The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-17
AIR DETAILS Of
TRIPLE SHOOTING
Witnesses Tell of Tragedy in Fort
Street Tenement Where
Two Died.

\ surprise was created last light in
police circles by the failure Of the coro-
ner : Jury to bring a verdict after in
vest eating the death Of the Chinese
man aud woman who were saot early
yesterday morning. \ number Of Wit
nesses Were called, but none were found
who saw the actual shooting, and the
jury lid not consider the testimony con
elusive enough to reach verdict
The testimony Of the Witnesses was
clearly enough given and not contra
oIctory except in Il few very minor de-
tails, The facts as testified to by them
are as follows: Zap Hue was the jam
tor IN the Bank OF Hawaii, and some
time ago was living with the woman,
a half Chinese, half native, previously
divorced from Chinaman named Ahsuj.
She was known rs Mrs. All Hoo Ahsul.
The two lived together for about a year
. and then separated.
Meanwhile another Chinese. by the
name OF Go NUeu, began to pay atten-
lions to her and was well received.
Early Monday morning the castotf
lover seems to have gone to the room
where the woman was staying, but no
definite testimony was forthcoming re
latiug to any Of his actions previous TO
the actual shooting.
He is said to have looked into the
room, seen Goo NUen with the woman,
and then forced an entrance. The
woman fled, screaming, but received q
bullet directly above the right chest
and fell outside on the lanai. Goo Guen
was the next victim, receiving a glanc-
ing wound on the chest and another ball
directly through the abdomen. He. also,
rushed 70 the porch, and the murderer
was heard to call out in Chinese:
Will kill YOU both before | die.
\ moment afterwards the last shot
rang out. The witnesses agree that four
shots were fired, but five We're actually
discharged. One passed through the
partition Of the room directly over
man. sleeping, two struck Goo Nuen,
one sutficed 10 kill the woman and the
fifth ended the life of the slayer.
II. Tong was the first man to reach
the scene. He was the mar who was
sleeping in the adjoining room and had
such a narrow escape from death hlm-
self He found Goo Yuen on the lanai
in his underclOthes and asked him what
was the matter.
.Take me to DOCTOR was all that
the injured man answered, and returned
to the room to dress. Tong took HIM
to the station and alarmed the police,
accompanying Goo Iuen to the hos
pital Upon reaching it the man be
came weaker and had to be carried IN.
Another witness, Wong Ping, prob
ably saw more Of 1t than any one else
!, He roomed upstairs and was able to
look down on the lanai where the
tragedy eliminated. He rushed to the
edge of his lanai as soon as the shoot
ING commenced and saw the woman just
as she fell. He saw Goo Nuen rush out
in his underclOtheS, covered with blood
The most incredible, but nevertheless
corroborated, testimony was that the
man, probably fatally injured as he was,
walked back into the room, dressed ana
walked to the police station.
After the testimony of those who had
heard the shooting and Of those who
had known the principals was taken
the Jury adjourned with the intention
of getting a statement from Goo Iuen.
1t is hardly probable, however, that
, Goo Yuen will tell the story OF the
shooting. Yesterday evening he was re-
ported. at the Queen s Hospital, where
everything is being done for him, as
being very low. At midnight he was
sinking fast and it is unlikely that he
will be alive this morning. The tive
hnIIets seem fated to take all three
lives and send to the two already dead
the man that came between them.