The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-10-11
NAONE PLAYS
INSANITY
ROLE
The Wife Murderer
Was Caught
Sunday.
tFrom Mondays AdvertlseD

Within twelve hours of the time when
he committed the awful crime, Philip
Naone was behind the bars charged
with the murder of his wife. He was
| captured about O'Clock yesterday
morning at the home of his uncle IN
Pauoa road by Mounted Patroman e.
$. Holt. Naone made no attempt to
resist arrest and admitted the truth of
the story as published in the Advertiser
yesterday. From his statement yester-
day 1t is thought that insanity will be
the plea of the defense.
AS soon as the murder was reported
Saturday night the entire police was
on the alert. officers We're detailed to
cover different parts of the city and the
detectives were put on the trail. All
sorts of wild rumors were flying about.
A telephone message from the Terri
tory Stables at about 10 p. m. TO the
effect that Naone was climbing over the
| back fence sent several officers there
on the run. The supposed Nacrc turn
ed out to be the fiction of a drunken
mans brain.
| All night the streets of Kakaako were
full of providers, amateur Pinkertons
and Sherlock Holmeses who saw visions
of the 800 reward which they were
going to wrest from the police. One
of the watchers who was stealthily
making his way along a high board
fence on Queen street at about $3.50 a.
m. got big scare. AS he walked along
thinking of the case, suddenly a gate
in the fence opened. not two feet In
front of him, and a man dressed in
yxhi IA MT nd OF, t,of
stepped out on the sidewalk. The anna
teur sleuths hair stood on end and his
heart ceased palpitating. Then n wa
gon rumbled by and the electric light
fell on harmless pair of ice tongs in
the supposed criminals hands. That
ended the would-be detectives search.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
After midnight man reported to
Mounted Patrolman Barney Joy and
other officers that he had seen Naone,
who was friend of his, near the Hoo
nolulu Iron Works. The officers spurred
their horses and arrived in time to see
the murderer making across the sand
lot. On account of the fences the Off
GERS We're forced to go by roundabout
way and when they got across the sand
iDt tnt Hdtl 4NdoHt
denies that he was at the place mem
toned but the officers do not credit his
statement.
THE CAPTURE.
At about o'clock yesterday morning
Portuguese living on Punchbowl tele-
phoned to Clerk Jack" Kalakela at
the Police Station that he had seen a
man answering the description of Ma
one, wearing white pants, black coat
and straw hat, on Punchbowl roao,
where the Tantalus road branches off.
Jack sent Mounted Patroman Reuter-
to Kakaako to relieve the night watch
there and on Eddie Hollis suggestion
that Naone had relatives near Punch
bowl he sent him there. 1t was under
stood that Holt was to telephone for
help IL he found Naone.
Holt went up to the home of John
Naone, 20O1 Pauoa road, near the head
of Fort street, and inquired for Philip
Naone. He was greeted at once by that
individual himself, who smiled and
made no objection to accompanying the
officer. While Holt and Naone were
On their way to the Nuuanu avenue car
line they met Officers sam Hook and
Toe Leal, who had been sent out from
the station to aid Holt. They took
Hollis horse and he went on to the car
with his prisoner.
HE FELT JOLLY.
All this time Naone was in the hap
)iest mood imaginable. seemingly feel
ng no remorse for his terrible deed.
IN the car he was shown "A copy of
he Advertiser and read the entire
'tory Of the murder with great interest,
aughing heartily at the account as IL
[ We're a humorous tale. When he ar
lived at the station Naone noticed a.
of himself In his quaran-
Inc service uniform which was stand
ng on the desk and pointed TO II with
/ laugh. At 1925 a. m his name was
entered In the record as "held for in
pending action Of the
;rand jury. High sheriff Brown had
been notified and ~ arrived shortly
nd was soon olosoted IN his office with
Saone,
NAONEs STATEMENT.
To the High Sheriff Naone admitted
he ruth Of the story substantially as
yesterday morning He said
Ii house Saturday morning Then he
'nnt 10 his mothers home where he
90 his wife had been living for some
N0 weeks ANA wrote ma letters pub
shed yesterday u waH at his moth
~ house thai the tragedy took place.
IAnnn Hnii ihni hr NHH prpy0kri be-
auso MfH Ra0nr had gone io the
allrr station earlier iu lhs morning
nd had been advised there 90 return
lnHin} today ANA swear nui IA COM
lHlni HHalnei hrr husband fDf aanuil
ui hrurfY ThiH b. saii made him
uf anEfF and ~ irsulYrd a. ban
Hit huaelf ini hla Nlfe
AHkri ~ ihr lilHh nhfun rhY BE-
p npi fHB Nul iha Nhuif prnsfam
~ hlll himself ha9nr hai Hiuf AZ
p N q ffiirni ihaf NhHu hu luai
p Hun ~ insi no nfffn a. siaifd