Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-08
This viii Kill My W;fe Back in
Seattle Walls Prisoner Held
for Attempting to Garry Con-
traband Drug TO the Mainland
BEWAILS LOSS OF HIS
HONOR in OLD AGE
Method of Obtaining Opium Re-
mains a Mystery About Which
Neither the Arrested nor Au-
thorities Will Talk - Believed
to Have Bought Stuff from
Stevedores

Tc live through seventy long years
of probity and square dealing with his
feilowmen; to marry; to rear fam
lily of beautiful children and see them
go ont into the world bearing a name
without taint: to weather lies storms
strong hearted and brayely, coming
down to the twilight years with repu
tation and honor: then, In those final
few days to yield to temptation and
become felon in the sight of the Law
such, according to his confession
this morning is the pitiful life story ol
Samuel ID Hauseman, of Seattle.
While living as distinguished
guest Ia the Alexander Young Hotel
one of Honolulu's best known hostel
ries, he was arrested YESTERDAY even
ing by the federal authorities and
nearly $1,000 worth Of contraband
opium found in his possession. Like q
common thief. the handsome, silYery,
haired old man was bundled into the
sblack maria Of the police department
and hustled or 10, the county jsil
where he spent the night in solitary
confinement
He was Arrested on his seventeen
birthday.
aIts the first and only offense
styer committed quayered the prison
er, as he sat IN the United States mar.
shal's office this morning anxiousIy
awaiting his interview with U. s. Dis.
trict Attorney Breckons.
VIII XIII His Wife .
81 suppose the news of this will kill
my wife, up in Seattle. Well, 1t prob.
ably will mean two deaths. / can't
live many days in that filthy, awful
jail. And the disgrace is more than
can bear. didn't sleep last night
Every minute was an hour, and every
hour month. I'll live the few re
naming years In few days.
II don't know what made me do 1t
Certainly | took the opium. The de
tails are unimportaiit. To think, that
after an these years of integrity and
honest dealing should have fallen
now when so little Of life is left! II
breaks my heart.
Certainly, I'll plead. guilty. why
should get a lawyer? The authori.
4 ties got me, and I'll save them any
He Knew What Was Coming.
81 cant explain why did it.
guess 1t was merely the temptation
somebody found my price and paid II
II had not been novice might
have escaped. knew a short time
before Mr. Breckons and Collector E.
r. Staekable came to room SO at the
Young Hotel that they were watching
me. / had time to make change.
could have taken another room and
hidden the opium. oh, there we're e
dozen ways of throwing them OF the
track at least temporarily, If had
been expert at that sort Of thing.
knew that two detectives were watch
ing my room, before they notified
Breckons and Stackable. ! knew
when they went away, and when tho
latter two came I knew what thev
wanted. But / couldn't see or think
of anything but my own guilt.
THAT is why, when they came tc
the door, opened it and asked then
to come in and told them the opium
was in the trunk.
WHAT win chiIden Think?
81 wonder what my children will
think-and my good friends, up in Sc
attle? I'm we'll known there. | have
lived in Seattle for sixteen years. For
three vears | was with MacDougall &
Southwick, the big dry goods firm.
left them and went into the real estate
business and for the last thirteen
years have ben engaged in that. under
the name of S. D. Hauseman & Co,
with offices at 500 New York block.
Il built up a good business and
made good money. | came down here
on the Sierra, on her last trip, and
had expected TO return to the Coast
with the same vessel today. My
THa.&I.n~S -. naaa aN