Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-18
ABANDON DOUBLE
MURDER THEORY
IN MANGA CASE
This is My Last Might" Ella
Long Was Heard to Say,
Prior to Stabbing Wife


That lila Long Killed himself after
numbering his I7-ycar-old wife at their
HON" ON tn" upper Manoa road FRI
day night was made almost certain
Saturday night, when Hcnr, Keamu
told Chief OF Detectives McEuffc that
Friday evening prior to tho murder he
heard Long say, This IS my last
night"
keamus statement, which the po-
lice believe is true. Indicates that tho
murder was premeditated. The theory
that Long killed his wife and was then
murdered by someone else was made
still further Improbable Ivy the estab.
lishment Of the witnesses that Long
and his wife were left together in the
house after the fight started. all the
others present having fed when Long
began to WELD his knife. Most OF
them ran down the road immediately
after Long attacked and stabbed his
uncle, AntOnino Long, and as soon as
AntoninO could get away from tho
drink-crazed man he too ran.
The conflicting testimony at the
Coroner's inquest Saturday is attribut-
ed to the lack Of understanding and
command Of English words by some
OF the witnesses, and also was prob
ably due to the half drunken state Of
most Of those at the party in the Long
home.
A. Christian told the most connected
story at the inquest. He said that
Mrs. Long ran from the room With
her husband in pursuit, and that he
chased her back AS Long came up
the steps he met his uncle and at
tackled him. When the uncle ran. he
went into the house and again stabbed
his wife. Christian left at this time,
but before he went he heard Long
say be would Kill himself
Charles Merseberg, Antonino Long
A. Long, Jr, and Christian were ques-
toned at length Saturday night by
McDnffie. and the points in their first
testimony, which pointed to a possible
double murder, were cleared up
The mystery which surrounded the
two knives was solved when Antoninc
Long declared that the knife found
beside the dying man, on which there
were no blood stains belonged to him
and had been handed to Dr.. Aver by
him when the doctor asked for knife
to cut piece Of string.
Investigation by the coroner's jury
was further complicated this after
noon when It was brought out that
Mrs. Anna K. Woolsey telephoned to
Iolice headquarters that "a murder !
had been committed" at the Longs
residence. Immediately after this was
put into the testimony the jury ad-
journed until 2 o'clock tomorrow after !
noon.
Mrs. Woolsey, who owns a poi fac |
tory quarter Of mile from the Long |
home, Manuel Rosa and Jesse Jones |
will be summoned to appear in the |
coroner's office tomorrow as witness |
es.
The peculiar fact about Mrs. Wool |
sey's statement that murder had been /
done lies In the testimony Of all those |
who were at the Longs on the night |
Of the tragedy that they did not see |
Mrs. Long stabbed and did not know |
she was dead. Sheriff Rose will try |
to find out tomorrow how Mrs. Wool |
sey knew ofsthe murder, unless she |
was told by one of those who now say |
they knew nothing of it.
Officer Barboza, Patrolman Ludloff,
Henry Keamu. A. Long, A. Long,
Jr.. and Tom Quinn were among the
witnesses called today. No new facts
were brought out, but some of the
witnesses contradicted previous state
ments, not material to the case.
Henry Keamu fatty denied the as
sertion OF Antonino Long that he told
him, near the Woolsey house, that
Mrs. Long had been badly cut. Kea-
mu said he did not know at the time
whether any one had been cut or not.
Ella Long, it is thought. stabbed
himself when he was outside the
house, where he dropped the bloody
knife found later by McDutfe, and ,
then went inside the house, whcr0 he
was found dying when the tlfCers
came.
Lying side by side in double cot.
fin made especially for the purpose,
Ella A. Long, who died at the Queens
hospital early Saturday morning. and
Agnes Long. who died Friday night at
the Long home in Manoa, were buried
this afternoon in the Pauoa church
cemetery.
The funeral services were held from
Williams undertaking establishment
from where the remains were convey. /
cd to the cemetery.
4 petiti,n has been filed in circuit
court by Hans Rrack ASKING that he