The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-03-13
JOY, MUSIC,
AND MUROER

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rIaicmanu. a young Hawaiian must
rlan. IL confined az the police station
charged with the murder ~ ching
Keng The latter met his death. II IL
said, By blow OF a fist delivered
ey Haiemanu IN the premises Of the
Chinaman at Kalihi. shortly after
s'clock yesterday morning.
The tragedy came as the end OF "A
nights entertainment ana farewell to
Charles Sarka. the well known maya
nine illustrator, who has been In the
Islands for the past six months. ana
q. q. Hart, fellow artist. both OF
whom were TO have sailed for the
Coast yesterday In the barkentine lrm-
gard
A party went aboard the Irmgard on
Friday evening where they met with
Messrs. Sarka and Hart. The evening
was a jolly one, and music was fur-
nished by some natives, Halemanu be-
ing OF the number.
About midnight II was decided 10 20
sut to Kalihi to pay farewell can
upon +. ]. McCandless. All hands
walked the distance. While In Palaina
near the Lloyd premises Halemanu
said he was going into a house whlch
the crowd was then passing, as some
friends of his lived there. Halemanu
had been drinking and was feellng
little gay at the time. He said that
some Hawaiians resided In the house.
He went into the yard. During TINS
time some of the party continued their
walk. One or two remained near the
premises, awaiting Halemanus re-
zurn.
II was not long before Halemanu
reappeared He was followed by a
Chinaman, named Ching keng, VINO
seemed to be very angry 1t is said
that when Halemanu entered the
house he asked for a drink, and then
realized that he had either gotten in
TO the wrong house or the Hawaiians
he had known to be living there had
moved away and the Chinaman was
living there instead. He left the
house at once followed by the China
man Some words followed at the
gate. None of the members of the
party save Mr.. McCandless appears
10 have been near or to have witness
ed what followed. Halemanu is said
10 have finally struck the Chinamar
saws he saw Halemanus arm in the
air but did not see any blow struck.
Halemanu walked on and Joined hi
companions. and upon his telling then
how the Chinaman had fallen to tn
ground and rolled over, they all laugh
ed, thinking that In some way the maj
had merely stumbled. Halemanu'
story was somewhat humorous. Tn
crowd went TO McCandless' house
Later on all returned to the city an
the artists went aboard their vessel
In the meantime a tragedy had bee
enacted at Ching Keng's home. IN
Chinaman was found unconscious
Friends carried him into the hous'
He did not recover his senses and die
during the night. 1t was the ending
a honeymoon, for Ching Keng ha
been married only few days and wa
tust finishing up the wedding cei'
bration. Within a week his bride ha
become a widow.
The police were notified and IN
body was removed to the morgue whei
Or. Mcdonald performed an autops!
The examination disclosed the fa'
that the deceased had been in a pei
fectIy healthy condition and deaf
was caused by n profuse hemorrhae
Of the brain. There were no eXter
sive Commissions or abrasions on III
mans head
Yesterday morning the Irmgard wa
about to sail when hack drove VI
on the wharf. In 1t were Depu'
sheriff Vida and two policemen. the
went aboard the barkentine and not
fed Messrs. Sarka and Hart that the
were required as witnesses before u
eoroner's jury. They left the vess
and went TO the police station. The
was considerable delay about gettir
10 jury together. captain Schmidt o.
Iayed sailing his vessel until 10 ocioc
but as the jury had not yet begun ]
session and a breeze springing up
decided to put to sea. He did so al
rhe would passengers and their lul
gage were left behind. After their d.
positions We're taken 1t was decide
that they should be put aboard. II
barkentine was then drifting idly
the vicinity of Diamond Head and
launch was requisitioned to chase h
and place the passengers aooar
Finally il was decided that the bar
entine could not be caught up wit
and the plan was abandoned 80
Sarka and Hart proved that they hi
been walking some distance ahead
Halemanu and knew nothing whateV
of the tragedy. They took passage
the Olympia yesterday afternoon a
departed on that vessel last evenir
The inquest will be held at 1880 p
today.
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