The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-30
ONE TRUSTY
SHOT THROUGH
BARS or CELL
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not been locked up but few min
utes when Kaapuni came down from
the Office with his hand in his shirt
front We paid no particular attention
to him until we saw him go to Ma
hale-a's cell, and then as the turnkey
thought he was going TO unlock it ne
started to stop him. At that moment
I heard Nahale-a say: eco ahead
Shoot! 1 no scare." and there was a
shot. The murderer turned after the
shooting, and for a moment he covered
us with the. weapon. Then. as he look
ed away, I ran up to the office for a.
gun, and heard another shot. That
ended it.
1T did not smell, liquor on Kaapuni
when he was behind the railing. and
did not know that he had been drink
ing. But he acted strangely. There
can be no doubt, however. that Naha-
lea was drunk. don't know where
he got the liquor"
TURNKEY KUPIHEA TALKS,
"I saw Kaapuni come running down
into the yard with his hand in the
bosom Of his shirt" said turnkey Ku-
pibea. NE started for Nahale-a's cell,
and started for. him.. Then he SHOT.
right through the grating in the cell
door, He turned with the revolver in
his hand and pointed it at us. and then
all at once he wheeled 1t around and
snot himself. There hada cen no words
between the, men. KAPPA. another
trusty. told n3e that they had made up
their quarrel about the Japanese worn-
an. Both men had been drinking. but
Kaapuni' was not drunk. / had locked
up Nahale-a because he was drunk and
noisy
Van Giesen was the man who told
Kaapuni to lock ur the okolehao in
the gun room. and he suspected where
the liquor came from
FEARED THE DISCOVERY.
All the witnesses agree, substantial
ly. with the story told by these. There
had been an old grudge between the
men. about japanese woman, and |
there was bad blood between them. al
though they had become reconciled over |
the bottle of stolen liquor. The police |
advance the theory that Kaapuni. him |
self half drunk, at work in the Sheriff's |
office, heard Nahale-a creating a dis |
altogether drunk, In a cell |
1lmost Immediately under him and, |
knowing that there would be an inves-
legation and that the theft of the liquor
would be discovered. knowing that If |
he theft was found out he would be
ris easy. privileged life rs trusty and
to work on the roads. con-
.luded to take the punishment OF his
I'D enemy into lis own hands. He
VAS a desperate man. and his enemy
vas desperate man. Also, there was
he old ranking hatred about the
only reconciled III the easily
orgotten comraderie of the bottle. The
Weapon was ready to his hand, in the
;un room of the prison. 20 which he
lad key. And he took the weapon
nd ran down, not in the head with
lis aroused murderous instincts. and
not his enemy dead. He might go to
'rison. but his enemy should be pun
shed first.
Then. when he saw what he had
one. when he saw the big turnkey
oming toward him, there came a re-
lization that this was more than the
ere punishment of his enemy. He
ad faced the gallows before. He was
ac;ng ii now. for the third time in
is life. >Once. indeed. ne had been
to be hanged. And he took
he shortest way cut. s
THE INQUEST.
The facts as given Sin this story Of Y
he double crime were all brought out
t the inquest held by High Sheriff
rown himself yesterday forenoon. on
ae body of Kaapuni, and the jury re-
lrned the following verdict:
I'VE. the jury. find that the said