The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-05-17
AIR DETAILS of
Triple SHOOTING
Witnesses Tell of Tragedy in Fort
Street Tenement Where
Two Died.


A surprise was created last night in
police circles by the failure of the eoro-
ner's jury to bring a verdict, altar in
vestigating the death Of the Chinese
man and woman who were shot early
yesterday morning. A number Of wit
nesses were called, but none were found
who saw the actual shooting, and the
jury did not consider the testimony CON
elusive enough to reach a verdict.
The testimony of the witnesses was
clearly enough given and not contra.
dictory except in few very minor de-
tails The facts as testified to by them
are as follows; zap Hue was the jani-
tor in the Bank of Hawaii, and some
time ago. was living with the woman,
half Chinese, half native, previously
divorced from Chinaman named Ahsui.
She was known as Mrs. All Hoo Ahsui.
The two lived together for about year
and then separated.
MEANWHILE another Chinese, by the
nan. of Go Yhen, began to pay atten-
tions to her and was well received.
Early Monday morning the castoff
lover seems to have gone to the room
where the woman was staying, but no
definite testimony was forthcoming re-
lating 60 any of his actions previous to
the actual shooting.
He is said to have looked into the
room, seen Goo Yuen with the woman,
and then forced an entrance. The
woman fed, screaming, but received a
bullet directly above the right chest
and fell outside on the lanai. Goo Yuen
was the next victim, receiving a glanc-
! ing wound on the chest and another ball
directly through the abdomen. He, also,
rushed to the porch, and the murderer
was heard to call out in Chinese: 81
win kill you both before, I de-
| A moment afterwards the last shot
rang out. The witnesses agree that four
1 shots were fired, but five were actually
| discharged. One passed through the
partition of the room directly over a
man, sleeping, two struck Goo Yuen,
one sufficed to kill the woman and the
fifth ended the life of the slayer.
H. Tong was the first man to reach
the scene. He was the man who was
sleeping in the adjoining room and had
such narrow escape from death him
self He found Goo Yuen on the lanai
in his underclothes and asked him what
was the matter.
''Take me to a 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 Yuen 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 it than any one else
He roomed upstairs and was able tt
look down on the lanai where the
, tragedy eliminated. He rushed to the
edge of his lanai as soon as tho shoot
ing commenced and saw the woman just
as she fell. He saw Goo Yuen rush Ou1
in his underelothes, covered with blood
!, The most incredible, but nevertheless
corroborated, testimony was that th'
man, probably fatally injured as he was
walked back into the room, dressed AMI
walked to the police station.
, After the testimony of those who ha'
heard the shooting and of those VIII
had known the principals was takel
| the jury adjourned with the intention
of getting statement from Goo Yuen
? 1t is hardly probable, however, tina
Goo Yuen will tell the story of tn
shooting. Yesterday evening he was re
t ported, at the Queens Hospital, wher
g everything is being done for him, a
= being very low. At midnight he wa
sinking fast and it is unlikely that b
: win be alive this morning. The fiv
o bullets seem fated to take all thre
lives and send to the two already dea
tina man that came between them.