Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-06
SLAYERCLAIMS that
MURDER WAS
JUSTIFIED
Waimea Tragedy Was an
Outcome Of
TauntS
CLAIMS THAT VICTIM
MAKE FIRST ATTACKED
Pea Battered on Door With Stone
and Called Kahoolawe to Come
Out and Be Killed-Footprints
Sawed Out of a Board.

Especial to the Bul fctinD
lill.O, Dec. 1.-The lIilo Tribune
of Tuesday. Dec. I. will contain the
following:
Provocation and self-defense.
These are the reasons which Ka-
hoolawe, the murderer of Pea, gives
for his act
Kahoolawe Is an old friend or
Sheriff Pua, the two having lived to-
gether for fifteen years at Waimea
and in other places, and when the
Sheriff saw Kahoolawe after the
murder the prisoner told him the
full details of the desperate AFFAIR
Kahoolawe said. according to the
Sheriff, that he killed Pea because
of great provocation and because he
was himself attacked first by the
man he slew. He said that on his
return from Waimea to Mana on
that fateful Thanksgiving evening,
Pea and the Korean. who was the
only eyewitness to the crime. began
to taunt him and call him all man
ner of vile names. These two men
were In the Koreans room, which
was right next to Kahoolewe's, and
after Kahoolawe had retired to his
room they called him names through
the partition. Afterwards they
came to Kahoolawe's door and bat
tered II with a stone. calling at the
same time that they intended to
kill him. On hearing his Kahoolawe
armed himself with his razor.
According to Kahoolawes story.
as told by Sheriff Pua, the two men
finally managed to break the door
rarity in, and they threw something
at Kahoolawe which struck him on
the back of the neck. dazing him for
d moment AS soon as he recovered
Lis senses, Kahoolawe made a rush
for Pea. The Korean raE away.
: Kahoolawe slashed Pea across the
abdomen with his razor, and Pea
ian. Kahoolawe followed and
slashed him down the back as he
ian. Pea fell on a small platform
near the fence, and here Kahoolawe
fell over him, slashing and cutting
the man under him, finally cutting
his throat.
The Sheriff during his stay at Ma
ha secured rag covered with blood.
which kahoolawe used for wiping
his razor after he had killed Pea.
The rag was found In the murderer's
room and was identified by him. The
Sheriff also caused couple Of Ka-
hoolawe's footprints, which covered
board with CORY marks, to be
sawed out. and these are row IN the
possession of the police.
Among the other things witch the
Sheriff secured belonging to Kaho0-
lave was small note book, in which
he kept record OF his dreams. The
text is In Hawaiian, neatly written,
and carefully dating the dreams In
the order In which they occurred.
but without commenting on them In
any way.
One item, for instance, Is as fol.
lows:
June 30, 1901 saw lot OF
women and they were saying that
what ] had written them concern
ing their health had been received
by them"
In another dream which is thus
described, Kahoolawe tells how he
saw long ship from America. II
had many flags, and a small girl
came and took him by the hand and
led him on board.
Still another dream, which is quite
CHASTITY In its significance. is as fol-
lows:
June 20, 1901 saw Sam X. Pua.
Sheriff of the County of Hawaii. and
he gave me document on which
some writing had been made, but |
could not make out the writing. |
held the document in my hand"
This, at least, is dream which
came true.
The book further contains a mass
OF biblical quotations. hulas. meles
and other such items.