The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-28

van rushed toward the man standing
near the horse. As he did so the Porto
Rican exclaimed:
You leave me alone, or I'll do the
same thing to you!'
The Porto Rican advanced threaten
ingly toward Mr.. Sullivan and the latter
did not close in with the armed man.
AS he backed awav the three people
disappeared in the darkness.
A WILD RIDE.
Mr.. Sullivan ran toward the buggy
and learned the identity of the victim.
He placed Mr. Damon firmly on the seat
and taking up the reins drove into town
as fast as possible At the police station
Mr. Damon was transferred to the patrol
wagon and conveyed to the Queens
Hospital. AT the station Mr.. Damon's
hands were cold and on reaching the
hospital it was seen that life was swing
ing in the balance. He was unconscious
when brought there and died without
making statement.
The knife had passed through the fold
of the lapel of his white linen coat,
through his stiff-bosomed shirt, grazing
rib and burving itself deep into the
abdomen. He was covered with blood
; his clothing being saturated.
Mr.. Damon wore no shoes at the time
This is explained by the fact that he
had been down to the bay working over
boat and had gone barefooted.
POLICE SPREAD OUT.
As soon as Deputy Sheriff Chilling
worth was notified he sent men out in
all directions. The only information he
had at that time was that the murderous
party was composed of natives, and that
the woman wore pink dress and the
man leggings 1t was this information
which almost threw the officers off the
scent as the murderer proved to be
Porto Rican and his companion Porto
Rican woman, the third being partially
blind Porto, Rlcan.
CHILLINGwORTH' WORK.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth did as
good a piece of work as he has accom-
plished in his long and successful career
in the police department.. His intuition
at critical instant saved him from
continuing on the wrong scent and it
brought the real culprits into his
clutches.
when I came down to the station
last evening TO work on liquor and
gambling cases." said the Deputy, ''the
station clerk told me he had heard
from Isaac Cockett that Ned Damon
was badly done up. I supposed that
Ned had probably been to a political
meeting and that he had been worsted
in a speech. 1 was told. however, that
he had been stabbed. I jumped into
Thompson's hack and we drove down
to MoanaIua on the dead run. The
only information 1 had was that there
were natives suspected of the crime
and that the woman wore a pink dress
and the man leggings. 1 offered re-
ward before leaving the station of $500
for the arrest of these people, and,
made a promise of $1,000 reward if the
murderer himself was brought in.
II sent about twenty-five natives out
to the various camps and tenements
with instructions to learn If any had
been away from their places during the
evening.
FINDS HANDKERCHIEF.
Near the scene of the murder I found
a black handkerchief which put in my
pocket with the intention of letting
take up the scent from it.
We worked about the place looking for /
some kind of a clue and then started
in TO town again.
THE WOMAN EsPIED.
when near the corner of Liliha and
King streets I saw native woman in
a pink dress and Immediately took