stack but
in the absence of such passengers no
! one unless it was some member of the
| crew wandering about, would have
been apt to have remained near the
! stack much after II o'clock.
The circumstances of the strangers
despOndency and the fact of his having
been threatened with an attack of de-
| lerium tremens, indicates that perhaps
| he suddenly lost control over himself
and on a delerium, disrobed and jump
ed overheard.
The clothes worn by the man are a
black sack suit and black fedora hat.
The circumstances were reported to
the police today. The officers are in
vestigating the case.
Further Investigations by the police
go to show that Collins did not leave
the vessel after she arrived in port last
night. She made port shortly after II
| o'clock. He must have remained or
| the vessel for he was noticed by a
watchman about o'clock this morning
A letter addressed to John Collins was
found in one Of the pockets of the
clothes. The authorities are inclined
to the opinion that Collins was the
mans name. There is no suspicion OF
foul play. The police are acting on the
theory that the man jumped over board
while in a highly nervous condition.
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