The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-09-10
LIFE LOST WHEN
FEAR HELD A
SHOOTER
Police Find Body Of Boy Where
He Had Crawled After
Being Wounded.
DETAILS OF KULA ACCIDENT
One Shot Laid Three Low-one
Dead, One Fatally Hurt
Silent for Four DAYS.
Maii Special to Tho Advortisor.l

tMail Special TO The Advortiser.)
WAILuKu, Maui, of the most
distressing shooting affairs that has
ever been recorded in these islands,
was that OF Saturday last, when two
young Chinese lads woro killed., and
third youth was badly wounded, The
terrible affair took place about four
miles above the KulN homesteads, and
about Mt the six thousand foot clova.
ton, Ten Pau Chong and Ming Chong
Loo are dcadj Kim Yam Lau liz in tho
hospital and Mu Ching Wong is In Jail,
as n result of tho shooting. Kim Me
Lau, who was one of the unfortunate
party, aud who In u brother of the lad
who In In the hospital, Is also detained
at the police station az material wit
ness In the case
From what can be CLEANED about the
shooting, IL seems That on Saturday,
August 81, n party of hvo lads started
out on peacock hunting expedition,
Tho boys hal rino aud shotgun
with them and, the party climbed up
the mountain In search of peacoclSs,
,ao" IVY n"u Po"oooN ic"thoF III ms
hNL, souvenirs OF previous hunting trips,
and worn M trophies,
according 10 the story OF little Kim
Me Lnu, there was nothing doing in
49,, ~ WY W S% I1 poaSosNs during
noon he was standing behind Nh Ching
Wong, when the latter suddenly raised
his shotgun and, pointing at some
L..
Tho vounystor .tntos Tint la ana ,ho
hov WIN f,rod thc .hot tbon ,,'nii' oJ
ovc, m 500 how ,nonw noa"ool uoro
killed, To their horror thcv found
three boys WATERING In tbch cora
Tho frat lod WINS stone land tbo Soc
ond wns inst hrcotbing ma ,ho mia
woa manning horrihlv
Tho ono CHARGE ~ shot scottorin,
ma n LOFT tbo nnvoIo ~ IA ann h"S
striclten Mi tbyno iods IN ,he oads
The boya hoa bccn onnroachina IN si~gic
fllo. and Tho lond of ducl, shot Ind
lnndod on all three
Van an a yvS " ia ' Me n aa
bclnod M b,s fooV nnS sta1 III
homo nv his bro,bcr and ,hn i,J ,ybo ~
ollogod 10 bovo dnnc ,ho sl,nnti,,,
N NM nj In NIt..a ma
NJ Tho trogodv ono nov lao dana ana
the other VIVA ain hycnthino Tbnt
wos M obon, ,vvo n ,oInoL ~, Sat,raay
afternoon.
1,..., 81.
No'n's o"i"'
me wounded hoy was taken home
ana from there to the hospital Not n
word regarding tho shooting In the
mus was sad Thc wounded lad DO
cIhrcd that No. hhd been hurt near ms
own home. The other two lads bacltod
MN up IN TINS statement, aud nothing
was known OF the two dead boys ON the
mountain slope,
After three days IN the hospital, the
wounded boy was induced to tell true
story OF what ma happened when hC
got hurt. The questioning of the lad
had been Kept up, ms 1t was folt that
there was something wrong somewhere
rho absence OF the two other boys also
led to enquiries being made.
True gtorv.
FlhnlIy Kim yam Lhu told The
hopspiinl doctors All about the shoot
ing on the mountain NJ hrht the story
whs not believed but, when the young
" "'"'"'' q" Wy ""nhh'u JohW WV
inc same story, the police were notified
ana n search party started ont early on
wednesday morning sheriff Crowell
county Attorney Case, Deputy Vincent
and police oilicer made tho trip W
tho side OF The mountain
~ hrst the 0ilicihl party felt that
lhcy were on somewhat OF wlld'goose
chase but, on arriving ~ tho spot
spoken Of by the lad who IN confined IN
INC hospital the grncsome discovery OF
TWO dend bodies was made
Tbe nrst BODY fonnd was That OF
NlnR Vbohg Loo lie hhd evidently
nhdr nm httcmpt 10 crawl down lne
'Ihll towards nome: According 10 the
s,ory OF young MN mo Lhn, sing
ohonR 200 was ~ . dlpffont spot
hpont bcVehly,nVe rect blRher up
whcn, On inc saturday afternoon be