The Hawaiian star., 1906-03-09
CHASTITY ENDING
OF A FAREWELL
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necessary to hold either man. The
statement of Sarka could be taken and
the men could be allowed to depart 1T
was stated this morning that efforts
would be made to get the men to take
a tug and reach the vessel this after
noon if she had not gotten too far away
from land.
Last night party Of friends of Hart
and Sarka went to the Irmgard to give
them a farewell serenade. Among
those present were Avery, E. ]. Nc
Candless. Halemanu known as Foot"
David Kama and some other native
singing boys. The party remained
quite late aboard the vessel and the
evening was passed quite convivially.
1t was decided by the artists that thy
would go to Kalihi with the visitors,
most of whom lived in that section and
walk back to the vessel. The crowd
went to Kalihi and some time around
o'clock this morning Sarka, Avery,
Hart, Halemanu, Kama and McCand-
less were walking along King street
toward the city. When near Gulick
avenue close to the Lloyd premises,
Halemanu said that he was going into
house as he knew some natives who
lived there and he would wake them.
Inasmuch as Halemanu had been
drinking more or less, ne was probably
seized with some freak to pay an early
morning call on supposed friends He
went inside of yard and into a house.
In a few moments he reappeared fol-
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angry
1t appears that Ching Keng had been
married to a Chinese woman last Tues
day and with friends had been X ep-
ing up the wedding celebration. Hale
manu- is said to have asked the Chinese
to give him a drink but according to
the statements of McCandless and Ka-
ma, Halemanu appears to have realiZ-
ed that he had gotten into the wrong
house and started to get out into the
yard, The Chinese followed and ask
ing what was the matter and what
Halemanu wanted Finally they got
out toward the gate where Halemanu's
| former companions were waiting The
| Chinese is said by McCandless to have
asked If Halemanu wanted to fight.
| Other Chinese attracted by the row,
began to come out of Ching Kengs
home and Halemanu is declared to have
raised his hand and struck the Chinese
| in the head. Ching Keng fell like a
! log. He rolled over several times on
| the ground. Halemanu and the other
men then continued along King street
until they reached McCandless's house
near the pumping station in Palama
where they went inside and paid a visit.
In the meanwhile the Chinese friends
of Ching picked him up and took him
inside Of his house. It is stated that
he did not regain consciousness. When
Assistant Sheriff Vida and Lieutenant
Punahu and other officers arrived at
the house of the Chinese in answer to
a telephone message, they discovered
that Ching was dead. The wife of the
Chinese as did the other Chinese,
thought her husband was. merely un-
conscious from the injury.
The body of the deceased was sent
to the morgue where DR.. ]. T, Nc
Donald performed an autopsy after the
coroner's jury had viewed the remains
Kama, All Lee and Ching Chow state
that they saw Halemanu strike the
deceased with his fist. McCandless
who was near when the assault oc-
CURED said that he saw Halemanu
raise his arm up as If to strike but he
did not see the blow actually struck
Halemanu deni striking the Chinese
The coroner's inquest has been set for
tomorrow afternoon at 1880 o'clock al
the police station.
The autopsy showed that the de,
clared had been in excellent health ant
that death had not been due to any
organic weakness. The death of China
Keng vas caused by a profuse hemorr
! hape of the brain The condition Ot