The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-01-05

triking.
that not blood; that dirt-'lepo."
get it on my clothes because l sleep
on the ground
CONFRONTED WITH CLOTHES. !
The prisoners blood-stained clothes
were then produced by Deputy Sheriff
Cox.
rs that your shirt" asked the Sher- !
if Yes"
you are sure Of it?" YES"
us that red dirt?" pointing to the
NUMEROUS stains on the front and
cleeves. Yes"
when you took your shirt off 1t was
just like that?" Yes"
Are these your drawers" holding
up the blood-stained garments. Yes
And then a change came over john
sons countenance. He looked scared
for an instant and his eyes dropped.
Then he frightened up, but said moth
ing evidently awaiting the next ques-
ton.
! How did that blood get on them
"Oh, that's only dirt. You see when
I laid down to sleep and got my white
trousers dirty, 1t came through and
oirtied my drawers too.
WAS KENTwELL'S COACHMAN.
johnson said he was an Irishman,
born in Dublin. He said he had been
1 at Wharton's place for over two
rmonths. He was an old friend Of Mr..
Wharton's. He had come from Homo
lulu, where he had been employed by
L. X. Kentwell.
J Honolulans may generally recall
Johnson as the small-statured, gener-
ally unshaven driver of Mr.. Kentwelfs
surrey. He wore what is known as
"dicer," or derby hat, and often held
the horse for long periods daytime at
the entrance to the Mcintyre block.
,,~ BLOOD-CAKED KNIFE.
Deputy Sheriff Cox then produced an
I. X. L. knife which he had taken from
Johnson's pocket. 1t was rusty and
the officers were certain that clots and
stains upon the blade and the hank
were blood. A Ratchet, also smeared
with similar stains was produced. This
was found in Warton's yard.
i A PATHETIC INCIDENT.
Is, The party then drove to Wartons
which is on the uphills beyond the
plantation mill and residences. AS the
party neared the Catholic church two
hacks and a number of people on foot
were seen dppIOtChihSs Al thc AAohe
seat was the aged father of Simeon
Wharton, his head bowed in grief. On
his knees rested little white coffin.
in which were the mutilated remains
of the victim. The funeral party
passed into the church yard and the
remains were buried there.
SCENE OF THE CRIME.
The Wharton home is close to
houses and trees about. A path leads
from the rear Of the house down hill
toward a gulch, the slopes being COW
cred with young cane. At the edge of
canefield, probably two hundred feet
from the house, tall growths Of weeds
rise. Just off the path, the fiend who
y killed Simeon Wharton carried out his
Purpose. 1t was a secluded spot
A'whether the boy was slowly tortured
to death by mutilation, or was killed
outright may never be known. unless
the murderer confesses. But there the
legs and arms were cut away from the
body. The head was severed from the
trunk, the body opened and the heart
lungs, liver and intestines removed
! and scattered at distances of four tc
Ave feet apart. The tongue was cut
out and the eyes gouged from theil
sockets. One leg had been removed
at the hip. A deep hole in the top OF
the head was found by the discover
ers of the crime. A shallow grave
some six inches in depth had been hol'
i lowed out and the body laid In. TIT
: hands were placed inside the stomach
E and the head and arms slowed along
3 side the trunk. The jacket and under
a shirt. bathed in blood. covered the bod!
= and dirt was put oyer ALL The boy
: trousers were found on bush nearb!
: and the finding of these led to the dis
3 covery of the body.
st HAVE KILLED SIMEON"
: J., Yeta, little Japanese girl adopte'
q by the Whartons, was closely ques
q toned by the Sheriff. She said that al
n the children and Johnson were In tn
n yard early In the morning. johnson
+ had gone away and then come bacl
: again. He and Simeon sat under tn
mango tree. She heard Johnson ask
ing Simeon to accompany him. TIL
pair departed and went down the littl
Etrail near which the childs remain
: were found. Some time afterwar,
Johnson returned. and she states posi-
$, lively that Johnson told her. Il hav
killed Simeon" She stated also tina
y she had told this to Mrs. Wharton, BID
8 the latter remembers nothing OF tn
y kind.
d ~ JOHNSONs MOVEMENTS.
r. According to Yeta. Mrs. Wharton an
Tuck Hong, an employe. Johnsonleft tn
+ premises about the time fixed by Yets
n and had not shown up again unit
lie about one or two In the Afternoon
It Close on to noon Mrs. Wharton be
d came alarmed over Simeon's absenc
lie and Tuck Hong went down to the Wa
Is ialua Soda Works to see II Johnso
d and Simeon were there. On his retur
johnson had come back to the hous
d by the main road.
ID MRS. WHARTON'S STORY.
o, Mrs. Wharton. bravely maintainin