The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-16

by there lived shipVrlght aud his
wife, with whom, Oa tine occasions
about to De mentioned the subject os
this question had mo- business what
ever; and on several occasions, with no
clothing except this mglo. he Wouiu go
upon the premises of this shipWrghi
and i'm view of his wife, apparently
without any conception OF what he was
doing; and ne has come i'm from the
wrecks To- a public wharf ON the water
front OF this city with 10 other cloth
ing upon his person except his malO
and a shirt. The man underwent nc
ticeable change; ne became down
hearted: he would remain silent; ne
would get brooding; ne seemed to mo-
ditate suicide; instead OF being pleas
ant and good natured as formerly, he
became irritable and snappish he
would appear lost, not knowing what
he was cong; he was unable to remcm-
Der certain simple signals necessary 30
his work, although frequently explain
ed to him; he would lose instruments
used in his work; he would break into
tears; he was nCoherent in speech, and
would break off his talk, or jump from
one subject to the other; Nneu at
certain wedding, he kept away from
the guests, and sat alone upon the
leaving his seat except to get a drink,
and continued this from Saturday night
until Sunday night; and his associates
on the wrecks We're afraid to work
with him, and kept ON the watch for
him. During this period he ate very
little indeed; to use the language Of
one Witness he was starving himself
to death, working hard all day but eat
ing nothing; and, in the language Of
another witness, when asked if he
wished to starve himself, would reply
by asking for a drink. He drank heav-
lily, and carried his drinking into the
night and the early morning; drink
was all he cared for; and when he
would take up a book apparently to
read, he would stare at the open BOOK,
but never turn leaf, and when his at
tention was called to this, he simlly
stared. He was afflicted with insom-
mia; he was unable to sleep and he
would be about the house at all hours
of the late night and early morning
He was constantly worrying over his
wife; his belief that she was untrue to
him, the proceedings in divorce, and
his great love for her, We're always in
his mind; he spoke of his trouble to
many persons; he wrote a letter to her,
asked various persons what they
luOuSllL VI IL, anu DuISl lllO lctiIS over
it; and he complained that his great
worry over his wife prevented him
from sleeping. The change in the man
extended to his physical appearance
also. After June, 1903, he looked like a
total wreck; he fell away, and grew
thin; his face was sunken, and marked
by lines and dark blotches as big as a
half dollar, and his face showed trou-
BILE and was drawn and haggard; his
eyes were wild and glary; and his
facial expression was changed.
On the evening of Saturday, August
22nd 1903, between Z and s o'clock, he
entered a certain saloon in Honolulu
where he accidently met an acquaint.
ance of four or five years standing; the
acquaintance remarked to him that hi
was lucky to get rid of his wife, anC
thereupon the subject of this question
to use the language of the witness
wild and hared up and talked of hi.
, love for his wife; he did not look as h,
formerly did; his facial expression wal
changed; his eyes We're wild; and TIL
acquaintance had never seen a simila
| look in his face before. Between eigh
and nine o'clock on the same night, tn
subject of this question entered a diff
ferent saloon; he had then been drink