The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-10
JOY, music,
AND MURDER
Tragic Sequel to Fare.
we'll Dinner of Two
Artists.

Halemanu, a young Hawaiian must
clan, is confined at the police station
charged with the murder of Ching
Keng. The latter met his death, it is
said, by a blow of fist delivered
by Halemanu, in the premises OF the
Chinaman at KaIihi, shortly after
o'clock yesterday morning.
The tragedy came as the end of a
nights entertainment and farewell to
Charles Sarka. the well known maya
zine illustrator, who has been in the
islands for the past six months, and
G. O. Hart, a fellow artist. both of
whom were to have sailed for the
Coast yesterday in the barkentine Irm-
gard.
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 it was decided to go
out to Kalihi to pay a farewell call
upon E. ]. McCandless. All hands
walked the distance. While in Palama
near the Lloyd premises Halemanu
said he was going into a house which
the crowd was then passing, as some
friends of his lived there. Halemanu
had been drinking and was feeling
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 Halemanu's re-
turn.
1t was not long before Halemanu
reappeared. He was followed by a
Chinaman, named Ching Keng, who
seemed to be very angry. 1t is SAID
that when Halemanu entered the
house he asked for 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
to have been near or to have Witness
ed what followed. Halemanu is said
to have finally struck the Chinaman
a blow behind one ear. McCandless
says he saw Halemanu's arm in the
air but did not see any blow struck.
Halemanu walked on and Joined his
companions, and upon his telling them
how the Chinaman had fallen to the
ground and rolled over, they all laugh
ed, thinking that in some way the man
had merely stumbled. Halemanu's
story was somewhat humorous. The
MpCan6IpSS' h0llS6.
Later on all returned to the city and
the artists went aboard their vessel
In the meantime a tragedy had been
enacted at Ching Keng's home. The
Chinaman was found unconscious.
Friends carried him into the house.
He did not recover his senses and died
during the night. 1t was the ending of
a honeymoon, for Ching Keng had
been married only a few days and was
just finishing up the wedding cele-
bration. Within a week his bride had
become widow.
The police were notified and the
body was removed to the morgue where
DR.. Mcdonald performed an autopsy.
The examination disclosed the fact
that the deceased had been in a per-
fectly healthy condition and death
was caused by a profuse hemorrhage
sive Commissions or abrasions on the
mans head.
Yesterday morning the Irmgard was
about to sail when a hack drove up
on the wharf. In it were Deputy
Sheriff Vida and two policemen. They
went aboard the barkentine and noti-
fed Messrs. Sarka and Hart that they
were required as witnesses before the
coroner's jury. They left the vessel
and went to the police station There
was considerable delay about getting
to jury together Captain Schmidt de-
layed sailing his vessel until 10 o'clock,
but as the jury had not yet begun its
session and breeze springing up he
decided to- put to sea. He did so and
the would passengers and their lug
gage were left behind After their de-
positions were taken 1t was decided
that they should be put aboard. The
barkentine was then drifting idly in
the vicinity of Diamond Head and
launch was requisitioned to chase her
and place the passengers aboard.
Finally it was decided that the bark
entine could not be caught up with,
and the plan was abandoned. Both
Sarka and Hart proved that they had
been walking some distance ahead of
Halemanu and knew nothing whatever
of the tragedy. They took passage on
the Olympia yesterday afternoon and
departed on that vessel last evening.
The inquest will be held at 1:30 p. nj.
today