Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-05
JOHNSON GONFfSSES
To WAIAIUA MURDIR
CONTINUED from psa. ~


ed corpse, late in the afternoon OF
Wednesday, shortly after the body was
discovered. Or. Wood is the Waialua
plantation physician and the long es.
tablished doctor OF the large district
Of all Walalua. He was at once called
to the rudely constructed grave, open.
cd by the discoveries of the hacked
remnants OF what was once a joyous
little boy, the pride of his father and
his mothers darling. The authorities
deemed II proper that the opinion of
q medical expert should be obtained
as TO the manner OF death. Possibly
the doctor might also throw some
light on the motive OF the crime.
But let DR.. Wood tell his own story.
He was interviewed in the little vii
lage of Waialua by a Bulletin man
last night.
Recalls Horrld Details.
DIR. Wood, questioned by the report.
er, had the following to say. He seem.
ed not anxious 10 talk. He Is wit.
ness before the coroner's Jury and was
probably inclined TO reserve freedom
Of speech until he should appear be.
fore that body. Nevertheless his first
reserve wore off as the horrible de
tails so recently under his notice pass
ed again through his mind
Said the doctor: when | first
reached the scene | was struck by the
unusual-the remarkable mutilation OF
the remains. The body-the pieces OF
the tiny body-lay scattered on the
ground near what seemed to be q
small, shallow grave, evidently made
In hurry.
IL knelt by the side of the trunk
that dismembered section which was
itself fiendishly ripped and torn = and
placed my hand on the flesh.
Flesh Was Warm.
"For a moment was impressed
with the warmness OF the corpse. Fol-
moment thought death could have
occurred but recently. ! placed my
hand on my own. by way OF comparl
son OF temperature and realized that
the temperature Of the little corpse
was almost as great as that of my
own living flesh. ! had inferred, pre-
,lous TO this, that the child had beer
killed several hours ago and the
warmth of the flesh rather surprised
me. Then | observed that the bod.
had been lying in such position that
beneath the very thin layer OF eartl
which had covered II, II had beer
| right in the heat of the sun. ! felt tn,
earth about where the body was fount
and discovered that II was also warm
This seemed to explain the warmth o
the body.
The Butchers Work.
1.-THE remains were separated II
some dozen pieces. The head ha'
been cut Off Both forearms had beer
amputated at the elbows. Both leg
had been removed at the knee joints
Tne eyes had been gouged out. Tn,
nose had been split and slashed. Tn
ears had been.cu The little moutl
had been slit on either side, from ca
TO ear. The scalp had been laid opel
right from back OF the top OF the hea'
lown over the forehead to the nose
A hole had been driven In the tende
skull Just back OF the head, about tn
center. There were hicks or jabs her
and there on the face. The abdome
had been slashed open by a longitud
nal cut, and the intestines, heart an
| lungs anu llNtT TURN but lioul INC uOu
and the amputated left forearm of tn
infant had been thrust into the tor
abdomen.
Buried with the body was found tn
little jacket the child had worn, a
blood.coated and muddy.
Eye Turned Inward.
zone of the eyes, after being gouge
cut, had been thrust back into II
socket, so that the pupil was turned II
ward and the wrong SHE stuck out l
a horrible manner. | did not see tn
other eye. believe II could not b
found. It must have been throw
away. The nose was not cut off, a
some say II was; II was slit on eitht
side and slashed in the middle.
Dirt Rubbed In.
Into all the ends OF the butchere
flesh had been rubbed soil. Dirt,
seemed. had been thoroughly rubbe
into all the parts where blood woul
, have flowed. | cannot say wheth'
this was done with the Idea of sto
ping the flow OF blood. Such, indee
might have been the idea OF the pc
petrator OF the awful crime.
"Dismemberment had been effect'
> ve~y carefully. The hands and feet. I
, rather the arms and legs. were n
hacked off, but carefully amputated
Al. IL ~ L.