The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-12-05
KAKAAKO
TRAGEDY

saturday night In connection
with the death OF his paramour vir-
ginia
The police have nothing TO say. but
from other sources II is learned that
kaliko has been living with the woman
for about four to six years. the latter
part OF which time was spent at Kn-
kaako on Ditch street In the house
owned by John Ena. Saturday after
noon Virginia and her bosom friend
Kaimihana, the wife of Paulo, q la
borer In the machine shops OF the Ho-
nolulu Iron Works, went up to the
neighboring store after Paulo returned
from work with his pay and bought
some clothing. Meantime Paulo had
been to the fish market and had
brought back some steak, some mullet
and some uu, also some wine. Virginia
and his wife prepared the fish and
when everything was ready they all
went to the room of John Ena, the pro-
prietor. and proceeded to have a good
time" Supper over. about six o'clock.
Paulo and his wife went to their rooms
and Kaliko and Virginia to theirs. all
three families living in the same tene-
ment house.
Later in the evening Paulo heard
sounds from the direction or Kaliko's
room and said to his wife that he
thought she had better so down and
stop Kaliko and Virginia from fight
ing These fights had been a common
occurrence for the past four or five
months that Paulo and his wife had
been living in the house. But Paulo's
wife did not think 1t wise to interfere
and refused to go. Then Paulo went
himself and entered Kaliko's room,
which was darkened by blanket
hanging over the window, and spoke to
Kaliko. Kaliko was about to hit Paulo,
but desisted and came to the door.
pushing Paulo ahead of him. When he
got to the door, he apologized for his
language to Paulo and began to cry,
saying he had not recognized him In the
dark. Paulo advised him to quit hit
ting Virginia and to live quietly which
Kaliko promised to do.
At that time Paulo could not
see the woman, but heard noise
like she was lying on the floor swear
ing at Xaliko Paulo's wife came up
and he advised his wife to stay with
the warning couple and keep them
quiet, but the landlord, John Ena,
came along and told Paulo to go where
he was spending his money" meaning
his own room, saying that the best
thing to do was to leave Virginia and
Kaliko alone. Paulo then left with his
wife and shortly after they went to
bed and slept until between eleven and
twelve, when they were awakened by
someone who said that Virginia was
dead.
Meantime, between nine and ten
o'clock, Mrs. Ena and Eva Kaomea,
another resident of the tenement, heard
Kaliko's voice saying Come" to Mrs.
Ena. who is cousin of the dead
woman. On arriving at Kaliko's room.
these women found Virginia lying
crosswise on the floor stark naked and
dead. They asked Kaliko what was the
matter and he said, "Oh. she drank too
much" The women put a chemise
upon the body and Kalliko seems to
have gone away to the house of Mrs.
John Wallace. sister of Virginia, on
Hustace street. some four blocks away.
Here he called out Mrs. Wallace, whose
husband is police officer and was
then on duty and not at home. Mrs.
Wallace asked Kaliko what was the
matter and Kaliko replied: Virginia,
your sister, Is dead. She has been on
drunk for a week and for the past
four days she has not eaten any poi
or other food"
Mrs. Wallace called out to David Ha-
umea, another policeman. who happen
ed to be off duty and who lives In the
neighborhood. and the three, Mrs. Wal
lace, Haumea and Kaliko, went back
to the room where Virginia lay dead.
Meantime John Ena had taken q hack
and gone to the police station. and
| bicycle police officer was sent to the
| scene Of the tragedy and arrested Ka-
like, shortly after the arrival Of the
trio at the Ena tenement house.
The coroner was called and empanel-
ed jury. who viewed the remains and
adjourned until called together again.
They will meet some time today, prob
ably In the evening. The body was re-
| moved to the morgue, where It was
found that there as a peculiar welt on
the side OF the face, dlagonally little
over the left eye. and the right eyelid
was black and blue. The whole face
looked like It had been beaten. as with
the fist, and further investigation by
| the autopsy surgeon, DIR. Mcdonald,
| developed a great deal OF blood under
| the flesh Just over the eyes, while
within the skull there was a mass Of
blood clots.
| The woman was about twenty-five
years of age and Kaliko us about
twenty-nine or thirty, former sailor
on the Kinau. but lately a fisherman.
The body was removed from the
morgue to Mrs. Wallaces home during
Sunday and is still there, where the
usual Hawaiian ceremonies of death
watches. kahili waving and hula dances
were in full swing last night.
No one seems willing to ascribe in
tent to kill to Kaliko, but the EVIL
dence is strong that he has for months
numerically beaten his paramour, for
what reason no one seemed willing to
say, farther than that It was possibly
jealousy. The blood clots on the brain
seem conclusive proof Of her either
having been pounded on the floor or
against the wall or having received
heavy strokes with the fist. Neither
Virginia nor Kaliko appear to have
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