The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02
BODY FOUND
IN THE BAY
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NNf"M ANhNHNNN AW"NNAENN
iose 40 ronte. the Portuguese who
vas convicted in police court on Tuos
day ~ conducting 'biind pig On
Punehbowl the arrest having been
made on saturday night by License
Inspector Fcnncll. was found dead In
the harbor yesterday morning
At fret ID was suggested that de
Pontc may have committed suicide, but
AZ the inquest last night circumstances
were brought to light TO indicate that
death came accidentally DE Pontc had
been drinking heavily all day Tuesday
after his conviction, and at . y N.
when be- was last seen by his acquain.
tanccs, he was quite drunk. j: is
thought he wandered down to the wa
terfront, aud in his drunken condition
fell of the wharf into the harbor.
There were certain indications that
death was due TO an accident and the
jury so found
DE Ponte was to have appeared in
mistake of cutting the hunter or the
pay of the inspectors.
Children Held Back.
Furtado said he knew nothing about
Maui, but ,be did know that if the
children of Hawaii had never seen an in
spector they woAld know ninetyfve
per cent more than ;hey do now. All the
inspectors simply harasscd the teach
ers about fads aud inspected the build
ings paying no attention nj all TO the
children. He thought there should be
one man I look after school work and
another TO inspect the buildings. He
compared the work done now with
that of \. 7. Atkinson, who knew his
business.
Shingle read letter from Maui
teacher, who thought il would be n
good thing if the "socalled Normal
Inspectors were done away with. He
moved in amendment of Kamahu IS
elimination motion. that there be one
inspector appropriated for at salary
of 5000 month.
Nawahine Tells Stories.
Nawahine slammed inspectors in
general and Wells in particular, whom
he had seen simply sitting in school
rom listening instead of at work in
speeding. lie said that the children
on Maui showed lack of education
and the fault lay, he thought, with the
school inspector His own daughter
hold. Nobody would do so. Napoleon
put rope around the body and pulled
it ashore and tied it to the wharf
Chas, Dudoit Jr., also employed at
the lighthouse, testified to similar de-
tails as the previous witness. He said
he was afraid to touch the body, as it
was the first time he had ever seen
body floating in the water.
a. Andrade, a painter, saw the de-
ceased on the postoflice corner Just af-
ter his case in police court was decided.
De Ponte spoke about liquor and said
| it get man crazy. One day he had
! been drinking and went to the Dilling.
ham wharf and fell over some lumber.
| When he awoke he found he had almost
| fallen into the water. He said, 81
almost got drowned through drinking.
Andrade said he saw De Ponte in n
saloon and then again in another
saloon at the corner of Hotel and Ma
unakea street with another bottle of
wine. He thought de Ponte had been
drinking little too much. He saw him
the last time about . p, M. Witness
said de Ponte drank great deal.
Never had heard him say anything
about taking his life. He acted as if
he didn't care about his case.
81 don think that he would throw
himself over the wharf, f" said Andrade.
"His experience at the Dillingham;
wharf seems to show that he would not
want to get drowned. The men j saw
him drinking with were old friends
of de Ponte S.
August Santos said he saw de Ponte
on Tuesday afternoon. This was after
o clock near King and Smith streets.
He yelled ont to me in n ioshing way:
81 want to fight with you today" /
ioshed back and said, son, you re too
drunk today, | couldn t fight you now. -
was driving a wagon and ] went
along. Witness said de Ponte was n
drinking man. He was walking to-
ward the 6shmarket when | left him.
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