The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-10
PHILIP NAONE
KILLS HIS WIFI
DOMESTIC TROUBLES CULMINATE
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT IN A
TRAGEDY.

Philip Naone shot and killed his wife
Saturday night about 6:45 o'clock in
their home, corner of South Street and
Kwaiahao lane.
Naone and his wife had been quarrel !
ing on Saturday. In the morning they
had had a quarrel and she left the
place and went to a Mrs. Larson's
home nearby. Naone left the house
also and returned and inquired of his
mother, who lived with them, where
his wife was. The mother told him she
had gone to the LarsOn's, so NaOne
went out and met his wife on the
street and a second quarrel ensued.
They returned to the Naone house
about O'Clock and the man left the
place and returned about Gas o'clock.
He found his wife ans mother i'm the
house, the old elder woman helping to
put his two little children to bed. Ma
one, revolver i'm hand entered the large
room where his wife was, and said
Lizzie, 1 am going to kill you" He
raised the gun and pointed the weapon
at her. She ran screaming into anoth-
er room to where her mOther-in-law
was. Naone followed and shot his wife,
the bullet striking her left shoulder.
He fired two more shots at the woman
and when his mother struggled to pre-
vent his shooting his wife again. the
infatuated man fought and shot twice
more at the body of his wife.
Joseph A. Lawelawe, who is employ
ed as a warehouseman for r. o. Hall
q Of
ping with the murderer took the gun
away from him. Lawelawe did not
make any attempt to arrest the muir
derer, however, but allowed him to es-
cape
| Naone went at once to the residence
of his sister, Mrs. E. X. Rathburn, az
91S Punchbowl street, and there in
formed his relatives that he had killed
his wife, and he wanted Rathburn to
help him. He was advised to surren-
der himself to the authorities. Naone
replied that he would do so, and left
the house, but before going away,
handed Mrs. Rathburn four letters
with the request that they be deliver
ed. Two of the letters were to Miss
Keahiloa Nalimu, the sister Of the
murdered woman, and gave her the
things belonging to himself and his
murdered wife. Naone also stated that
he intended to take his life and the life
of his wife. Both of the letters were
dated October s. A third letter was to
M. P. Robinson relating to some land
that Naone had mortgaged to him
This land was bequeathed to Robinson
in order to prevent the necessity of its
being sold at auction. Robinson was
asked to put the two children of Naone
into school. The last letter was adj
dressed to Rev. H. H. Parker Of Ka-
waiahao Church and stated his inten-
ton of taking his life and that of his
wife, and asking that he be pardoned.
All of the letters were written in the
Hawaiian language and were ramb-
ling.
Naone claims that after leaving the
Rathburn place he was driving about
in a Japanese hack until early yester-
day morning. This statement is not
credited by the police. A reward of $50
was offered by the High Sheriff for the
apprehension of the murderer. Mount
ed officer Barney Joy saw Naone near
the Honolulu Iron Works during the
night and chased after him, but the
murderer escaped over fence. Early
Yesterday morning Holt captured Ma
one in the house of John Naone at 2OOl
Pauoa road, who is an uncle OF the
murderer. Naone, the murderer, mace
no attempt to resist arrest but wiling
ly accompanied the officer. When
questioned by the High Sheriff yester-
day, Naone claimed to be somewhat
clouded in memory, and from shis ac-
ton, gave the officers the impression
that he proposed to try the insane
dodge. Naone claimed that the reason
he had killed his wife was because she
had gone on Saturday to the police
station to have him arrested for as
sault and battery aad had been adVls-
ed to return on Monday to have the
warrant issued. This statement by
Naone is denied by Deputy High Sher-
if Chillingworth.
An autopsy performed on the dead
woman by DR.. c. b. Wood showed that
the stomach and heart We're both per-
. forated and a bullet had passed
through both the aorta and the large
vein leading from the heart. Any one
of these wounds would have caused
death. Three wounds were found back
of the left shoulder and two in the left
side. one bullet was found near the
heart. one in the skin at the right side
and one fell out of the dress.
The funeral of the murdered woman
was held yesterday afternoon and was
attended by large crowd.
Naone had figured several times re-
Gently in the police court. He was
tried August 6 on a charge of obtaining
r,opav under false pretenses. 1t was
= alleged that while in the employ OF the
United States Quarantine Service, he
had taken money from japanese with
which to secure them steamer tickets
to San Francisco. He Furthermore col
lected, 1t was claimed, $25 from them
l as alleged interest due on an alleged
: $500 deposit which he was required TO
, make. The police claimed that no de-
= post had ever been made or required
The defendant was discharged fol