The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-27
WAS LEE PA
A SUICIDE?
Coroner's Inquest Sheds No
Light on Death of
Chinese.

"The deceased came to his death bv
drowning through causes unknown. y
This was the gist of the verdict at
the Coroner's inquest, held last night
over the remains of Lee Pal, the Chi
nese rice field laborer whose BODY was
| found floating in the bay off Mokuoeo
Sunday.
The evidence brought out at the in
| quest showed that Lee Pal was last
seen at $50 o'clock Wednesday even
| ing, when he went out to cut grass
near the Kahauiki rice fields. A half
| hour later, when the workmen of the
plantation sat down to supper, Lee Pal
was absent. A man was sent to look
for him and soon the place where he
| had been cutting grass was located. His
pile of grass and the stick which he
used in carrying his grass were there,
but there was no sign of the man. His
cane knife, with which he had done
The other workmen searched around
| for a time, but finding no trace of the
missing man. they returned to the even
ing meal. Nothing more was heard of
Lee Pal until Sunday when his body
was found floating in the water, miles
from the place where he had disap-
peared.
When drawn from the water, there
were no marks on the body to indicate
foul play. Deputy Sheriff Rose first
made a careful examination of the
| head and later the undertaken looked
the corpse over carefully.
| Near the place where Lee Pal had
| been cutting grass is water course
through which the body may have float
| ed down to the bay, but whether the
| Chinese was stunned and thrown in, or
whether he went voluntarily to his own
death, will probably never be known.
Stole Her Clothing.
In response to a message from Mrs.
| Tong Hapana, saying that she was a
| prisoner in the house of PAX Chan Bo
| in Kaimuki, Chief Leal scooted out on
rescue expedition Sunday afternoon.
He found the prisoner and released her,
! but he took her erstwhile captor into
custody. The captor paid $3.50 yester-
day morning to settle for his little
| joke.
According to Mrs. Hapana, who is
a Hawaiian, PAX Chan Bo invited her
| 10 +alr r,6 70 Koin aIftYt q
then enticed her into a cottage and
getting possession of her clothing, held
her prisoner. For day and a halt
the woman was unable to communicate
with anyone, not caring to venture out
in her scant attire. Sunday, while PAX
Chan Bo was away, she managed to
| attract the attention of a passing Kore
an and sent message to the police
| station.
LeaI responded and the woman's re
lease followed.
Fun Comes High.
| Nfshiwaki, Okimito, Shiono, Tamurs
and Higudu, japanese gamblers, paIe
/ $40 a piece in Judge Andrade's cour
yesterday morning for having beer
caught indulging in their little game
All five of the men have been up be
fore but have always pleaded guilty
thus. escaping with SO fines.
But yesterday they retained Charlie
Chillingworth as their attorney ant
concluded to fight the charge. The re
suit was $50 each instead of the httl
eagle which has always been sufficien
heretofore.
Shiono is so well known at the pc
lice station that the officers greet hin
as an old friend. He usually register
as All Sam at the Hotel Jarrett, ant
: when the name Shiono was called from
) the calendar no one knew who it meant
Nakamura and Murakami, who wer
arrested at the same time and plac
! as the quintet, were assessed but 81
each. The evidence bore out Naka
mura s claim that he was present sim
ply in the capacity of an onlooker, s
, the fine was made light in his case
The Judge determined to impress o.
him the inadvisability of consortin
with gamblers, however, so did not Sc
fit to let him off scot free. Murakam
is new offender, as far as the polio
know, so the court let him down easily
He was warned that the next offens
Woulu Dutdu GJUs AUWSNCE.
Attorney Chillingworth gave motto
of appeal in all seven eases.
d Nancy Joseph Acquitted.
d Nancy Joseph, charged with conduct
g ing blind pig, was found not guilt
o in Judge Andrade's court yesterda
morning. Nancy was charged wit
having taken marked half dollar fror
a police informant in return for
couple of bottles of wine She denie
|, taking the money, saying that she pul
!, chased the wine with her own none
!. at neighboring store. She charge
: the stool pigeon with throwing tn
|. money on the floor, in order to incrim
!. nate her, when she refused to accept i
The magistrate seemed to think tn
: evidence pretty fiimsy and Nancy wa
discharged.
& Ten Dollars for Slap.
John Kaiawa was assessed SO fo
slapping Chinese storekeeper. Kaiaw
was charged with chasing a ma
= through the store belonging to the so
3 of the flowery kingdom aud with hay
ing slapped the storekeeper when tn
Y latter objected to the proceedings.