Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-17
BODY FOUND
At IWILEI IS
UNIDENTIFIED
Clues Indicate May Be Ex- Sol
dier and from Phil
ippines
BUL LET MOUND IN
STOMACH DEATH CAUSE
Robbery Not Motive, as Money
Discovered on Person
by Searci1ers

The body of a white man, poorly
dressed, about twenty-five years OF
age. with bullet hole in the abdo-
men, and dead apparently twenty
hours; was found this afternoon, ".
Ing face downward In stall at the
abandoned United States quartermas-
terss corral at Iwilei.
Coroner Rose, Chief OF Detectives
McDuffie and other officers hastened
to the scene upon receiving infornna-
tion from two women to the effect
that the remains of a man had been
found in a high state of putrifaction.
That the dead man is the victim
of murder is the present theory
held by the police after conducting a
preliminary investigation. A search
Of the clothes and few personal eff
fects found runon the person of the de-
ceased indicated that the deceased
had been soldier and had spent
some time In the Philippines.
Police Scout Suicide Theory.
That the man deliberately took his
own life is secuted by the police who
visited the scene of the tragedy. The
body while considerably decomposed
after laying in the corral upon ex-
animation revealed a wound hit q
few inches below the navel made
byua bullet.
An Investigation pursued bg he of
iIcers on tile ground resulted In. the
bringing to NshE one InasHer bullet.
that was found imbedder in the wood
en- wall Of the horse stall. The state,
menf is made that several shots
must have been fired before the vic
tim Of the tragedy was brought to
his death.
In looking over the premises, the
officers came upon a demijohn parti-
ally filled with a cheap wine. In the
clothing OF the dead me1 nothing has
so far been discovered that would
lead to the establishment of the iden
tity of the deceased. A humber Of
tickets. and several advertising cards
bearing the name and place of bust
ness of local firms were found in one
of the pockets.
philippines Might Furnish a cleW.
From the Philippines may come al
clew as to the identity of the person
whose remains. now repose at the
city and county morgue. The body
shows indications that the deceased
served for an extended period in the
island possession of Uncle Sam. Onl
one arm ls q tattooed design. evident
" the wDrIeof a japanese artist, inl
which the word philippines" is clear
and distinctly incorporated in the
decoration.
One theory advanced this afternoon
is to the effect that the man may
have been a troop passenger in the
United States army transport Sher.
man that called at Honolulu on Mon.
day. While the body was poorly
clad, and arrayed in dungaree trous-
ers. and cheap white shirt, some
color is lent to the possibility that
the victim hailed from the Philip
pines inasmuch as it was reported
along the waterfront that during the
stay of the Logan at Honolulu one of
the score or more deports sent from
the islands at the instance of the! In
sular government succeeded in max.
ing getaway from the troopship.
Women Find Remains. ...-
The Philippines government is said
To have caused the deportation of a
number Of undesirable characters,
many being alleged as conducting
gambling and other operations against
law and order. - .-
In raid made near olongapo naval
station, a quartette of dive keepers
and gamblers were placed under ar
rest with the understanding that they
might secure their refease upon
promise to leave the country never to
return. EE
These with others of like stamp
were placed aboard the transport
Sherman to be left at San Francisco.
The story around the waterfront was
that one of the party failed to respond
tr roll call at the final muster before
the dispatch of the troopship from Ho-
nolulu for San Francisco.
That the dead man discovered today
may have been an involuntary pass en-
ger in the Sherman is believed quite
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