The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-05-31


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suicide shown in the act of getting the
bottle than there is shown merely in
tent of securing relief from bottle
containing chloroform, there remaining
no more chloroform in the small bot
tie
ClRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
AT first flush, might not Namias. SER
want and promised adopted son to a
wealthy and very aged gentleman wDU
was otherwise all alone i'm a strange
country, have between his return from
the Seaside Hotel and midnight, finding
his master asleep have used the three
ounce bottle, containing about half
an ounce when it was found to end
his employers pain-and earthly exist
enceE He certainly had the oppor-
tunity, but did he have the motive? 4
careful consideration of all the facts
reveals nothing but the opportunity, an
opportunity which the Japanese watch
man also shared, to say nothing of
anybody from outside during the alb
sence of Namias and the Japanese boy.
The police realized the opportunity for
crime, right enough, and did not me-
elect to look for motive. Namias was
put through a most searching examfn-
alton in the police station last evening
by Coroner Rose and also Attorney A.
l.. G. Atkinson who was cabled by a
nephew of the dead man to take charge
OF the case, the body and effects.
THE STORY OF NAM1AS.
Il was glad of the opportunity to
come here with Mr.. Nichols" said the
young man to a Star reporter this
morning. He treated me well as a
bell boy in New Orleans and since he
has been as good as a father to me-
never was in any trouble like this. 1t
upsets me. He promised to see that
| was fixed for the rest of my life. He
thought of returning to Danbury, Con.
necticut, where he had been, after
stopping here while longer He told
me anything l wanted to go ahead and
get it. He suffered a great deal. He
was an invalid and had pains in his
, shoulders and legs, rheumatism. He
saw few people and received few let
, tiers. He told me he had been mar
ND &c yrifa hoI TOD
years ago. He said nothing to me OF
any children. He has two sisters
somewhere. He was great friend of
millionaire Fairchilds of New York
and he had nephew in Danbury, Con-
,necticut, P. N. Bliss. He told me that
Fairchilds know | cabled Bliss and
told Bliss to telegraph Fairchilds.
think he was worth about 100000 1t
was usual for him to let me go out for
several hours at a time, when he want
ed to sleep. He used to say l must
enjoy myself all | could, for he feIr
that | had haru work waiting on him
when he was in pain. But it was not
hard work for me: | liked to help
him how l could. Before we arrived
here, on the steamer, he used to use the
ohloroform by shifting it from the bot
tie. After he got here and took Dr.
collins for his doctor he used to put
4 little on a handkerchief and lay II
over his face and soon he would go to
sleep. | tried to get him out of the
habit of taking the chloroform too
J often and so | hid the large bottle
There was hardly any in the smaller
bottle when l left to go out Saturday
afternoon. | did not know he was
dead until they told me; l thought he
was asleep. / shall stay here a while.
Everything is in Mr. Atkinson's hands,
and lam glad of it, for | don't know
what to do"
Namias is not well educated, some
what unsophiscated, very young, and
appears to be much affected by his en-
ployer's death.
ATKINSON ENGAGED
The retaining of Attorney A. L. C.
Atkinson came about in this way DR..
Vile, the famous friend of Hawaii, is
a Danbury Connecticut, man, where
the nephew of the deceised lives. When
Bliss, the nephew, received cabled news
of his uncle's death, ne called on Vile
and asked him to recommend some
Honolulu attorney. VILE recommend
ed Atkinson and so Bliss cabled Akin
son to take charge Atkinson obeyeu
instructions. The body will be Gre
mated this afternoon The ashes will
be sent to DanDury. Atkinson attend
ed the coroner's inquest last night and
did everything possible to clear up the
affair.