The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-19
TRAGEDY
DUE TO BOOZE:
Inquest Shows That Murder Of
GirfWlfe and Suicide Was
During Drunken Frenzy

An inquest was held yesterday after.
noon at the police station, Coroner
Chas. II. Rose officiating, on the bodies
of Ella Long and Agnes Long, his girl
wife, the victims of the tragedy which
took place in upper Manoa valley last
Friday night.
The evidence taken, while of more
or less conflicting nature, pointed con
elusively to the fact that Ella LOns
had stabbed his wife and had then in
6icted the wound on himself WHICH
proved fatal. The witnesses all nd,
mitted that they had been drinking
freely.
Several of tie witnesses gave con.
flicting testimony, however, and in order
| to allow the police to prosecute fur.
Their investigations, the inquest was
adjourned until Monday afternoon.
Two of the witnesses, Henry Keamu
and A. Long Jr., testified that after
Antonio Long had struck his brother
on the steps of the lanai, he ran to,
ward the road and eventually arrived
at the residence Of Mrs. Annie X. Wool.
sey. They stated that Antonio had his
encounter with Ella after Mrs. Long
had fled from the house crying for
help, as her husband had been beating
her, and that later on Mrs. Long re.
turned to the house. They state that
Mrs. Long was apparently unwounded
at that time.
Murderer Stabbed Himself
A. Christian testified that be-
fore he fed from the house he had seen
Ne ' IN" m W" enclosed lanai wear
ing blood -drenched muumuu, and that
IL. nau heard r.na say that he might
as well kill himself and had seen him
lie down on the floor Of the kitchen
and strike his breast several times,
though whether with a knife or not he
could not say
There was a conflict of opinion as
to the finding of the second knife. A
blood stained knife was picked up by
Chief of Detective McDuffie at the bot.
tom of the steus leading to the en-
closed lanai of the house.
Another knife was found bv Mount
ed Patrolman LudIiff when Ella Long
was removed from the floor of the
kitchen to a bed in an adjoining room.
Antonio Long claims that this knife
is his property and that he handed it
W DOCIOi AlNI NhO ioN'Nl p"hN''
for a knife with which to cut bandage.
No Mystery Involved
Sheriff Rose stated last night that
he was of the opinion that the deed
was one of murder and suicide and
that, from what he had been able to
learn, there was absolutely no cause
to suspect that the wound which ended
the life of Ella Long had been other
than self-in9icted.
Witnesses called at the inquest were;
DR.. r. G, Ayers, Chief of Detectives
McDuffe, Defective Swift, A. Long Jr.,
Henry Keamu, Chas. Mersberg, AntO'
MO Long and A. Christian.
Doctor Aver, at the inquest testified
that Ella Long died from the results
Of a wound in the right ventricle OF
the heart and hemorrhage.
Mrs Long. Doctor Aver test fie1. died
from the result of a wound of the Tight
innOminate vein and hemorrhage.
Agnes Long, whose maidensname was
AGNES Lee Hong, was seventeen years
old and was born in Waimanalo, Oahu
Her father was Lee Hong, a native OF
China, and her mother, Wewehi, was
born in Honolulu.
Ella Long was by occupation cow
hoy. 1t is said that he lost his left
hand several years ago through the pre-
mature explosion of n stick of dynamite
| with which he was fishing.