The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-27

hamalnkane, the Hawaiian who lie
wounded at the Queen IS Hospital as
result of hammer blows inflicted on hi
head Thursday night, at which tim,
his. friend Kaaa was so badly burned
that he died Friday noon, yesterday
admitted, under cross examination, tha
Kaaa was the one who assaulted him
Kamaliikane, by his answers ant
explanations, convinced the coroner I
jury who heard him yesterday that ht
was trying not to tell the truth. Wher
he came to the end of three hours
steady investigation, he not only
remOdeled his tale so that he even
dropped the theory that a japanese
had assaulted him and identified Kaaa
as the man who not only had assaulted
him, but set fire to the beds to burn
the house, and, incidentally, burned
himself fatally.
The coroner''s jury went to the hos
pital at 1870, and the investigation
was held in the parlor of the old wing
Kamaliikane being brought there on a
stretcher. His head was bandaged
Deputy County Attorney Milverton,
with Deputy Sheriff Jarrett, conducted
the investigation, the former asking
the questions, with Chief Kalakiela in
terpreting. Mr.. Milyerton adroitly led
Kamaliikane along the route taken by
Kamaliikane IN giving out his earlier
statements. He repeated that he and
Kaaa were in the house together that
evening, sitting on the porch, discuss
ing politics, which was the only, sub
iect thev ever quarreled over.
Then he told how at seven 'clock
Kaaa went to his bedroOm, mauka of
his (Kamaliikane IS OWN and opposite
the dining room. Then about 1880 Ka-
maliikane went to bed, and had been
there bat a short time when he
thought he heard someone entering the
house. Next he heard somebody enter
his bedrooyl and he called out, but re-
ceived no answer. Then he arose, went
to the bureau and was about to strike
a match when the intruder struck him
on the head with some instrument,
which later he found to be hammer.
Then he became dizzy, but later
grappled with his antagonist, and re-
ceived two more blows on the head. He
finally wrenched the hammer away,
went to the front veranda and called
for help. The person he struggled with
made no sound, and fed through the
back passageway through which he had
entered. While calling for help Kama
liikane said he saw fire in the house.
He ran in and entered the Waikiki
bedroom. in which was a four-poste
bed. The netting and bedding were on
fire. He tried to put this fire out, and
then went to his own bedroom just OPP
pOsite, also finding the net and bedding
ablaze. He threw the net out of the
window. Then some people came in
and helped put out the fire.
He was asked why he did not call
for Kaaa, but he said Kaaa was often
sullen and would not answer, so he did
not try to awaken him. Even when
the place was on fire Kamaliikane said
he did not go to Kaaa s room to warn
him of danger.
He said the man who struck him was
undoubtedly a japanese. Why? Well,
because couple of weeks before, a
Japanese came to the house and asked
that a bin of sixty cents owing his
wife by Kamaliikane' children, for
washing, be paid Kamaliikane said he
knew nothing about it, and the Jap
anese departed. There was no anger
in the conversation. The man who as
saulted him. he said, was short, but
a little stout, but he was sure it was
a japanese. Then Kamaliikane began
to backslide He did not think the al
legged japanese assailant on Thursday
night was the same Japanese who had
called for money two weeks before.
With the ice thus broken and the !
questions being varied and gone over
again and again. Kamaliikane's story
began to melt away. First he said it
was so dark in the house he could not /
see anything. Later he said he saw !
hammer in the man S hand. Then he !
that he saw part of his ,
face. Little by little. with adroit !,
leading, Kamaliikane said the man was ,
without a coat. Had no shoes. No !
stockings. of course. Dungaree pants /
the blue kind. Shirts Yes, that |
was striped one. not like Mr.. Milver-
-on s. which had stripes straight up
md down, but stripes and cross stripes.
The stranger was not altogether bald,
lust partly so, and it was gray hair,
put not so gray as his own. The Jap's
noustaehe was gray and his beard was
little stubblv.
As Kamaliikane proceeded, the in
restigators looked wise at one another,
or Kamaliikane was gradually giving
description of Kaaa. The Jap dis
.ppeared easily, for the Jap who call |