Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-05

stupid. Rather simpleton in a way
Body is Put Together.
The severed portions of the body
were put together. after fashion. BY
the doctor, for burial. Tie remains were
buried In the Catholic cemetery on the
hill, not far from the scene OF the
crime and the Wharton residence.
never say body so badly mutilated.
Deputy Sheriff Oscar Cox deserves
great credit for the manner In which
he handled the case
The Fathers story.
Henry Wharton, the aged, gray
haired father OF the slaughtered baby.
being engaged in n civil land suit IN
the Circuit Court, came into Honolulu
this morning. He was interviewed on
| the train by the Bulletin man.
Wharton was. OF course, stunned. al
though he could converse almost cheer
| fully on all subjects except the hor
rible death Of his child.
81 believe" said MIR. Wharton, that
johnson murdered my little boy. He
must have been huhu with me and my
wife. About Christmas time, or little
| later, he came home to our house with
| O silver watch. | asked him where hd
got II. He said he had taken II from
Kukushima, q hackman, while the Jap
! anse was drunk. for fear that some ond
might steal 1t from his friend.
Row With Wharton.
Later the japanese came to me and
complained that Johnson had stolen
the watch. told johnson that IL he
was going to do that kind Of thing he
80 nd nd
set room on the plantation some
where. My wife told him almost the
same thing. We were angry to think
that after all we had done for him, dur.
ing the last ten years. he should bring
shame on our good name by stealing
from the neighbors. He made no par
ticular answer, only he seemed very
angry and sulky and went out. That
IL the only time remember that there
was every any particular trouble, ex
eept about Christmas time he was
angry with my wife because she would
not 60 out and buy him some drink or
because she would not give him some
money TO buy liquor with. The omy
ether time we ever had any trouble was
about ten years ago, when | slapped
him good and hard on the side OF the
head because he had nearly killed q
fine horse OF mine through carelessnesa
Fond Of His Victim.
johnson seemed always very fond
OF the children. particularly OF my
little boy who was cut to pieces. He
used always to call him when he came
home and sometimes he would give
J him little money or candy. He never
had any hard things to say against
the child.
johnson had a very dirty mouth;
he was always using very filthy Ian
, guage when we aid not at once speah
! to him and tell him that we could not
} allow such language In the presence OF
our little children. We did not want
them to grow up with such bad words
! In their minds.
Runaway Sailor.
He was a sailor. He ran away from
ship about ten years ago. II was the
ship Bangarrie from New York. lie
came to me and said he was starving
J and I fed him. After that, all these
; years, he has worked for me OF and on.
J once for as long as two years. some
times for only couple Of month. He
has worked all around. Before he
came to be the last time he was driving
for Kentwell in Honolulu.
u do not think he Is crazy, but al
ways used to call his lolo, because he
said he was "A sailor and knew every
thing that a sailor should know and
yet he seemed SO clumsy and careless
| and he was sometimes very queer.
J 81 have not seen johnson since he
! was arrested and | do not want to.
, could not stand ii. | would not even
, 80 to see the place where my little
| lody's body was buried by the man who
KILLED MIN.
Stepped on Grave.
. u was in Honolulu when the body
: was found. My wife she missed him
, and she and the Chinese, and Johnson,
/ too. went In search Of where he could
! be. The Chinese found his little pants
hanging on bush and they looked
/ carefully all around to see II the boy
/ was not lying somewhere around. Then
my wife stepped, without at first know
. Ing 1t, on her baby's grave. AS soon al
she stepped there and felt the soft
: earth give away under her feet with
5 sort of feel that there was something
!. under II, she would not look again
Her friends took care OF her. II was
| 1t was terrible.
0 mo, | did not say would kill the
] man who killed my child and my
I friends they did not say anything about
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