The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-16
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Like That he
Owned.
But Latter Gun Con-
tanned Full Magazine
and Was Clean.
CifcumstantiaI Evidence Against
Ranch Luna of Makua Diff
cult to AnaIyze.

| Hemmed in by the sea in front and a
semicircle of precipitous mountains in
the rear the little hamlet of Makua
was the scene of a frightful tragedy
on Friday morning.
| Makua is seldom thus disturbed. One
fourth of the population is employed
| fishing, a fourth compose the men who
work on the ranch and the remaining
are women and children who lead the
ordinary lazy life of the kuleana. But
the whole population suspended work
after the tragedy on Saturday and aft
er learning all they could of it, assisting
the coroner. and laying the dead away
in the coffin, they sat down under the
trees in a clump of little cottages and
accompanied the eating of roasted
pig with words and songs in praise of
the virtues of the dead man.
Joe Perry or Joseph Rego," a Por-
tuguese ranch helper, was killed.
There are two names for the dead for
it seems he was known to different peo-
pie by both. The police arrested on
the preliminary evidence, for the kill
ing, pat" Murphy. boss OF the cat
tie ranch, character known the
length of the Oahu Railway as bad
man rxyhay he ia in 1io1I0rs7
The story of the shooting is about as
follows:
HOW THEY BEGAN THE DAY.
Joe" and a native named Kaio arose
Friday morning at the usual time.
They helped the others with the milk
ing. The milk was stored in the cans
and placed aboard a train which left
KahuEu at six o'clock that morning for
Honolulu. Then they were sent to
Ke-au to pump water into the troughs
for the cattle. Both men were riding
mules They left Ke-au about ten
o'clock and rode back towards the
the native stopped at his cottage to
learn if his wife had prepared his mid
day lunch Joe" rode on. He was to
go to the paddock in front of the man
ayers. Pat Murphy's, house and change
the mule he was riding for another.
Kaio was to follow him. In this way
Joe got a half hours start on the ma
tive and as the latter was approaching
the managers house he heard an lex
plosion." He rode on to the house and
found Joe's body lying beside the mule
in front of Murphy's house. The mule
was hitched to the fence. 1t had a
saddle on and the girths were in place
but had not been cinched.
MULE KICKED HIM
Kaio shouted for Murphy and the
latter replying from his house, Kaio
asked:
Murphy. what's this? Joe's dead!' |
Il don't know-mule kicked him." re-
piled Murphy.
Then Murphy Issued orders to Kaio
to go to the house of Kaleo. Joe's wife,
which was about a sixth of a mile |
away and tell her to come and dispose
Of the body.
Kaio did not stop to examine Joe.
He did as Murphy directed. He told
Joe's wife and also all the natives
around.
Kaio said that when Joe's wife got
to the body she began to cry but Muir
ply at once ordered her to stop cry
ing.
Kaleo stated to Deputy Sheriff Chill
ingworth that she had been at the
house of Lilo with Kamaka, Lilo
and Kila, all native women. They had
all heard the report of a gun.
MURPHY TO wAIANAE COATLESS.
The body was allowed to lie where it
vas Under the full glare of the sun
It lay while sam Kaamai got on a
horse and rode to Waianae, seven miles
away. where he notified Captain of |;
Police William Carney that Joe" was
lead and that Murphy had stated that Il
A mule had kicked him. A train ar {
rived at Waianae at the same time /
rom Makua and Murphy aighted from
his He sauntered out without a coat
and Carney met him. He asked Muir
ply about Joe" and Murphy stated to