The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-01-15
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Murder Reported
From Garden
Isle.

| kaweli ditch on Kauai, was murdered
last Friday night by Japanese, two of
| whom, believed to have n knowledge of
| the matter, being now under arrest.
| The crime was most dastardly A stick
| of dynamite was placed under the bed
| in Glennan's tent and "A fuse attached
| which was ignited from the outside
| presumably from n cigarette. II. G..
| Smalley, Glennan's assistant, the only
white man in the vicinity, was led Off
| after his horse which had been stolen
| away, and the telephone wires leading
| to the camp had also been cut just
| prior to the commission of the crime.
The full particulars of the crime were
| sent In private letter to Mrs. DIR. w.
| G.. Rogers from her brother, II. G..
| Smalley, who with Glennan was in
charge of the work, and who was the
| first man at his side after the tragedy.
B. b. O'Shaughnessy, the engineer in
| charge of the work, arrived on the ST.
IBERIA yesterday only to hear of the
crime. He was much grieved over the
news as Mr. Glennan was one Of his
most valuable assistants.
'Mr. Glennan was first employed In
the survey of the canyon at the Maka-
we'll river" said Mr. 'Shaughnessy,
which was very dangerous work and
which four or five white men had al
ready vacated. He was n thoroughly
good and reliable man. and was pro-
NOTED until he got charge of this ex-
tension. He was also of good habits
and character, and his death will be n
heavy blow to his father and mother at
Redwood City, California. He was 32
years of age and unmarried"
Engineer O'Shaughnessy denies the
statement, appearing In the Bulletin,
that he had predicted the death of Mr..
Glennan before the completion of the
work on which the latter was engaged.
Mr. Shaughnessy states that he has
never said anything of the sort and
objects to being put in false position
in regard to an event he had no reason
to anticipate and which he has every
occasion to deplore.
Mr.. O'Shaughnessy further states
that Glennan's principal trouble was
in keeping rascally Japanese gamblers
and worse from the camp and had thus
incurred their enmity. These Japs, Mr..
O'Shaughnessy says are different
class from the ordinary plantation Japs.
and are vagabonds in many instances
THE DETAILED STORY.
The following is the account written
by Mr. smalley of the murder and the
events following It,
"On last Friday evening Mr.. Glennan
was most foully murdered while in bed
asleep by being blown up by dynamite,
placed under his bed and ignited by a
fuse leading to 1t from the outside of
the tent The result was horrible in
the extreme. He was thrown to the
other side of the tent, which was a
total wreck. His left thigh was crush
ed and he was otherwise mangled. j
arrived in about three or four minutes
from an adjoining camp where l had
gone to give orders for the next days
work, and carried him from the burn
ing tent, when the cook helped carry
him to my room 1 then sent the Japs
to put out the fire and save the valu-
able records. They were afraid OF fur
Their explosions from explosives known
or suspected to have been left in the
burning tent, so / left him for a few
minutes until the fire had been extin-
guished and could thus reach the tele-
phone to summon help.
II could get no answer by phone. and
as he was unconscious and his plight
was desperate, and the five Japs re-
fused to make the trip, being panic
stricken, I rode the two miles to the
tool house telephone, to get the doc
tor. He told me to bring him to Wal
Inea If he still lived and got the head
luna to send a spring wagon to the
trail he would be carried out by. L
made the round trip OF four miles OF
dangerous trail in forty minutes, but he
breathed his last just as l returned,
having never fully regained conscious
ness. When l first picked him up, he
said. Where am ~ and to the best
of my belief was almost rational at
that moment. ! remained there until
daylight when / had n litter made and
the remains carried out to the wagon
road and taken by wagon to Maka-
well.
II found that morning that the tele-
phone line had been broken about 300
yards from the tent. 1t showed signs
of having been tempered WITH and as
| had used the line at Sis p. m. and
Mrs. Omsted had tried to ring me at
$50 and Mr.. Baldwin had tried to get
Glennan at p. m, the explosion taking
place at $3.50, there seems to me to be
conclusive proof that 1t was cut be-
tween S:15 and 9, even granting that
Mrs. O.'s ring was all right, but not
noticed by Glennan.
MY horse mysteriously disappeared
from Camp 80 while was there. so
had to walk home after having men
out for about fifteen minutes hunting
for him, otherwise / would have been
at home when 1t happened.
Il tried all night to hit upon some
theory which would hold water and
explain the cause of explosion. disre-
the suspicion of foul play. We
had received tin of oil few days
before and l thought 1t might have
been placed under the tent for safe
keeping and the place set on fire Ivy
Mr.. G.. overturning n lamp which lie
usually burned at night, bur / fouLd
The oil uniniured In another nlace. 1