The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-15
SHOOTS SELF
With PISTOL

At 1920 o'clock yesterday morning
Miss Bertha c. Rumble, dressmaker,
aged about So shot and killed herself
in room Z, Elite building, Hotel street.
Last night coroner's jury, consisting
of Horace N. Crabbe, E. F. Imhof,
Makanakoa, j. F. Crowley and w. e.
Hurr inquired into the case and re-
turned the FOLLOWING verdict:
THAT Bertha Rumble came to her
death on the 14th day of March, 1909,
from gun-shot wound in the head,
said wound being self-inflicted with
suicidal intent"
At about the hour stated, Jack Nc
FadJen, who occupies a room opposite
that of the suicide, was aroused from
sleep by a pistol shot, followed in a
few seconds by another shot. He
jumped out of bed and ran into the
hallway; where he met Mrs. Curry,
mistress of the house, who had also
heard the shots. Both hurried 10
the room of Miss Rumble and found it
to be locked. McFadden ran for a
policeman and DR.. Wayson was sum-
moned. Returning with the officer,
McFadden was assisted through the
trarsom over the door, and opened the
door, disclosing the woman lying on
the ped with bullet hole in the fore
head and the pistol still gripped in her
hand.
She ha l fired two shots, the first one
evidently going through the window
She had spoken to Mrs. Curry about
suiciding before, while telling an in
| terminable story of her troubles, and
stated that she had attempted to shoot
| herself the night previous but that the
pistol had missed fire. The first shot,
therefore, was fired through the win
dow to try the weapon.
There was 10 question left as to in
territorial suicide. A whole pack of
| letters left en- the table, addressed to
different persons, we're full of her trou-
bles and intimating huicide in many
ways. One CT these letters, addressed
to her landlady, was as follows
Dear Mrs. Curry:
You may not know nor surmise
what my intentions are. But there are
things both ways. One to end my
days and one to live. l neglected my
self and everything else for that rea-
son. The way l was imposed upon
by different ones. The last one is by
no means the first one which l told you
in a previous note. And to say lost
in every way expresses it all. The
cruel injustice done me all along in
every way is, or seems more than
can bear, saying l was a morphine
sick. Did l feel guilty l should hide
and deny it, But 1 deny nor hide
nothing"
Other letters to j. A. Magoon were
particularly pointed and bitter in the
criticism of his handling of certain o.
her affairs, and another to Judge d.
Bolt complained of Mr.. Magoon. Mrs
L. Bolton, of Hotel and Punchbow
streets, was also charged with causing
many of the suicides troubles, anC
some of the spicy letters of accusation
were to that person. Other letter
were to Mr.. Peter, OF the Messenge
Service; Mr. Schnack, DR.. Camp, Cap
tain E. P. Drew of the r. P. Rithet
Sister Albertina, Chris Kruger, Mrs
W. Sainner, Mrs. Engues, Mrs. H. E
Hagan, of Los Angeles; Mrs. W. Brow
Mrs. Gramberg, Mrs. Martha Bolste
Winter and Mr.. Griffis. All of the lat
ter, given consecutively, were unopen
ed by the police and delivered to tn
parties addressed.
Deceased was a native American O
German parentage. She had lived i
Honolulu twenty-five or thirty years
She was a step-aunt of Gus Rose an
Mrs. Frank Kruger and leaves a sis
ter in Oakland, Cal, 1t is said tina
she, at one time, had considerabl
money; but at the time of her death
had property interests of small value
The funeral takes place from tn
undertaking parlors of H. H. William
at o'clock this afternoon.